Blutopia: Visions Of The Future And Revisions Of The Past In The Works Of Sun Ra, Duke Ellington, And Anthony Braxton

Acknowledgements, p. xi Introduction: Blutopia, p. 1 Part I Sun Ra: A stalward eye 1. Astro Black: Mythic future, mythic past, p. 13 2. Of aliens and angels: Mythic identity, p. 44 Part II Duke Ellington: Tone parallels 3. In the jungles of America: History without saying it, p. 77 4. Zajj: Renegotiating her story, p. 119 Part III Anthony Braxton: Crossroad axiums 5. All the things you are: Legba's legacy, p. 145 6. Going to the territory: Sound maps of the meta-real, p. 185 Coda: House of voices, sea of music, p. 211 Appendix, p. 213 Notes, p. 217 Works cited, p. 285 Index of compositions and recordings, p. 305 Index, p. 307