Black Music Matters: Jazz and the Transformation of Music Studies Contributor(s): Sarath, Ed (Author) |
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ISBN: 1538158256 ISBN-13: 9781538158258 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $37.62 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Jazz - Music | Instruction & Study - General - Music | History & Criticism - General |
Dewey: 780.71 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 256 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Black Music Matters: Jazz and the Transformation of Music Studies is one of the first books to promote the reform of music studies with a centralized presence of jazz and black music to ground American musicians in a core facet of their true cultural heritage. Ed Sarath applies an emergent consciousness-based worldview called Integral Theory to music studies while drawing upon overarching conversations on diversity and race and a rich body of literature on the seminal place of black music in American culture. Combining a visionary perspective with an activist tone, Sarath installs jazz and black music in as a foundation for a new paradigm of twenty-first-century musical training that will yield an unprecedented skill set for transcultural navigation among musicians. Sarath analyzes prevalent patterns in music studies change discourse, including an in-depth critique of multiculturalism, and proposes new curricular and organizational systems along with a new model of music inquiry called Integral Musicology. This jazz/black music paradigm further develops into a revolutionary catalyst for development of creativity and consciousness in education and society at large. Sarath's work engages all those who share an interest in black-white race dynamics and its musical ramifications, spirituality and consciousness, and the promotion of creativity throughout all forms of intellectual and personal expression. |