Books like Blacknationalism and the revolution in music by Frank Kofsky

An analytical overview of modern jazz movements and key African American musicians, covering figures such as Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Cecil Taylor, Eric Dolphy, Archie Shepp, and Sun‑Ra.

"In this Penetrating Account of John Coltrane's role in spearheading the last major innovations in jazz, Frank Kofsky brings out how the 1960s jazz revolution reflected an intense cultural and political ferment - marked especially by the rise of resistance to racial discrimination."--BOOK JACKET. "This volume - an expanded, revised edition of Kofsky's Black Nationalism and the Revolution in Music - contains the best-known interview with John Coltrane, recorded in 1966, a year before his death. It also presents interviews with drummer Elvin Jones and pianist McCoy Tyner, and includes a discussion on how the interplay between Coltrane and his accompanists culminated in a series of artistic breakthroughs."--BOOK JACKET.

Blues People offers an in‑depth, scholarly examination of African‑American music, tracing the evolution of blues and jazz and their social, cultural, and economic impact on American society.

Beginning with the arrival of the first Africans in the English colonies, Eileen Southern weaves a fascinating narrative of intense musical activity, which has not only played a vital role in the lives of black Americans but has also deeply influenced music performance in the United States and many other parts of the world. Dr. Southern fully chronicles the singers, instrumentalists, and composers who created this rich body of music and skillfully describes the genres and styles that characterize it from its earliest manifestations among a people in slavery to the rap beat of the late twentieth century. Along the way, she covers numerous topics - such as Colonial-Era music, Revolutionary War performers, church music, minstrelsy, ragtime, swing, concert music, soul, pop, and opera - bringing them to life and placing them in their historical and cultural contexts.