Living with Music(Reprint) Ralph Ellison's Jazz Writings (Modern Library Classics) by Ralph Waldo Ellison, RobertO'meally Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2002 by Modern Library ISBN-13: 978-0-375-76023-5, ISBN: 0-375-76023-7
"If it was some song by Mahler, l'd match her spitefully with Marian Anderson or
Kathleen l-'errier; if she offended with something from DerRosmkava/icr, I'd attack
her flank with Lotte Lehmann. If she brought me up from my desk with art songs
by Ravel or Rachmaninoff, l'd defend myself with Maggie Teyte or_]ennie Tourel.
If she polished a spiritual to a meaningless artiness l'd play Bessie Smith to
remind her of the earth out of wh ..."
"As Nathan Huggins once stated, altering American history to account fully for the nation's black voices would change the tone and meaning―the frame and the substance―of the entire story. Rather than a sort of Pilgrim's Progress tale of bold ascent and triumph, American history with the black parts told in full would be transmuted into an existential tragedy, closer, Huggins said, to Sartre's No Exit than to the vision of life in Bunyan. ..."
Title A Christmas Carol and Christmas Stories by Charles Dickens, RobertO'meally Hardcover, Published 2008 by Barnes & Noble, Pub. ISBN-13: 978-1-4351-0986-5, ISBN: 1-4351-0986-4
""In those days it was either live with music or die with noise, and we chose rather desperately to live."Before Ralph Ellison became one of America's greatest writers, he was a musician and a student of jazz. The author of Invisible Man wrote widely and brilliantly on his favorite music for more than fifty years, immersing himself in the lives and works of America's musicians, some of whom were his close friends. Ellison is, in fact, pe ..."
"As Nathan Huggins once stated, altering American history to account fully for the nation's black voices would change the tone and meaning--the frame and the substance--of the entire story. Rather than a sort of Pilgrim's Progress tale of bold ascent and triumph, American history with the black parts told in full would be transmuted into an existential tragedy, closer, Huggins said, to Sartre's No Exit than to the vision of life in Bunya ..."
"Known for his rich, complex collage works that depict large-scale themes via African-American subjects, Romare Bearden (1911-1988) drew inspiration from myriad cultural influences--from historical and modern art to music and literature. According to The New York Times' Michael Kimmelman, "His genius, aside from his poetic knack for piecing scraps of photographs and other tiny tidbits together, was to see collage as an inherent social me ..."
"Improvisation, spontaneity, fusion, freedom, innovation. Jazz has always been about more than music, and the ideas and moods of jazz have sent ripples through every branch of the arts. Produced by the Smithsonian, this spectacular compilation is the first to look at both art and literature inspired by jazz. Seeing Jazz showcases the music's riotous liberating influence with over one hundred beautiful images, including paintings, photogr ..."
"The book features five photographers: Jim Alexander, Ernest Gregory, Michael Reese, Susan Ross and Julie Yarbrough. The images were curated by Arnika Dawkins." -- publisher's website."
"Improvisation, spontaneity, fusion, freedom, innovation. Jazz has always been about more than music, and the ideas and moods of jazz have sent ripples through every branch of the arts. Produced by the Smithsonian, this spectacular compilation is the first to look at both art and literature inspired by jazz. Seeing Jazz showcases the music's riotous liberating influence with over one hundred beautiful images, including paintings, photogr ..."
"Genevieve Fabre, Robert O'Meally. 17 The Journals of Charlotte L. Forten-
Grimke: Les Lieux de Memoire in ... In yet another interview Morrison further
explained the genesis of her masterpiece: There is no place you or I can go, to
think about or not think about, to summon the presences of, or recollect the
absences of slaves; nothing that reminds us of the ones who made the journey
and of those who did not make it. There is no suit ..."
Train Whistle Guitar (Northeastern Library of Black Literature) by Albert Murray, RobertO'meally Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 1989 by Northeastern ISBN-13: 978-1-55553-051-8, ISBN: 1-55553-051-6
"First published in 1975, this is a coming of age novel. Scooter, growing up in Alabama in the 1920's, learns everything he needs to know from the classroom, the barbershop, and a train-hopping musician who brings a musical touch to the tale."
Lady Day(Updated) The Many Faces Of Billie Holiday by Robert G. O'meally Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2000 by Da Capo Press ISBN-13: 978-0-306-80959-0, ISBN: 0-306-80959-1
The Romare Bearden Reader(Illustrated) by Robert G. O'meally Paperback, 424 Pages, Published 2019 by Duke University Press Books ISBN-13: 978-1-4780-0058-7, ISBN: 1-4780-0058-9
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