Roots of Jazz
Author: Ben Sidran
Black Musicwhether it be jazz, blues, r&b, gospel, or soulhas always expressed, consciously or not, its African "oral" heritage, reflecting the conditions of a minority culture in the midst of a white majority. Black Ta ... |
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Author: Miles Marshall Lewis
The story behind the making of the album that signaled the descent of Sylvester Sly Stone Stewart into a haze of drug addiction and delirium is captivating enough for the cinema. In the spacious attic of a Beverly Hills ... |
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Reflections on the Band in Black Popular Music
Author: Kevin Le Gendre
The history of Soul music has been defined, first and foremost, by a succession of exceptional vocalists. It is impossible to conceive of the genre without them. This does not mean, however, that those who back singers, ... |
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The Music of Stevie Wonder
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The Rise and Fall of Philadelphia Soul
Author: John A. Jackson
"If You Don't Know Me By Now," "The Love I Lost," "The Soul Train Theme," "Then Came You," "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"--the distinctive music that became known as Philly Soul dominated the pop music charts in the 1970s. I ... |
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Music of African Americans in the West
Author: Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje & Eddie S. Meadows
This new series, co-sponsored with The Center for Black Music Research of Columbia College, seeks to increase our understanding of black music genres and their importance to the cultures of the Atlantic world, including ... |
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A History of the Blues
Author: Giles Oakley
Superbly researched and vividly written, The Devil's Music is one of the only books to trace the rise and development of the blues both in relation to other forms of black music and in the context of American social hist ... |
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A Nation of Rhythm and Blues
Author: Mark Anthony Neal
In Songs in the Key of Black Life , acclaimed cultural critic Mark Anthony Neal turns his attention to Rhythm and Blues. He argues that R&B-often dismissed as "just a bunch of love songs," yet the second most popular gen ... |
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The City and the Music
Author: Mike Rowe & Ronald M. Radano
Chicago has always had a reputation as a wide open town with a high tolerance for gangsters, illegal liquor, and crooked politicians. It has also been the home for countless black musicians and the birthplace of a distin ... |
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Art and the Lives of Twelve Great Bluesmen
Author: Samuel Charters
Blues is a languageone which has evolved its own rules and which is the sole property of a culture always forced to the periphery of white society. As such it is a political language. Whether it is passed as a legacy f ... |
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Six Lives in Rhythm and Blues
Author: Chip Deffaa
Somebody has to pay the dues, says LaVern Baker. Here are the remarkable stories of six dazzlingly talented performers who blazed the R & B trailthe story of the performers music and also of their struggle against racis ... |
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Journey Through the Music of the American South
Author: Stanley Booth
The essence of blues and rock and roll, with legends like Robert Johnson, B.B. King, Elvis Presley, and James Brown as only Stanley Booth could portray them.. Here are Stanley Booth's acclaimed writings about the South ... |
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Foundations of Contemporary Metaphysics
Author: Cynthia MacDonald
"Varieties of Things: Foundations of Contemporary Metaphysics" is about some of the most fundamental kinds of things that there are; the things that we encounter in everyday experience. A book about the things that we en ... |
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Changes in Rhythm and Blues, 1950-1999
Author: Richard Ripani
A study that finds African influences of melody, harmony, rhythm, and form in the top 25 songs from each decade of R&B Rhythm & blues emerged from the African American community in the late 1940s to become the driving fo ... |
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My Life in Music
Author: Maceo Parker
Revealing the warm and astonishing story of an influential jazz legend, this personal narrative tells the story of a man's journey from a Southern upbringing to a career touring the world to play for adoring fans. It tel ... |
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The Tumultuous Life of Motown's First Superstar
Author: Peter Benjaminson
Complete with never-before-revealed details about the sex, violence, and drugs in her life, this biography reveals the incredibly turbulent life of Motown artist Mary Wells. Based in part on four hours of previously unre ... |
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Tradition and Creativity in the Folk Blues
Author: David Evans
This book analyzes the process of composition, learning and performance of the Southern folk blues of black America. Never before has this musical form been examined so scrupulously. Evans traces the impact of commercial ... |
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Author: Robert Gordon
Robert Gordon begins where most chroniclers of the music world end and spins a magical fairy tale peopled with Delta bluesmen, a peanut vendor, a matinee cowboy, a professional wrestler, and a manic deejay. IT CAME FROM ... |
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Foundations of Contemporary Metaphysics
Author: Cynthia MacDonald
"Varieties of Things: Foundations of Contemporary Metaphysics" is about some of the most fundamental kinds of things that there are; the things that we encounter in everyday experience. A book about the things that we en ... |
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Little Willie John's Fast Life, Strange Death, and the Birth of Soul
Author: Susan Whitall & Kevin John
This is the first-ever official biography of the unjustly forgotten 'Father of Soul Music'. A notable R'n'B chart success in his day, his songs are now better known through covers, such as Peggy Lee's version of "Fever". ... |
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