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rostasi · 12-07-2021, 02:42 PM

Greg Tate, Influential Critic, Essayist, and Chronicler of the Black Avant-Garde, Dies at 64

He did some meaningful work, not the least of which was being one of the first critics to reevaluate 70s Miles.
He made his case with strength and insight, and it stuck.

"I have come to occupy a somewhat unique position in the constellation of African American writing by keeping one ear to the street, one ear to the academy, and a phantom third hearing organ to my own little artsy-fartsy corner of Gotham and Brooklyn’s Black bohemia."

12-07-2021, 02:42 PM	#6296 (permalink)
rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,008	Greg Tate, Influential Critic, Essayist, and Chronicler of the Black Avant-Garde, Dies at 64 He did some meaningful work, not the least of which was being one of the first critics to reevaluate 70s Miles. He made his case with strength and insight, and it stuck. "I have come to occupy a somewhat unique position in the constellation of African American writing by keeping one ear to the street, one ear to the academy, and a phantom third hearing organ to my own little artsy-fartsy corner of Gotham and Brooklyn’s Black bohemia."