Black Music, White Business: Illuminating The History And Political Economy Of Jazz

Preface and acknowledgements, p. 9 Part 1: the political economy of jazz then and now 1 'You don't own your own product': an introduction to the political economy of jazz, p. 15 2 Why let a little thing like death interfere with exploitation?, p. 27 3 'Selling records to colored people': white contempt for black art, p. 41 4 If you're black, get back: double standards in the recording industry, p. 61 Part 2: Approaching jazz history 5 You don't have to be intellectually dishonest to defend the status quo in jazz—but it helps, p. 93 6 The 'jazz tradition': black music, white critic 7 The Afro-American folk roots of innovations in jazz, p. 143 Appendix A Mark Levine's contract with Catalyst Records, p. 163 Appendix B Royalty payments to Mark Levine from United Artist Records, p. 171 Index, p. 181