“The further jazz moves away from the stark blue continuum and the collective realities of Afro-American and American life, the more it moves into academic concert-hall lifelessness, which can be replicated by any middle class showing off its music lessons.” RealityMovingClassMiddleLessonsBlueJazzMiddle ClassCollectivesHallsConcertsAcademicShowing OffStarksAmerican LifeContinuumAfrosMusic Lessons Book:Daggers and javelins: essays, 1974-1979 Source: Daggers and javelins: essays, 1974-1979
“Art is a weapon in the struggle of ideas, the class struggle.” ArtIdeasClassStruggleWeaponsArt IsClass Struggle Author:Amiri Baraka
