Testimony, a tribute to Charlie Parker :: with new & selected jazz poems /

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa is well known for his jazz poetry, and this book is the first to bring together the verve and vitality of his oeuvre. The centerpiece of this volume is the libretto "Testimony." Paying homage to Charlie Parker, "Testimony" was commissi...

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1. Verfasser: Komunyakaa, Yusef
Weitere Verfasser: Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955, Stahl, Victoria, Evans, Sandy
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2013]
Schriftenreihe:Wesleyan poetry.
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Zusammenfassung:Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa is well known for his jazz poetry, and this book is the first to bring together the verve and vitality of his oeuvre. The centerpiece of this volume is the libretto "Testimony." Paying homage to Charlie Parker, "Testimony" was commissioned for a radio drama with original music by eminent Australian composer and saxophonist Sandy Evans. Remarkably rich and evocative, encompassing a wide range of musical energy and performers, this moving affirmation of Parker's genius became a milestone in contemporary radio theater. Twenty-eight additional poems spa
Beschreibung:Poetry and commentary, featuring Komunyakaa's long paean to Charlie Parker.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (153 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780819574930
0819574937
9780819573827
0819573825
0819574139
9780819574138

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