ArtistInfo

Amiri Baraka

voc, 1934-2014 US, Newark, New Jersey
Jazz and Spoken Word
A.k.a. Everett LeRoi Jones Imamu Baraka

Amiri Baraka (born Everett LeRoi Jones; October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014), formerly known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an African-American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays and music criticism. He was the author of numerous books of poetry and taught at a number of universities, including the State University of New York at Buffalo and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He received the PEN Open Book Award, formerly known as the Beyond Margins Award, in 2008 for Tales of the Out and the Gone.

Genres

• Jazz
• Spoken Word
• R&B/Soul