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A.B. Spellman

Author of Four Lives in the Bebop Business

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Works by A.B. Spellman

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The Black Poets (1983) — Contributor — 402 copies, 2 reviews
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature {2nd edition} (2003) — Contributor, some editions — 282 copies, 2 reviews
African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song (2020) — Contributor — 232 copies, 4 reviews

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Spellman, Alfred Bennett
Birthdate
1935

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Four Lives
Review of the retitled Schocken paperback (1970) reissue of the original hardcover "Four Lives In The Bebop Business" (1966)
“Part of what this music is about is not to be delineated exactly. It’s about magic and capturing spirits.” - Cecil Taylor, as told to Nat Hentoff

Review in progress, to be continued
Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, Herbie Nichols, Jackie McLean

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