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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.

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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

Table of Contents
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

Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington and Miles Davis

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      Publisher: Lexington Books
      Publication Date: 1/15/2021 12:07:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781498567534, 978-1498567534
      ISBN10: 1498567533

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      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

      Table of Contents
      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

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