Imani Perry

the way in which those two senses of blue coincided so profoundly that actually for me became a pathway to thinking about blackness and in some ways the absolute tragedy of the failure to recognize its beauty.

And so, you know, the book is a journey through that, a journey through both the anguish, but of course, which you have to acknowledge, but of course, this remarkable beauty that actually has a resonance with everyone, even when they deny it. So, you know, I guess that's the simplest way I can think about saying how, yeah, how that connection emerged for me.

And so, you know, the book is a journey through that, a journey through both the anguish, but of course, which you have to acknowledge, but of course, this remarkable beauty that actually has a resonance with everyone, even when they deny it. So, you know, I guess that's the simplest way I can think about saying how, yeah, how that connection emerged for me.

And so, you know, the book is a journey through that, a journey through both the anguish, but of course, which you have to acknowledge, but of course, this remarkable beauty that actually has a resonance with everyone, even when they deny it. So, you know, I guess that's the simplest way I can think about saying how, yeah, how that connection emerged for me.

It's the in-between. It's the slurred note. It's that which isn't recognized on the Western scale. And, of course, it is recognized. You know, increasingly, musicians have been talking about a blues scale, and there are other scales in which what we refer to as blue notes exist. in this context, are understood just as notes.

It's the in-between. It's the slurred note. It's that which isn't recognized on the Western scale. And, of course, it is recognized. You know, increasingly, musicians have been talking about a blues scale, and there are other scales in which what we refer to as blue notes exist. in this context, are understood just as notes.

It's the in-between. It's the slurred note. It's that which isn't recognized on the Western scale. And, of course, it is recognized. You know, increasingly, musicians have been talking about a blues scale, and there are other scales in which what we refer to as blue notes exist. in this context, are understood just as notes.

And that's actually just a wonderful example because the blue note or the addition of the blue note to the sound of American music transforms it much in the way that That there's something indispensable about the presence of black people in the United States and what it becomes. And at the same time, it is its own thing. And also it has connections to these other genres of music. And I...

And that's actually just a wonderful example because the blue note or the addition of the blue note to the sound of American music transforms it much in the way that That there's something indispensable about the presence of black people in the United States and what it becomes. And at the same time, it is its own thing. And also it has connections to these other genres of music. And I...

And that's actually just a wonderful example because the blue note or the addition of the blue note to the sound of American music transforms it much in the way that That there's something indispensable about the presence of black people in the United States and what it becomes. And at the same time, it is its own thing. And also it has connections to these other genres of music. And I...

It's a beautiful example for me of actually the combination of African Americans being American, becoming a people in the context of the United States, and also having these connections that are like arteries to the rest of the black world. And so, you know, there are references in the book to that. And so the blue note really is like that. And it is something that...

It's a beautiful example for me of actually the combination of African Americans being American, becoming a people in the context of the United States, and also having these connections that are like arteries to the rest of the black world. And so, you know, there are references in the book to that. And so the blue note really is like that. And it is something that...

It's a beautiful example for me of actually the combination of African Americans being American, becoming a people in the context of the United States, and also having these connections that are like arteries to the rest of the black world. And so, you know, there are references in the book to that. And so the blue note really is like that. And it is something that...

you are attuned to, you can hear. It operates intuitively, I think, for listeners of American music. And in some ways, that is the whole globe because American music has journeyed everywhere, right? Even if you don't have its formal definition or even if you can't describe it. And there's something to that as well in this story, right?

you are attuned to, you can hear. It operates intuitively, I think, for listeners of American music. And in some ways, that is the whole globe because American music has journeyed everywhere, right? Even if you don't have its formal definition or even if you can't describe it. And there's something to that as well in this story, right?

you are attuned to, you can hear. It operates intuitively, I think, for listeners of American music. And in some ways, that is the whole globe because American music has journeyed everywhere, right? Even if you don't have its formal definition or even if you can't describe it. And there's something to that as well in this story, right?

There is a presence and a power that isn't necessarily fully articulated that comes through this particular history. So, you know, the music...

There is a presence and a power that isn't necessarily fully articulated that comes through this particular history. So, you know, the music...

There is a presence and a power that isn't necessarily fully articulated that comes through this particular history. So, you know, the music...

really does it's not even just it's not just metaphorical it functions as a kind of representation or an example of the fact of of being black and particularly being black American I want to play an early reference that you write about it's Louis Armstrong's 1951 recording of what did I do to be so black and blue let's listen to a little