Blutopia: Visions of the Future and Revisions of the Past in the Work of Sun Ra, Duke Ellington, and Anthony Braxton

by Graham Lock

Book Overview

In Blutopia Graham Lock studies the music and thought of three pioneering twentieth-century musicians: Sun Ra, Duke Ellington, and Anthony Braxton. Providing an alternative to previous analyses of their work, Lock shows how these distinctive artists were each influenced by a common musical and spiritual heritage and participated in self-conscious efforts to create a utopian vision of the future.
A century after Ellington's birth, Lock reassesses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822324407
• ISBN13: 9780822324409
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 9.3"