Dr. Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr. has written a book on the fascinating topic of jazz, and the perspective of musicologists as their approach to studying black music history has changed through the years. His new book Who Hears Here? is a collection of essays that celebrates the history of jazz and performers through the ages, using the thoughtful lens of modern perspective on race, sexism, regionalism, and more. The contemporary era of black music inquiry is a thoughtful one that must examine implications of race, sex, politics, world history and movement, and sociology, and his essays on the topic as well as his approach are a delight.
- Guthrie’s Website
- Guthrie’s Blog
- Twitter @DrGuyMusiQology
- Subscribe to his YouTube channel today!
Mentions from Episode 166:
- On his label – Black Child: A Song Cycle
- Pan Africanism – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-Africanism
- Sumiko Saulson episode (#146)
- East coast vs west coast jazz
- Her highness, Aretha Franklin
- Eileen Southern’s work – The Music of Black Americans: A History