{"product_id":"black-talk-9780306801846","title":"Black Talk","description":"Black Music--whether it be jazz, blues, r\u0026amp;b, gospel, or soul--has always expressed, consciously or not, its African oral heritage, reflecting the conditions of a minority culture in the midst of a white majority. \u003ci\u003eBlack Talk\u003c\/i\u003e is one of those rare books since LeRoi Jones's \u003ci\u003eBlues People\u003c\/i\u003e to examine the social function of black music in the diaspora; it sounds the depths of experience and maps the history of a culture from the jazz age to the revolutionary outbursts of the 1960s. Ben Sidran finds radical challenges to the Western, white literary tradition in such varied music as Buddy Bolden's loud and hoarse cornet style, the call and response between brass and reeds in a swing band, the emotionalism of gospel, the primitivism of Ornette Coleman, and the cool ethic of bebop. The musician is the document, says Sidran. He is the information himself. The impact of stored information is transmitted not through records or archives, but through the human response to life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Sidran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306801846\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen Sidran\u003c\/b\u003e is a performing and recording musician, producer, composer, host of radio and television music programs, music historian, and writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Da Capo Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40210700107891,"sku":"9.78031E+12","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_226109e2-9415-41e2-b8a4-cff79a4fb0d3.jpg?v=1656421826","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/black-talk-9780306801846","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}