This book examines Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Miles Davis as distinctively global symbols of threatening and nonthreatening black masculinity. It centers them in debates over U.S. cultural exceptionalism, noting how they have been part of the definition of jazz as a jingoistic and exclusively American form of popular culture.
This book examines Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Miles Davis as distinctively global symbols of threatening and nonthreatening black masculinity. It centers them in debates over U.S. cultural exceptionalism, noting how they have been part of the definition of jazz as a jingoistic and exclusively American form of popular culture.
Introduction
Chapter OneLouis Armstrong: Exuberant Jazz Legend & Complex
Cultural Diplomat
Chapter TwoDuke Ellington: Elegant US Jazz Exceptionalist Symbol &
Regal Transnational Hetero-Sexual
Chapter ThreeMiles Davis: Jazz, Blues, Rock, Funk, & Hip Hop Border
Crosser
Conclusion
Aaron E. Lefkovitz teaches U.S. history at Harold Washington College, The City Colleges of Chicago, and DePaul University.
There is no other text that isolates these three jazz giants. The
author approaches the topic in a way that is informative and
insightful.
*Matt Shevitz, Harold Washington College*
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