Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Boynik, Sezgin
2. Viitahuhta, Taneli
3. Shepp, Archie
4. Hayashi Ebbesen, Mika
5. Kagovere, Ott
6. Shepp, Archie

Description

1. 165 pages, pages 33-75, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations, facsimiles; 21 cm

Summary

1. The new edition of Free Jazz Communism with the reprint of the entire script of Archie Shepp's play The Communist (Junebug Graduates Tonight: A Jazz Allegory) is out! Free Jazz Communism actualises the concert of Archie Shepp-Bill Dixon Quartet at the 8th World Festival of Youth and Students in Helsinki 1962. Edited by Sezgin Boynik and Taneli Viitahuhta, the book contextualizes the politics of free jazz music in light of global decolonisation movements, anti-war activism, structures of racial capitalism, and forms of avant-garde music. Apart from the theoretical and historical overview by its editors, the book includes testimonies of the collective and international spirit of the 1962 Youth Festival, translated documents from the Finnish press, a new interview with Archie Shepp, commissioned text by Jeff Schwartz on the historical context of political engagement of free jazz musicians, and reproduction of three hard-to-find texts by Shepp. Designed by Ott Kagovere, the book was published in December 2019. Since then the two editions are sold out.

Subject

1. Shepp, Archie
2. Dixon, Bill, 1925-2010
3. Archie Shepp-Bill Dixon Quartet
4. World Festival of Youth and Students for Peace and Friendship 1962 : Helsinki, Finland)
5. World Festival of Youth and Students for Peace and Friendship
6. 1961-1970
7. African American musicians > Criticism and interpretation
8. Jazz > Political aspects
9. Jazz > Finland > History and criticism
10. Jazz > History and criticism
11. Jazz > 1961-1970
12. Concerts > Finland > Helsinki
13. Concerts
14. Jazz
15. African American musicians
16. Criticism and interpretation
17. Finland
18. Finland > Helsinki
19. United States

Genre/Form

1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Contents

1. Introduction / Sezgin Boynik, Taneli Viitahuhta -- Ten days that shook the world / Pekka Saarnio -- Archie Shepp and Bill Dixon in Helsinki, 1962 / Jeff Schwartz -- Jazz wars in Finland 1962 / Erkki Pälli, Pertt Hynynen, Bertil Sundin, Dim -- Policed in the east / Taneli Viitahuhta -- 1962 Testimonies / Ann Eccles, Donald Quinlan, Perry Robinson, Angela Davis, Johan von Bonsdorff -- Black music survived not because but in spite of capitalism / interview with Archie Shepp -- I will not let you misconstrue me / three texts by Archie Shepp -- A lily in spite of the swamp / Sezgin Boynik -- The communist : a jazz allegory / Archie Shepp.

Call number

1. Sc D 24-185

Note

1. "Images used in this book are taken from Terä-lehti (1962, No. 8), and from Erkki Pälli/Music Archive Finland. The book is part of Rab-Rab Press' research and publishing project 'The Forms of the People's Revolt' supported by Kone Foundation."--Colophon page.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Title

1. Free jazz communism : Archie Shepp-Bill Dixon Quartet at the 8th World Festival of Youth and Students in Helsinki 1962 / edited by Sezgin Boynik, Taneli Viitahuhta ; contributions by Sezgin Boynik [and 11 others] ; proof reading and copy editing, Mika Hayashi Ebbesen ; design by Ott Kagovere.

Publisher

1. Helsinki : Rab-Rab Press, September 2022.

Manufacturer

1. [Tallinn, Estonia] : Tallinn Book Printers

Edition

1. Third edition.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Chronological term

1. 1961-1970

Added author

1. Boynik, Sezgin, editor, contributor.
2. Viitahuhta, Taneli, editor, contributor.
3. Shepp, Archie, contributor, interviewee.
4. Hayashi Ebbesen, Mika, editor.
5. Kagovere, Ott, book designer.
6. Container of (work): Shepp, Archie. Junebug graduates tonight.

ISBN

1. 9789526938905 (paperback)
2. 9526938909

Research call number

1. Sc D 24-185