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[An] illuminating volume. . . . Recommended to all blues fans — More…
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Dizzy, Duke, Brother Ray, and Friends: On and Off the Record with Jazz Greats
- Author: Terry, Lillian
Dizzy, Duke, Brother Ray and Friends offers a positive glimpse into the world of beloved jazz artist personalities with amusing anecdotes. From Ellington's poetry to conversations with Roach,... — More…
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Blues Empress in Black Chattanooga: Bessie Smith and the Emerging Urban South
- Author: Scott, Michelle
An interesting, solidly researched, well-organized, well-told contribution to the social history of the blues. . . . Recommended — More…
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Jazz Internationalism: Literary Afro-Modernism and the Cultural Politics of Black Music
- Author: Lowney, John
Recommended — More…
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Jimmy Rogers was the most under-appreciated of all the postwar Chicago blues pioneers--until now. Deep, heartfelt, and immaculately researched, Blues All Day Long sets the record straight. A... — More…
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Blues Empress in Black Chattanooga: Bessie Smith and the Emerging Urban South
- Author: Scott, Michelle
An interesting, solidly researched, well-organized, well-told contribution to the social history of the blues. . . . Recommended — More…
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David Whiteis' refreshingly lively Chicago Blues is an inside job, a first-hand account that treats the music not as a pile of dusty old records but as a living breathing art form — More…
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Saxophonist Joe Evans' uncanny memory of his six-plus decades working alongside the legends and lesser-known heroes of jazz and R&B would be enough to make Follow Your Heart essential reading... — More…
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Harper's memoir is beautifully wrought, and populated with an array of vivid and memorable characters... Flecked with insight, wit and warmth, it proves to be an evocative portrait of a bygone... — More…
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