Browse: Duke University Press (publisher), Instruments & Ensembles

As a writer and thinker, Raymond Knapp is a congenial musicologist-eschewing the obscurities of hard theoretical labor and preferring colorful insights. Highly recommended." -- M. Dineen — Choice More…

Anyone who knows their Afrobeat will tell you how pivotal the kit drummer Tony Allen was to the genre's development. Indeed, as . . . Michael Veal points out in this important, deftly crafted... — Jazzwise More…

Fascinating. . . . The musicians' personal stories are interwoven with historical information, academic reflection, and personal experience, combining to form a highly original work that creates... — All About Jazz More…

[A] compelling tale, beautifully told. As one who was fortunate enough to have landed in New York during this timeframe, Lawrence does a cracking job capturing a time when even listening to the... — Record Collector More…

Fascinating. . . . The musicians' personal stories are interwoven with historical information, academic reflection, and personal experience, combining to form a highly original work that creates... — All About Jazz More…

[A] compelling tale, beautifully told. As one who was fortunate enough to have landed in New York during this timeframe, Lawrence does a cracking job capturing a time when even listening to the... — Record Collector More…

Anyone who knows their Afrobeat will tell you how pivotal the kit drummer Tony Allen was to the genre's development. Indeed, as . . . Michael Veal points out in this important, deftly crafted... — Jazzwise More…