Spirits rejoice! : jazz and American religion /

Bivins, Jason,

Spirits rejoice! : jazz and American religion / Jason C. Bivins. - xvi, 369 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-356) and index.

First meditations -- Procession of the great ancestry : traditions jazz and religious -- Shadows on a wall : jazz narrates American religions -- Urban magic : jazz communitarianism -- The magic of Juju : improvising ritual -- The Tao of mad Phat : jazz meditation and mysticism -- Other planes of there : jazz cosmologies and metaphysics -- Spirits rejoice! : beyond religion.

Bivins explores the relationship between American religion and American music, and the places where religion and jazz have overlapped" --Dust jacket flap.

9780190230913 (cloth : alk. paper) 0190230916 (cloth : alk. paper)

2014046796

GBB564406 bnb


Jazz--Religious aspects.
Jazz--History and criticism.
Music--Social aspects--United States.
Music--Religious aspects.

ML 3921.8 .J39 / B58 2015