[Dixielandjazz] Gene Lees

[Ivor Jones]

If anybody wants Cats of Any Color: Jazz Black and White by Gene Lees you 
can buy  a paperback copy on Amazon UK for 15 pence 'in good condition'. I 
just bought the hardback.

Ivor Jones







----- Original Message ----- 
 yFrom: "Marek Boym" <marekboym at gmail.com>
To: "iVOR jONES" <BANJONES at sapo.pt>
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Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Gene Lees


> Hello Anton,
>
>> I may have missed it, but I haven't seen on DJML a specific reference to
>> Gene Lees' book "Cats of any color" (Oxford University Press, 1995).
>>
>> The book explores racism in jazz and is radical in treating the subject
>> fully - ie it includes discussion of such things as anti-white bias and 
>> the
>> "invisibility" of Native Americans.
>
> It was metioned in one of the obituaries.
>
> Cheers
>
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