Musical landscapes in color: conversations with Black American composers

Laying the foundations

The arrived and the acknowledged, part 1 (1922-1936). H. Leslie Adams ; Thomas J. Anderson ; David Baker ; Noel DaCosta ; George Russell ; Hale Smith ; Frederick C. Tillis ; George Walker

The arrived and the acknowledged, part 2 (1937-1945). Adolphus Hailstork ; Wendell Logan ; Dorothy Rudd Moore ; Olly Wilson

Perspectives on spirituality, jazz, and contemporary popular languages. Dwight Andrews ; Ysaye Maria Barnwell ; Billy Childs ; George Duke ; Jester Hairston ; Herbie Hancock ; Stephen Newby ; Michael Powell ; Billy Taylor ; Tony Williams ; Michael Woods

The composer as conductor and composer. Leslie Dunner ; Bobby McFerrin ; Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson ; Patrice Rushen ; Kevin Scott ; Julius Williams

Generation X and beyond (1950-1965). Michael Abels ; Lettie Beckon Alston ; William C. Banfield ; Regina Harris Baiocchi ; Anthony Davis ; Donal Fox ; Jonathan Holland ; Anthony Kelley ; Jeffrey Mumford ; Gary Powell Nash ; Evelyn Simpson-Curenton ; James Kimo Williams

Postludes, extensions of the tradition

linkages and canon.

Preface: Black Beethovens --

In loving memory --

Laying the foundations --

The arrived and the acknowledged, part 1 (1922-1936) : H. Leslie Adams ; Thomas J. Anderson ; David Baker ; Noel DaCosta ; George Russell ; Hale Smith ; Frederick C. Tillis ; George Walker --

The arrived and the acknowledged, part 2 (1937-1945) : Adolphus Hailstork ; Wendell Logan ; Dorothy Rudd Moore ; Olly Wilson --

Perspectives on spirituality, jazz, and contemporary popular languages : Dwight Andrews ; Ysaye Maria Barnwell ; Billy Childs ; George Duke ; Jester Hairston ; Herbie Hancock ; Stephen Newby ; Michael Powell ; Billy Taylor ; Tony Williams ; Michael Woods --

The composer as conductor and composer : Leslie Dunner ; Bobby McFerrin ; Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson ; Patrice Rushen ; Kevin Scott ; Julius Williams --

Generation X and beyond (1950-1965) : Michael Abels ; Lettie Beckon Alston ; William C. Banfield ; Regina Harris Baiocchi ; Anthoony Davis ; Donal Fox ; Jonathan Holland ; Anthony Kelley ; Jeffrey Mumford ; Gary Powell Nash ; Evelyn Simpson-Curenton ; James Kimo Williams --

Postlude : extensions of the tradition --

linkages and canon.