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Black Music by Amiri Baraka

earth_to_haley's review

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

2.5

grahamiam's review

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5.0

As someone who knows little about music and even less about jazz, this book was still amazingly engaging and accessible. Was really surprised by just how fun and joyous the writing was. Highly recommend if you want a portrait of the black music scene in NYC in the '50s and '60s.
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