Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
History
Date of Award
12-2004
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Elwood D. Watson
Committee Members
Alison Deadman, Stephen G Fritz
Abstract
In this study, I examined musical recordings from the jazz idiom that relate to events or ideas involved in the Civil Rights Movement during the mid-1950s through the mid-1960s. The study focused on the four following musicians' recordings: Charles Mingus, Fables of Faubus; Sonny Rollins, The Freedom Suite; Ornette Coleman, Free Jazz; and John Coltrane, A Love Supreme. The study relies primarily on the aforementioned recordings, critics analysis of those recordings, and events that took place during the Civil Right Movement.
The study concludes that these recordings are not only commentary about ideas and events but historically representative of the movement as well.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Henry, Lucas Aaron, "Freedom Now!: Four Hard Bop and Avant-Garde Jazz Musicians' Musical Commentary on the Civil Rights Movement, 1958-1964." (2004). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 962. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/962
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.