The Geography of Jazz. Lenard D. Moore
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The Geography of Jazz
LENARD D. MOORE
Copyright © 2018 by Lenard D. Moore
ISBN: 9781949467307
Library of Congress Control Number:2019957039
2020 BLAIR reprint of collection originally published by
Mountains & Rivers Press
in 2018
To all Jazz Artists,Jazz Historians,Jazz Critics,Jazz Teachers,and Poets
for broadening our appreciation of Jazz and enriching our human condition
Contents
Ray Charles Accepts Honorary Degree
Alchemy of New Orleans & San Francisco
Dizzy Gillespie Plays at the Jazz Hall
Wednesday Night at the Renaissance Hotel
Max Roach Speaks to an Audiophile
Nina Simone Speaks to a Connoisseur
Acknowledgments
Grateful appreciation is offered to the editors and publishers of the following publications in which some of these poems (in different versions) have previously appeared or are forthcoming:
Chautauqua: "Swinging Cool." Reprinted by permission of Chautauqua. Copyright 2014, Lenard D. Moore.
Black American Literature Forum (now, African American Review): "Raleigh Jazz Festival, 1986."
Raleigh: A Guide to North Carolina’s Capital, 2nd Edition (The Raleigh Fine Arts Society, 1992): "Raleigh Jazz Festival, 1986."
Word and Witness: 100 Years of North Carolina Poetry (Carolina Academic Press, 1999): "Raleigh Jazz Festival, 1986."
Kola: A Black Literary Magazine (Canada): "Raleigh Jazz Festival, 1986."
NCArts Journal, Volume 15 Number 2 Winter 2001 (North Carolina Arts Council): "Raleigh Jazz Festival, 1986."
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