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

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

PublisherDuke University Press
Copyright HolderDuke University Press
Cover Art byAaron Douglas
Designed byAmy Ruth Buchanan
Typeset byTseng Information Systems, Inc.
About/SubjectSun Ra, Duke Ellington, Anthony Braxton, Jazz
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
LocationDurham, London
Copyright1999
Second Impression2004
This Edition Published2004
Pages / Fontxi, 314 pages / Joanna
Barcode9780822324409
ISBN0-8223-2440-7
ChaptersAcknowledgements, 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
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