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Record Nr.

UNINA9910508606503321

Autore

Komunyakaa Yusef

Titolo

Testimony, A Tribute to Charlie Parker [[electronic resource] ] : With New and Selected Jazz Poems

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wesleyan University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8195-7413-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 p.)

Collana

Wesleyan Poetry Series

Disciplina

811.54

Soggetti

American poetry -- 19th century

American poetry -- 20th century

Poem

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Rhythm Method""; ""Togetherness""; ""Twilight Seduction""; ""Woman, I Got the Blues""; ""Jasmine""; ""Gingkoes""; ""Tenebrae""; ""Cante Jondo""; ""Changes;  or, Reveries at a Window Overlooking a Country Road, with Two Women Talking Blues in the Kitchen""; ""The Same Beat""; ""To Beauty""; ""Ignis Fatuus""; ""Pepper""; ""Satchmo, USA""; ""Nightbird""; ""Copacetic Mingus""; ""Gerryâ€?s Jazz""; ""Speed Ball""; ""February in Sydney""; ""The Plea""; ""Elegy for Thelonious""; ""Dolphyâ€?s Aviary""; ""Gutbucket""

""Blue Light Lounge Sutra for the Performance Poets at Harold Park Hotel""""The Story of a Coat""; ""No-Good Blues""; ""Ode to the Saxophone""; ""Coda""; ""Part One: Jazz Poems""; ""The Libretto""; ""Yusef Komunyakaa�s “Testimony� and the Humanity of Charlie Parker""; ""Survival Masks: An Interview with Yusef Komunyakaa""; ""Testimony""; ""The Music""; ""Testimony, The Ties that Bind""; ""French Flowers Blooming: The Music for Testimony""; ""Composer/Musical Director�s Notes""; ""Testimony, Songs and Musicians""; ""Australian Art Orchestra Performances""; ""Testimony, The Recording""

""Acknowledgments""""Selected Discography""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Contributors""; ""Part Two: Testimony""



Sommario/riassunto

A collaborative tribute of words and music reflecting the tension and beauty of jazz, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation audio recording with music by Sandy Evans