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.

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 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 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 that connection emerged for me.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

It's a beautiful question because, you know, 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 in this context are, you know, are understood just as notes.

It's a beautiful question because, you know, 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 in this context are, you know, are understood just as notes.

It's a beautiful question because, you know, 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 in this context are, you know, 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 there's something indispensable about the presence of black people in the United States and in 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 there's something indispensable about the presence of black people in the United States and in 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 there's something indispensable about the presence of black people in the United States and in 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.

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.

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.

Haitian history and Brazilian history and history of the Congo and all of these very deep connections that are present. And so the blue note really is like that. And it is something that you are attuned to. You can hear it. It operates intuitively, I think, for listeners of American music. And in some ways, that is the whole thing. Because American music has journeyed everywhere, right?

Haitian history and Brazilian history and history of the Congo and all of these very deep connections that are present. And so the blue note really is like that. And it is something that you are attuned to. You can hear it. It operates intuitively, I think, for listeners of American music. And in some ways, that is the whole thing. Because American music has journeyed everywhere, right?

Haitian history and Brazilian history and history of the Congo and all of these very deep connections that are present. And so the blue note really is like that. And it is something that you are attuned to. You can hear it. It operates intuitively, I think, for listeners of American music. And in some ways, that is the whole thing. Because American music has journeyed everywhere, right?