This new book of previously uncollected poetry demonstrates Amiri Bakara's gift for the music of thought and reveals that he has lost none of his great mastery of tone and performance. Engaging in the primary issues of African-American music and contemporary politics, the poetry is an homage to such grand figures of American music as Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Sarah Vaughn, and John Coltrane.
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This new book of previously uncollected poetry demonstrates Amiri Bakara's gift for the music of thought and reveals that he has lost none of his great mastery of tone and performance. Engaging in the primary issues of African-American music and contemporary politics, the poetry is an homage to such grand figures of American music as Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Sarah Vaughn, and John Coltrane.
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