Spirits rejoice! : jazz and American religion /

Bivins explores the relationship between American religion and American music, and the places where religion and jazz have overlapped"--Dust jacket flap.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bivins, Jason
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Subjects:	Jazz > United States > Religious aspects. Jazz > History and criticism. Music > Social aspects > United States. Jazz > Religious aspects. Jazz > États-Unis > Aspect religieux. Musique > Aspect social > États-Unis. Jazz > Aspect religieux. BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Gaia & Earth Energies. RELIGION > Christianity > General. Jazz Jazz > Religious aspects Music > Social aspects United States Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

First meditations
Procession of the great ancestry : traditions jazz and religious
Shadows on a wall : jazz narrates American religions
Urban magic : jazz communitarianism
The magic of Juju : improvising ritual
The Tao of mad Phat : jazz meditation and mysticism
Other planes of there : jazz cosmologies and metaphysics
Spirits rejoice! : beyond religion.