Thriving on a riff

By David Murray - undifferentiated, Graham Lock

Subjects: African americans, intellectual life, Jazz, history and criticism, History, Music and literature, Literatur, American literature, african american authors, history and criticism, Motion pictures and music, American literature, history and criticism, 20th century, Jazz, Jazz in motion pictures, American literature, Rezeption, African Americans, Blues (music), history and criticism, Music in literature, History and criticism, African American authors, Jazz in literature, Blues, Blues (Music) in literature, Intellectual life, Blues (Music) in motion pictures, Schwarze, Film, Motion picture music, history and criticism

Description: This text explores the influence of jazz and blues in two key areas of cultural expression, literature and film, where these musics have often been inextricably linked with notions of racial identity and self-representation.