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Amiri Baraka
12+ albums
spoken wordjazzpoetryamericanjazz-poetry
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Amiri Baraka is an influential American poet, dramatist and music critic. Known for his outspoken political activism, he may be best remembered for his controversial tenure as Poet Laureate of New Jersey. Important writings include Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note (1961) and Blues People: Negro Music in White America (1963), which remains one of the most influential volumes of jazz criticism. Baraka's website is http://www.amiribaraka.com/. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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albums
It's Nation Time - African Visionary Music
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Poets Read Their Contemporary Poetry: Before Columbus Foundation
Listen, Whitey! The Sounds Of Black Power 1967-1974
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Akedengue Suite
New Music - New Poetry
It's Nation Time
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New York Art Quartet
New Music- New Poetry
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Our Souls Have Grown Deep Like The Rivers
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Wild Poppies
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Asilomar Negro Writers Conference, California, December 20, 1964
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Rendezvous Suite