Bibliograph

Trading twelves, the selected letters of Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray, edited by Albert Murray and John F. Callahan ; introduction by John F. Callahan ; preface by Albert Murray

Type

Label

Trading twelves, the selected letters of Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray, edited by Albert Murray and John F. Callahan ; introduction by John F. Callahan ; preface by Albert Murray

Language

eng

resource.biographical

collective biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Trading twelves

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

patent document

Oclc number

681584951

Responsibility statement

edited by Albert Murray and John F. Callahan ; introduction by John F. Callahan ; preface by Albert Murray

Sub title

the selected letters of Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray

Summary

"When two jazz musicians trade twelves with each other in a jam session, one musician begins by riffing off twelve bars of music, the other musician throws the twelve bars back through his instrument, the first answers, and so, back and forth, in an ecstatic exchange of ideas and emotions. So it is with these letters, joyful music created by the exchanges between two dear friends." -- Jacket

Table Of Contents

Tuskeegee and New York, 1950-1955 -- Rome, Casablanca, and New York, 1955-1958 -- Los Angeles and New York, 1958-1960

Target audience

adult

Classification