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| LIVING ENCYLOPEDIA OF GLOBAL AFRICAN MUSIC |
| Dear Reader, Welcome to the Living Encyclopedia of Global African Music (LEGAM). The Living Encyclopedia of Global African Music is a unique scholarly publication. It currently resides at African American Innovators (LLC) manages all its logistics. Bill Johnson is the LEGAM’s Executive Director and Karlton Hester is the Editor-in-Chief. The LEGAM is an international, trans-disciplinary, peer-reviewed, online encyclopedia dedicated to music and the arts. Its socio-cultural context focuses on topics relating to the music history, music theory, the arts and sciences, religion and spirituality, and trans-disciplinary topics extending beyond limits of traditional categories that traditionally form the boundaries of music theory. Its socio-cultural context focuses on topics relating to the music history, music theory, the arts and sciences, religion and spirituality, and topics extending beyond limits of traditional categories that usually form the boundaries of music theory. Its structure is based on the 12 chronological chapters of my history publication (Bigotry and the Afrocentric "Jazz" Evolution). The Living Encyclopedia of Global African Music also welcomes papers and articles from a wide range of perspectives, therefore. Papers from our past Global African Music and Arts Festival/ Symposium, interviews, poetry, and various other submissions update the site’s information on a continuous basis. LEGAM aspires to become a leading musical reference and an important addition to a new evolving paradigm of Global African historical documentation. Bigotry and the Afrocentric "Jazz" Evolution (Global Academic Publishing, 2004) serves as the chronological infrastructure for the "jazz" history section of LEGAM. It traces the history of the music from its African roots to the present, including an entire first chapter on African music. The book includes a CD-ROM with discography, biographies, and an assortment of other teaching aides and research materials. These and many other resources are a part of the LEGAM’s history component. The theoretical basis for the LEGAM begins with my Hesterian Spirituals: Musicism within a Poly-dimensional Universe (serving as a topical infrastructure) and Dr. Nelson Harrison’s The Metaphysics of Music. The research basis for LEGAM also includes other festival panel discussions and interviews; private interviews; symposium and other research papers; a photo gallery; on-line radio; a wide assortment of related links; and a variety of educational resources for university students. Best wishes, Karlton E. Hester, Ph. D. Editor-in-Chief Living Encyclopedia of Global African Music – Structural Support Level I History Basis Bigotry and the Afrocentric “Jazz” Evolution (Hester, Academic Edition 3) Theory Basis Hesterian Spirituals: Musicism within a Poly-dimensional Universe (Hester) The Metaphysics of Music (Harrison) Level II Research Basis Festival Panel Discussions and Interviews Private Interviews Symposium Papers Other Research Papers Poetry Photo Gallery Outreach Basis African American Jazz Caucus (Larry Ridley, Distant Learning) African American Institution (Nontsizi Cayou, Fillmore Jazz Preservation Big Band) UCSC Global African Music and Arts Festivals/Symposia Fillmore Jazz Preservation Big Band Level III LEGAM Website Infrastructure (Johnson) Global African Marketplace AAI Streaming Radio and Media Public Research Papers Board of Advisors Discussion Groups Worldwide On-line Links Level IV Current and Past Sponsors African American Innovators, LLC University of California, Santa Cruz: Center for Teaching Excellence, Arts Research Institute, Division of Arts, Department of Music, Academic Senate, Porter College, Diversity Funds Grant, University of California Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA) Please Read: The Encyclopedia is a joint venture between the University of California at Santa Cruz and African American Innovators, LLC. By following the links in this site you can explore the Encyclopedia contents. Because of the tremendous amount of evolving and currently unpublished scholarly work contained in the Encyclopedia, we want you to know that all of its content, including the name Living Encyclopedia of Global African Music (LEGAM), is copyrighted. This content may not be used without the permission of its author(s) for any purpose other than personal use. For permission to reprint or otherwise use this content please contact us by selecting the menu item Contact Us in the lefthand menu. Enjoy. African American Innovators, LLC © 2006 Important: The Encyclopedia is a joint venture between the University of California at Santa Cruz, Interdisciplinary Artists Aggregation and African American Innovators, LLC. By following the links in this site you can explore the Encyclopedia contents. Because of the tremendous amount of evolving and currently unpublished scholarly work contained in the Encyclopedia, we want you to know that all of its content, including the name Living Encyclopedia of Global African Music (LEGAM), is copyrighted. This content may not be used without the permission of its author(s) for any purpose other than personal use. For permission to reprint or otherwise use this content please contact us by selecting the menu item Contact Us in the lefthand menu. Enjoy. African American Innovators, LLC © 2006 |
