Marching Bands
“Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard / Are sweeter . . .”
Marching Bands breathe the soul and spirit of Africa within the modern world. They create extravagant pageants intended to inspire, educate and entertain. Culled from field trips ranging over a period of almost 30 years, the 96 images within the book, capture the bands as they engage in trash talk, swagger and colloquialisms.
Description
“Marching Bands,” the fifth book by Jules Allen, documents the marching band as a modern, precision art form that fully embodies the love of the public event as a spectacle. Dynamic marching bands breathe the soul and spirit of Africa within the modern world. They create extravagant pageants intended to inspire, educate and entertain. Culled from field trips ranging over a period of almost 30 years, the 96 images within the book, capture the bands as they engage in trash talk, swagger and colloquialisms.
Introduction by Joe Lewis. Published by QCC Art Gallery Press.
Released July 2016
Additional information
| Weight | 3.007 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 12.717 × 12.244 × .0709 in |
| Publisher | Publisher : QCC Gallery – City University of New York; First Edition (January 1, 2016) |
| Original Release | Introduction by Joe Lewis. Published by QCC Art Gallery Press. |
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Ronald R Ward (store manager) –
Jules Allen’s photographs of Black marching bands is artistically brilliant, totally unique and unparalleled
This magnificent compilation of Jules Allen’s photographs of Black marching bands is artistically brilliant, totally unique and unparalleled. Nothing like it has been done before. This indigenous, wonderful phenomenon of Black culture, has been preserved for perpetuity by a nonpareil photographer; an artist who has been named and acknowledged as one of the “100 Most Influential Photographers In The World”. If you don’t have it, make it a part of your own cultural experience, without delay.