Testimony, A Tribute to Charlie Parker Hardback
by Yusef Komunyakaa
Hardback
Description
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa is well known for his jazz poetry, and this book is the first to bring together the verve and vitality of his oeuvre.
The centerpiece of this volume is the libretto "Testimony." Paying homage to Charlie Parker, "Testimony" was commissioned for a radio drama with original music by eminent Australian composer and saxophonist Sandy Evans.
Remarkably rich and evocative, encompassing a wide range of musical energy and performers, this moving affirmation of Parker's genius became a milestone in contemporary radio theater.
Twenty-eight additional poems spanning the breadth of Komunyakaa's career are included, including two never previously published.
Accompanying the poems are interviews and essays featuring Komunyakaa, Evans, radio producer Christopher Williams, jazz critic Miriam Zolin, jazz writer and editor Sascha Feinstein, and musical director, Paul Grabowsky.
Sascha Feinstein writes the foreword. The print edition includes two CDs with the entire Australian Broadcast Company recording of Testimony, ebook contains imbedded audio.
Check for the online reader's companion at testimony.site.wesleyan.edu.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:156 pages, 7 illus.
- Publisher:Wesleyan University Press
- Publication Date:18/10/2013
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- ISBN:9780819574299
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:156 pages, 7 illus.
- Publisher:Wesleyan University Press
- Publication Date:18/10/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9780819574299
