Surveys the history of Black American music, from Depression-era rural blues to the big band sound to "rock-n-roll"
An attractively produced, thoughtfully prepared history, generously illustrated with well-selected photos and featuring profiles of ground-breaking musicians as well as a narrative survey of the blues, jazz, swing and bebop, rhythm & blues, and the emergence of soul. A companion to the author's From Cakewalks to Concert Halls . 9.25x11.25" Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
