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The colonized Black nation: the basic and development of Black nationalist thought of the 1960s and 1970s. National ideology ; Assimilation/integration ; Revolution and the decolonization process ; Revitalization and the re-emergence of black nationalism ; Varieties of black nationalism ; Cultural nationalism ; Educational nationalism ; Religious nationalism ; Revolutionary nationalism -- Culture, jazz, and the new Black music: political weapons. Revolution on the cultural front ; Cultural nationalism ; Soul music as nationalist expression ; Pre-nationalist jazz ; New Orleans: a case study ; Imitators and the commodification of jazz ; Inclinations: black nationalism in jazz ; The new black music ; Self-definition ; Self-assessment ; Economic self-reliance and control ; Unity and communication -- The power to elevate and define one's own identity, consciousness, and the new Black music. Black cultural revitalization ; The new negro: the Harlem renaissance and Marcus Garvey ; Black is beautiful: self-identity and black aesthetics ; "Jazz": another name for nigger? -- The power to elevate and define one's own: cultural revitalization and the pursuit of a Black aesthetic. African liberation, Frantz Fanon, and black cultural nationalism ; Frantz Fanon and the role of national culture in the decolonization process ; Black cultural nationalism of the 1960s ; Black arts and the Black aesthetic ; The black aesthetic and the new black music ; Poly-rhythms, texture, and collective improvisation ; The Chicagoans: a case study -- "You own it and we make it": economic Black nationalism and the New Black music. The economic colonization of Black Americans ; The economics of jazz music: a brief history ; Musical colonialism and the new Black music ; The recording industry ; The jazz clubs ; From commodity to art: economic and artistic control ; The loft movement ; Collectives ; Independent record companies and labels -- Conclusion: The impossible revolution? Black nationalism and the new Black music. The decline of Black nationalism ; Black nationalism and the new Black music -- Appendix: The tributaries of American jazz music. Piano and ragtime music ; Syncopated orchestras ; Blues-based folk music. |
