Duke University Press

A rare gem. . . . this meticulously researched book is a key entry in the ongoing record-correction of 20th-century popular music history, one that recenters women, and most crucially, women... — Pitchfork More…

Cisco Bradley endeavors to pull the diverse parts of the artist's life together in this first ever biography of Parker. It is a monumental task, and like the dozens of biographies of Louis Armstrong... — All About Jazz More…

A timely and relevant collection guiding the way for a radically inclusive approach to critical studies of improvisation. . . . One of the outstanding intellectual contributions of this book... — Society for American Music More…

Part history of technology, part reception studies, this anthology gathers advertisements, sales agents' scripts, personal accounts, editorials and letters from hobbyist journals of the early... — The Wire More…

What Moore describes is not a simple love affair between a music maligned at home and a country destined to embrace it. . . . Navigating broad territories, she moves from an era when African-American... — The Wire More…

[T]his book is a vital addition to the growing secondary literature about the jazz-poetry interface. . . . Reed is certainly qualified to address this topic, because in addition to being an... — Choice More…

Musicophilia in Mumbai will likely be most interesting to scholars in the fields of South Asian studies, performance studies, and ethnomusicology. It will also be useful to those seeking to... — Journal of Asian Studies More…