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Table of Contents

Introduction. Working Man and Strugglin' Woman Blues. Jump for Joy. Now's the Time. Freedom Suite. Not in Our Name. Flowers for Emmett Till. Black Lightning. Sacred Common Ground. Tailpiece - the Groove Continues. Books Cited. Credits. Index.

About the Author

Chris Searle is jazz correspondent of the Morning Star and has written a weekly jazz column for the paper for the last decade. He has loved jazz since his teenage years in the late fifties, when a school friend played him Lester Young's 'Three Little Words' and Art Blakey's 'Blues March' and he heard the unadulterated 'New Orleans to London' sound of Ken Colyer's Jazzmen. He has been a teacher all his working life in schools and universities in the UK, Canada, Tobago, Mozambique and Grenada. He has written or edited 50 books on education, poetry, language and cricket, including his most recent volume of poetry, 'Lightening of your Eyes'.

Reviews

Mike Sanders, Socialist History 38: 'an inspirational work. It not only offers a compelling history of jazz as a politically committed musical genre, but also shows how we might begin to think about history in music as well as music in history.' Roger Thomas, JazzUK, May 2009: 'a pleasingly straightforward narrative which pinpoints key examples of how the demand for political and social change is reflected in the music and its presentation ... very approachable ... Such books are stimulating and valuable and this one is recommended reading.' Martin Smiht, Socialist Review: 'Searle wears his political heart on his sleeve. Forward Groove is a delight, and essential reading for anybody who is interested in music, politics or both.' Kevin LeGendre: 'an important publication insofar as it covers almost a century's worth of socially conscious jazz artists. It offers great insight into historical continuums and, to boot, is written with the clarity and passion of somebody who has truly engaged with often complex subject matter.' Duncan Heining, Jazzwise: 'Forward Groove is a remarkable and important work of jazz historiography ... Books should always make you think. Buy Forward Groove and carry on thinking.'

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