| Cats of Any Color: Jazz, Black and White Contributor(s): Lees, Gene (Author) |
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ISBN: 0306809508 ISBN-13: 9780306809507 Publisher: Da Capo Press OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2000 Annotation: In a series of candid interviews with jazz players, composers, and critics, Gene Lees explores racism in the past and present of jazz -- both the white racism that for decades ghettoized black musicians and their music, and the prejudice that Lees documents of some black musicians against their white counterparts. With subjects ranging from Horace Silver to Dave Brubeck to Red Rodney, and a new introduction analyzing recent developments, Cats of Any Color chronicles jazz as a multiethnic art. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Jazz - Music | History & Criticism - General - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2011564217 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5" W x 8" (0.53 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a series of candid interviews with jazz players, composers, and critics, Gene Lees explores racism in the past and present of jazz--both the white racism that for decades ghettoized black musicians and their music, and the prejudice that Lees documents of some black musicians against their white counterparts. With subjects ranging from Horace Silver to Dave Brubeck to Red Rodney, and a new introduction analyzing recent developments, Cats of Any Color chronicles jazz as a multiethnic art. |