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Mark Turner: Jazz and Race-He Tells It Like It Is
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World-renowned tenor saxophonist Mark Turner turns his attention to a provocative subject, directly related to a dynamic novel by civil rights activist, poet and novelist, James Weldon Johnson. Turner's latest project, Reflections On: An Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man is the main subject of this conversation on Strictly Jazz Sounds. Turner goes into detail explaining how personal and historical contexts guided the music's thematic material. He describes the process of selecting relevant texts from the book to enhance the album's narrative and musical structure.Playlist
- Mark Turner "Movement 1. Anonymous" from Reflections On: An Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Giant Step Arts) 04:05
- Mark Turner "Movement 4. New York" from Reflections On: An Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Giant Step Arts) 12:04
- Mark Turner "Movement 9. Identity Politics" from Reflections On: An Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Giant Step Arts) 06:12
- Mark Turner "Movement 10. Closure" from Reflections On: An Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Giant Step Arts) 02:23r
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