Riff

The Shake Keane Story

Riff
Philip Nanton
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4 Jan 2021 UK
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9781999776893
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Riff explores the turbulent life of the Caribbean musician and poet Shake Keane (1927-97). A wanderer, he absorbed many of the themes of the 20th century - colonialism, migration and masculinity. Each of them found expression in his work. Born in St Vincent, he migrated to London in the early 1950s where he became an important figure in the free form jazz scene. A return to his birthplace was blighted by politics, and his last decades were spent in New York City and Norway where he experienced a degree of emotional peace despite financial difficulties. This biography reveals the many features of the life of this trend-setting but troubled Caribbean icon.
"The story of Shake Keane has never been more inspiring or relevant to the times in which we live. Born in St Vincent, the trumpeter was an integral part of innovative bands led by Joe Harriott and Michael Garrick in the 1960s, and defied expectations of what a West Indian musician could achieve in post-war Britain. Keane was an accomplished poet whose writing revealed a rich, multi-layered personality with a sharp wit and strident humour. Philip Nanton' s excellent biography charts Keane' s eventful, border-crossing life, from his homeland to sojourns in the UK, Germany and New York, and creates an engaging portrait of a restless, complex soul. "--Kevin Le Gendre "This beautiful, evocative biography of Shake Keane explores with equal passion Keane' s double life as poet and musician and his innovation as a virtuoso in both art forms. Nanton brilliantly contextualises Keane' s life through the multiple lenses of Caribbean nationalism, post-war migration, the formation of Caribbean literary identity - and adds another chapter to the small but growing canon of works celebrating the contribution of Caribbean musicians to the British jazz scene. A compelling and captivating read. "--Hannah Lowe
Philip Nanton is a writer, poet and performer Born in St Vincent, he now lives in Barbados. He is anhonorary research associate at the University of Birmingham and occasional lecturer at the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies, Barbados. He has made radio documentaries on Caribbean literature and culture for the BBC. His books, Island Voices for St. Christopher and the Barracudas (2014) and Canouan Suite and Other Pieces (2016), mix poetry and prose and were published by Papillote Press. HIs latest book, Frontiers of the Caribbean, was published by Manchester University Press in 2017.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781999776893
Published: 4 Jan 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Papillote Press
Publisher: Papillote Press
Format: Paperback
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