Biography
Poet, playwright, critic, and novelist Amiri Baraka (born Everett LeRoi Jones) is best known to the jazz community for his two books, Blues People: Negro Music in White America, published in 1964, and Black Music in 1967, bo...
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Somebody Blew Up America by Amiri Baraka with Rob Brown-saxophone,recorded live on February 21, 2009 at The Sa...

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From the album It s Nation Time , 1972, on the Black Forum label...

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The Way of Things (In Town) by Amiri Baraka with Rob Brown-saxophone,recorded live on February 21, 2009 at The...

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Why s/Wise by Amiri Baraka (Rob Brown-saxophone),recorded live on February 21, 2009 at The Sanctuary for Indep...

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Un Poco Loco by Amiri Baraka with Rob Brown-saxophone,recorded live on February 21, 2009 at The Sanctuary for ...

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Against what light is false what breath sucked, for deadness. Murder, the cleansed purpose, frail, against God...

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www.JazzSanctuary.org Why s Wise, by Amiri Baraka (poetry) and Rob Brown (saxophone), recorded live on Februar...

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www.JazzSanctuary.org Un Poco Loco, by Amiri Baraka (poetry) and Rob Brown (saxophone), recorded live on Febru...

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www.JazzSanctuary.org Something In The Way of Things (In Town), by Amiri Baraka (poetry) and Rob Brown (saxoph...

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Sweet/Black Dada Nihilismus - Amiri Baraka(Leroi Jones)&The New York Art Quartet Album - New York Art Quartet ...

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Imamu Amiri Baraka - It s Nation Time (Pull the Covers Off)...

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www.JazzSanctuary.org Obama Poem, by Amiri Baraka (poetry) and Rob Brown (saxophone), recorded live on Februar...



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Jungle Jim Flunks His Screen Test by Amiri Baraka with Rob Brown-saxophone,recorded live on February 21, 2009 ...

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Writer, author, poet and activist Amiri Baraka s group Blue Ark is a spoken word unit set to jazz music. Barak...

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This is an excerpt from a large work titled ...as in a Cultural Reminiscence... dedicated to Rev. Dr. Martin L...

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Released in 1972, this is perhaps the earliest recording on which Gwen Guthrie ( Gwendolyn ) appears as a solo...

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Emcee and professor Pierce Freelon sits down with revolutionary poet, playwright and activist Amiri Baraka for...

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From a radio broadcast recording made in Cologne, Germany, 1982....

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RBG-Nineteen Sixty-Something, Spirit House Movers, Amiri Baraka as LeRoi Jones (Jihad Label, 1968)...

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On Thursday June 23, City of Asylum/Pittsburgh partnered with the African-American poetry collective Cave Cane...


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www.JazzSanctuary.org Jungle Jim Flunks HIs Screen Test, by Amiri Baraka (poetry) and Rob Brown (saxophone), r...

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Celebrated poet and playwright Amiri Baraka met with Sala Udin, a former Pittsburgh City Councilman and noted ...

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The Advanced Workers With The Anti-Imperialist Singers - You Was Dancin Need To Be Marchin So You Can Dance So...