Bibliograph

The dark tree, jazz and the community arts in Los Angeles, Steven L. Isoardi ; with an appendix by Roberto Miranda

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The dark tree, jazz and the community arts in Los Angeles, Steven L. Isoardi ; with an appendix by Roberto Miranda

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-343) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The dark tree

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

60557545

Responsibility statement

Steven L. Isoardi ; with an appendix by Roberto Miranda

Sub title

jazz and the community arts in Los Angeles

Table Of Contents

Ancestral echoes : roots of the African-American community artist -- Ballad for Samuel : the legacy of Central Avenue and the 1950s avant-garde in Los Angeles -- Lino's pad : African-American Los Angeles and the formation of the Underground Musicians Association (UGMA) -- The giant is awakened : the Watts uprising and cultural resurgence -- Warriors all : UGMA in the middle of it -- The mothership : from UGMA to the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra and UGMAA -- To the great house : the Arkestra in the 1970s -- Thoughts of Dar Es Salaam : the institutionalization of UGMAA -- At the crossroads : the Ark and UGMAA in the 1980s -- The hero's last dance : the '90s resurgence -- Aiee! The phantom : Horace Tapscott -- The black apostles : the Arkestra/UGMAA ethos and aesthetic -- Appendix : a view from the bottom : the music of Horace Tapscott and the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra / Roberto MirandaContents on CD: Tell God all of my troubles -- Carnival -- Waltz time -- Funeral -- Eternal Egypt suite -- Motherless child -- Ballad for Deadwood Dick -- Little Africa

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