Carol Ann Muller, Sathima Bea Benjamin

Broschiertes Buch

Musical Echoes

South African Women Thinking in Jazz

Beschreibung

Tells the story of Sathima Bea Benjamin, a South African jazz singer who moved to the U.S. in the 1960s, in order to consider cultural and racial politics of jazz in a transnational context.

Autor

Carol Ann Muller is Professor of Music at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of Focus: Music of South Africa and South African Music: A Century of Traditions in Transformation. The South African jazz vocalist and composer Sathima Bea Benjamin is the founder of Ekapa Records and a Grammy-nominated musician who has released a dozen recordings, including Dedications, Cape Town Love, and Musical Echoes . In 2004, South Africa’s president, Thabo Mbeki, honored her with the Order of Ikhamanga Silver Award in recognition of her musical artistry and antiapartheid activism. Benjamin lives in New York City.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 525g
• ISBN-13: 9780822349143
• ISBN-10: 0822349140
• Artikelnr.: 33397046