12 Part
epic poem with musical cues drawn from the blues, New Orleans Jazz, Gospel,
Boogie Woogie, BeBop and other forms of progressive jazz written by Langston
Hughes in the early 60s.
It was
never performed in his lifetime but Dr. Ron McCurdy has a production of it
online at the following addresses.
The politics of this piece are fascinating. I can well imagine it being performed at the a Newport Jazz
Festival in the early 60s sandwiched between Louis Armstrong and Duke
Ellington.
Contemporary
Performance of Ask Your Mama!
The
Langston Hughes Project: Descriptions of Ask Your Mama!
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