Jazz Cosmopolitanism in Accra: Five Musical Years in Ghana

by Steven Feld

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In this remarkable book, Steven Feld, pioneer of the anthropology of sound, listens to the vernacular cosmopolitanism of jazz players in Ghana. Some have traveled widely, played with American jazz greats, and blended the innovations of John Coltrane with local instruments and worldviews. Combining memoir, biography, ethnography, and history, Feld conveys a diasporic intimacy and dialogue that contests American nationalist and Afrocentric narratives...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822351625

ISBN13:9780822351627

Release Date:March 2012

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:328 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

Africa Arts, Music & Photography Cultural Ghana History Music Musical Genres Social Science Social Sciences West Africa

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