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Universal Tonality: The Life and Music of William Parker
- Author: Bradley, Cisco
Cisco Bradley endeavors to pull the diverse parts of the artist's life together in this first ever biography of Parker. It is a monumental task, and like the dozens of biographies of Louis Armstrong... — More…
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Contents
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction. "Flowers Grow in My Room": Realizing a Vision 1
- I. Origins
- 1. Enslavement and Resistance: From West Africa to the Carolinas to Harlem 15
- 2. Struggle, Beauty, and Survival: Childhood in the South Bronx 41
- 3. Consciousness: Art, Politics, and Self in the Mind of a Young Man 61
- II. Early Work
- 4. The Loft Scene: Art, Community, and Self-Determination 93
- 5. "Music That Will Give People Hope": Centering Dance Music with Patricia Nicholson 124
- 6. "Music Is Supposed to Change People": Working with Cecil Taylor 148
- III. Toward the Universal
- 7. "It Is the Job of the Artist to Incite Political Revolution": In Order to Survive 173
- 8. Into the Tone World: Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra 194
- 9. Toward a Universal Sound: William Parker Quartet and Raining on the Moon 216
- 10. Honoring the Elders: Tribute Projects and Other Bands 239
- 11. All People Need Truth to Survive: Recent Work and Legacy 261
- Appendix: William Parker Discography 279
- Notes 291
- Bibliography 359
- Index 385
