Title Blutopia : visions of the future and revisions of the past in the work of Sun Ra, Duke Ellington, and Anthony Braxton / Graham Lock

Published Durham : Duke University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 314 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction: Blutopia -- pt. I. Sun Ra: A Starward Eye. 1. Astro Black: Mythic Future, Mythic Past. 2. Of Aliens and Angels: Mythic Identity -- pt. II. Duke Ellington: Tone Parallels. 3. In the Jungles of America: History Without Saying It. 4. Zajj: Renegotiating Her Story -- pt. III. Anthony Braxton: Crossroad Axiums. 5. All the Things You Are: Legba's Legacy. 6. Going to the Territory: Sound Maps of the Meta-Real -- Coda: House of Voices, Sea of Music Summary In Blutopia Graham Lock studies the music and thought of three pioneering twentieth-century musicians: Sun Ra, Duke Ellington, and Anthony Braxton. Providing an alternative to previous analyses of their work, Lock shows how these distinctive artists were each influenced by a common musical and spiritual heritage and participated in self-conscious efforts to create a utopian vision of the future. A century after Ellington's birth, Lock reassesses his use of music as a form of black history and compares the different approaches of Ra, a band leader who focused on the future and cosmology, and Braxton, a contemporary composer whose work creates its own elaborate mythology. Arguing that the majority of writing on black music and musicians has, even if inadvertently, incorporated racial stereotypes, he explains how each artist reacted to criticism and sought to break free of categorical confines. Drawing on social history, musicology, biography, cultural theory, and, most of all, statements by the musicians themselves, Lock writes of their influential work. Blutopia will be a welcome contribution to the literature on twentieth-century African American music and creativity. It will interest students of jazz, American music, African American studies, American culture, and cultural studies Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-303) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Sun Ra -- Criticism and interpretation Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 -- Criticism and interpretation Braxton, Anthony -- Criticism and interpretation Braxton, Anthony -- Criticism and interpretation Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 -- Criticism and interpretation Sun Ra -- Criticism and interpretation Braxton, Anthony Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 Sun Ra Braxton, Anthony 1945- Ellington, Duke 1899-1974 Sun Ra Jazzmusiker 1914-1993 Sun Ra. Ellington, Duke. Braxton, Anthony. Jazz -- History and criticism MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical. MUSIC -- Reference. MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Jazz. Jazz Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Hochschulschrift. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780822378471 0822378477

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