Who Can Afford to Improvise?: James Baldwin and Black Music, the Lyric and the Listeners

by Ed Pavlić

Book Overview

More than a quarter-century after his death, James Baldwin remains an unparalleled figure in American literature and African American cultural politics. In Who Can Afford to Improvise? Ed Pavlic offers an unconventional, lyrical, and accessible meditation on the life, writings, and legacy of James Baldwin and their relationship to the lyric tradition in black music, from gospel and blues to jazz and R&B. Based on unprecedented access to private...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082327683X
• ISBN13: 9780823276837
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.7"