TY - BOOK AU - Baraka, Imamu Amiri, TI - Black music SN - 306808145 AV - ML 3556 .B231 1998 PY - 1998/// CY - New York PB - Da Capo Press KW - African American musicians KW - African Americans KW - Jazz N1 - Originally published: New York : Wm. Morrow, 1967; Includes discography (p. 213-214) and index N2 - In brilliant discussions of black musicians from Billie Holiday and Thelonious Monk to Charlie Parker, Archie Shepp, Don Cherry, and Sun-Ra, LeRoi Jones examines each musician's personality, background, musical ambitions, accomplishments, and disappointments to illuminate both the context and spirit of jazz. Photos. www.alibris.com ER -