Human Conditions: 'Black Music' by Amiri Baraka
Brent Hayes Edwards and Adam Shatz, 12 November 2024
In 'Black Music', a collection of essays, liner notes and interviews from 1959 to 1967, Amiri Baraka captures the ferment, energy and excitement of the avant-garde jazz scene. Published while he still went by LeRoi Jones, it provides a composite picture of Baraka’s evolving thought, aesthetic values and literary experimentation.