دانلود کتاب Is God Funky or What?: Black Biblical Culture and Contemporary Popular Music

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Cover
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Bues
Blues—Sacred, Secular?
The Overlooked Relevance of the Blues
Supernatural Power in the Blues
Jazz
What’s So Sacred About Jazz?
Jazz Improvisation and the Brain
There’s Spirit in the Sacred Improvisation
The Church of Saint John Coltrane
Exploration of Jazz Perspectives on Sacred and Secular
Interviews With Living Jazz Musicians
Interview With Jazz Legend Joe Chambers
Interview With Vocalist Lori Williams
Interview With the Pastor Brian Hamilton
Interview With Composer and Arranger Derrick Gardner
Interview With Arranger and Composer Jerald Shynett
Interview With Jazz Artist Marc Cary
Summary
R&B/Soul
Why R&B/Soul?
R&B/Soul Soundtracks and Life Lessons
The Cassidy Clark Interviews
Jerry Butler
Booker T and the MGs
Gladys Knight
The O’Jays
Little Richard
Wilson Pickett
The Staple Singers and David Ruffin
Al Green
Eddie Kendricks
Patti LaBelle
Sly Stone
Curtis Mayfield
Bill Withers
Stevie Wonder
The Wonder of Religious Experience
Marvin Gaye
More R&B/Soul Artists
Aretha Franklin
The Jackson 5
Michael Jackson
Beyoncé
Neo-Soul
Jill Scott
India.Arie
Lauryn Hill
Erykah Badu
D’Angelo
Summary
Funk
Artists, Funk, and the Sacred
Rufus and Chaka Khan
Larry Graham
Prince
Chuck Brown—Father of Go-Go
Tom Browne
Earth, Wind, and Fire
Me’Shell Ndegeocello
Summary
Hip Hop
Prophets, Psalmists, and Rappers
Influential Rap Artists From the ABC
Tupac Shakur
Public Enemy
NWA
Nas
Jay Z
Kool Moe Dee
What About Bitch, Ho, Nigga, and Stuff Like That?
Hip Hop, Rap, and a Catastrophic Disaster
Dollar Day/Katrina Klap
Summary
Gospel
Rosetta Tharpe
John P. Kee
Kirk Franklin
The Extensions
Lyrics
Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On?
Epilogue
Index