Bibliograph

Spirits rejoice!, jazz and American religion, Jason C. Bivins

Type

Label

Spirits rejoice!, jazz and American religion, Jason C. Bivins

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-356) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Spirits rejoice!

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

892895311

Responsibility statement

Jason C. Bivins

Sub title

jazz and American religion

Summary

Bivins explores the relationship between American religion and American music, and the places where religion and jazz have overlapped"--Dust jacket flap

Table Of Contents

First meditations -- Procession of the great ancestry : traditions jazz and religious -- Shadows on a wall : jazz narrates American religions -- Urban magic : jazz communitarianism -- The magic of Juju : improvising ritual -- The Tao of mad Phat : jazz meditation and mysticism -- Other planes of there : jazz cosmologies and metaphysics -- Spirits rejoice! : beyond religion

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