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My Time in the Sun Ra Arkestra (Pre-Order, Oct 3 2023)
Ahmed Abdullah A thrilling account of life with Sun Ra's Arkestra and New York's avant-garde jazz scenes of the 1970s-90s In this memoir, Harlem-born trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah... ArtAutobiography & Memoir
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Ain't But a Few of Us
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Willard Jenkins Despite the fact that most of jazz's major innovators and performers have been African American, the overwhelming majority of jazz journalists, critics, and authors have... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Becoming Ella Fitzgerald
The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song (Pre-Order, Dec 5 2023)
Judith Tick Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) possessed one of the twentieth century's most astonishing voices. In this first major biography since Fitzgerald's death, historian Judith Tick offers a... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Bessie Smith
A Poet's Biography of a Blues Legend
Jackie Kay A beautiful genre-bending tribute to the larger-than-life blues singer Bessie Smith. Scotland's National Poet blends poetry, prose, fiction, and nonfiction to create an entirely unique biography... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Black Messiah
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D'Angelo & The Vanguard Double vinyl LP pressing 2014 release, the long awaited follow up to the critically acclaimed album VOODOO. Nearly 15 years in the making, BLACK MESSIAH... BooksEtc.
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Black Radio
Robert Glasper Robert Glasper's highly anticipated third installment to the Black Radio album series. Black Radio III, much like both of it's predecessors, is a cultural moment... BooksEtc.
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Blues People
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Dilla Time
The Life and Afterlife of the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm
Dan Charnas Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy of J Dilla, a musical genius who transformed the sound of popular music... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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The Life and Afterlife of the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm (Paperback)
Dan Charnas Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy of J Dilla, a musical genius who transformed the sound of popular music... Autobiography & MemoirBest-Sellers
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Freedom, Rhythm & Sound
Revolutionary Jazz Original Cover Art 1965-83
Gilles Peterson This is a unique collection of cover artwork of revolutionary jazz music between 1965-83. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and the civil rights movement of... ArtBooks
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How to Go Mad without Losing Your Mind
Madness and Black Radical Creativity
La Marr Jurelle Bruce “Hold tight. The way to go mad without losing your mind is sometimes unruly.” So begins La Marr Jurelle Bruce's urgent provocation and poignant meditation... ArtBooks
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I Put a Spell on You
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In the Break
The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition
Fred Moten Investigates the connections between jazz, sexual identity, and radical black politics In his controversial essay on white jazz musician Burton Greene, Amiri Baraka asserted... BooksHistory
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Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, and Juice: A Cocktail Recipe Book
Cocktails from Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks (Pre-Order, Nov 14 2023)
Toni Tipton-Martin Discover the fascinating history of Black mixology and its enduring influence on American cocktail culture through 70 rediscovered, modernized, or celebrated recipes, by the James... BooksFood
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Miles
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Miles Davis Universally acclaimed as a musical genius, Miles Davis was one of the most important and influential musicians in the world. Here, Miles speaks out about... Autobiography & MemoirBooks
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Miles Davis' Bitches Brew
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Milford Graves
A Mind-Body Deal
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My Life in the Sunshine
Searching for My Father and Discovering My Family
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Organic Music Societies
Reparations Club Archival documents and new writings on the intermedia collaborations of avant-garde jazz trumpeter Don Cherry and textile artist Moki Cherry Don Cherry and Moki Karlsson... ArtBooks
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Race Music
Black Cultures from Bebop to Hip-Hop
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Space Is the Place
The Lives and Times of Sun Ra
Sun Ra Considered by many to be a founder of Afrofuturism, Sun Ra-aka Herman Blount-was a composer, keyboardist, bandleader, philosopher, entrepreneur, poet, and self-proclaimed extraterrestrial from Saturn.... ArtAutobiography & Memoir
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Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
Laura Warrell Passion and risk, fathers and daughters, wives and single women, jazz and soul: a provocative debut novel about the perennial temptations of dangerous love, told... BooksFiction
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Vaughan and Violins
Sarah Vaughan Sarah Vaughan – Vaughan And Violins Label: Mercury – SR 60038 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1959 Genre: Jazz Style: Vocal, Big Band Condition: Near Mint Black Futures Symposium x Rep ClubBooks
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