Waubonsee Community College

The dark tree, jazz and the community arts in Los Angeles, Steven L. Isoardi

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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The dark tree

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Steven L. Isoardi

jazz and the community arts in Los Angeles

Brought to life by the passionate voices of the men and women who worked to make the arts integral to everyday community life, The Dark Tree is the first history of the important and largely overlooked community arts movement of African American Los Angeles

Ancestral echoes : roots of the African-American community artist -- Ballad for Samuel : the legacy of Central Avenue and the 1950s avant-garde in Los Angeles -- Lino's pad : African-American Los Angeles and the formation of the Underground Musicians Association (UGMA) -- The giant is awakened : the Watts uprising and cultural resurgence -- Warriors all : UGMA in the middle of it -- The mothership : from UGMA to the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra and UGMAA -- To the great house : the Arkestra in the 1970s -- Thoughts of Dar Es Salaam : the institutionalization of UGMAA -- At the crossroads : the Ark and UGMAA in the 1980s -- The hero's last dance : the '90s resurgence -- Aiee! The phantom : Horace Tapscott -- The black apostles : the Arkestra/UGMAA ethos and aesthetic : music, artists and community -- Appendix : a view from the bottom : the music of Horace Tapscott and the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, by Roberto Miranda