JOHN GRAY

GRANTS AND HONORS
 

1991.   BLACK THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE named one of Choice Magazine's "Outstanding Academic Books, 1990."

1989.   BLACKS IN CLASSICAL MUSIC named one of Choice Magazine's "Outstanding Academic Books, 1988."

1989.   John Anson Kittredge Educational Fund [grant]


PUBLICATIONS (Books and Edited Volumes)

In Progress.   BLACK MUSIC IN THE DIASPORA: A Bibliographical Guide.  Multi-volume work on Black sacred, folk and popular music idioms in the African Diaspora.

1993.   ACTION ART: A Bibliography of Artists' Performance from Futurism to Fluxus and Beyond.  Westport, CT:  Greenwood Press.  343pp.

1991.   FIRE MUSIC: A Bibliography of the New Jazz, 1959-1990.  Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.  515pp.

1991.   "Bibliography."  In BRAZILIAN RHYTHMS FOR DRUMSET by Duduka da Fonseca and Bob Weiner.  New York: Manhattan Music Publications; distributed by DCI Music Video, pp. 78-79.

1991.   AFRICAN MUSIC: A Bibliographical Guide to the Traditional, Popular, Art, and Liturgical Musics of Sub-Saharan Africa.  Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.  499pp.

1990.   "Bibliography."  In AFRO-CUBAN RYTHMS FOR DRUMSET by Frank Malabe and Bob Weiner.  New York: Manhattan Music Inc.;  distributed by DCI Music Video (541 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10011), pp. 63-64.

1990.   BLACKS IN FILM AND TELEVISION: A Pan-African Bibliography of Films, Filmmakers, and Performers.  Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.  496pp.

1990.   BLACK THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE: A Pan-African Bibliography.  Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.  409pp.

1989.   ASHE, TRADITIONAL RELIGION AND HEALING IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND THE DIASPORA: A Classified International Bibliography.  Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.  518pp.

1988.   BLACKS IN CLASSICAL MUSIC: A Bibliographical Guide to Composers, Performers, and Ensembles.  Westport, CT:  Greenwood Press.  280pp.

1988.   "Black Dance, from Africa to the Americas: A Selected Bibliography."  In THE BLACK TRADITION IN AMERICAN MODERN DANCE, ed. G. E. Myers.  Durham, NC: American Dance Festival.  Festival booklet.


PUBLICATIONS (Articles)

1992.   "The Invisible Religions."  Cross Currents (Summer 1992): 285-286.  [Letter to the Editor]

1984.   "Andrew Cyrille."  Coda, 199 (December 1984).  [Interview]

1984.   "Lee Konitz: A Short Talk."  Cadence; The American Review of Jazz and Blues, 10 (1) (January 1984).

PUBLICATIONS (Reviews)
1999.   “Yoruba Sacred Music: Old World and New.”  Review essay available via the Internet.  URL: www.descarga.com/cgi-bin/db/archives/Article17
           This is a complete version of the essay.  Two parts of it were originally published in the newsletter Oshun.

1999.  “Soul Force 101: Yoruba Sacred Music, Old World and New, Part 2.”  Oshun: African magickal quarterly, Vol. 4, no. 2 (Spring 1999).

1999.   “Black Film Bookshelf: African Film.”  Screening Noir Online, Vol. 2, no. 2/3 (Spring-Summer 1999).  URL: www.film-studies.ucsb.edu/ faculty/everett/news_letter.

1998.   “Black Film Bookshelf: Reference Books.”  Screening Noir Online, Vol. 2, no. 1 (Spring 1998).  URL is same as preceding entry.

1998.   “Soul Force 101: Yoruba Sacred Music, Old World and New.”  Oshun, Vol. 4, no. 1 (Winter 1998).

1998.   “Soul Force 101: The Orishas.”  Oshun, Vol. 3, no. 4 (Autumn 1998).

1998.   “Soul Force 101: African Religions in Brazil.”  Oshun, Vol. 3, no. 2 (Spring 1998).

1998.   “Soul Force 101: Afro-Cuban Religion in the Americas.”  Oshun, Vol. 3, no. 1 (Winter 1998).

1997.   “Soul Force 101: African Religions in the Diaspora.”  Oshun, Vol. 2, no. 4 (Autumn 1997).

1997.   “Soul Force 101: The Yoruba World.”  Oshun, Vol. 2, no. 2 (Spring 1997).

1997.   “Soul Force 101: The Kongo-Atlantic Connection.”  Oshun, Vol. 2, no. 1 (Winter 1997).

1990.   "The Pan Africanist's Bookshelf: Culture as a Weapon."  African Connection (June 1990).

1985.   "Greenwich Village Jazz Fest: A Critic's Notebook."  The Villager (August 29 1985).

1983.   "Simone Forti's Spring."  The Drama Review (T99) (Fall 1983).


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