Top 10 Best "African American Musicians" Books

African-American Music

Earl L. Stewart

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The Songs of Blind Folk

Terry Rowden

African American Musicians

The Songs of Blind Folk

"Rowden has wedded ethnomusicology and disability studies to offer a fresh approach to the study of African American popular music. The Songs of Blind Folk undermines many of the defining mythologies and tropes of blind musicians, including the perception that they are successful because they compensate for the loss of vision." ---Mark Anthony Neal, Duke University

"Illuminates how the enduring phenomenon of blind African American musicians emerged from brutal conditions, how these musicians were deployed in the burgeoning American iconography of race and 'freakdom,' and how they negotiated this hazardous cultural terrain . . . the book is timely, well-historicized, and rich in insight." ---Kari Winter, University at Buffalo

The Songs of Blind Folk explores the ways that the lives and careers of blind and visually impaired African American musicians and singers have mirrored the changes in America's image of African Americans and the social positioning and possibilities of the entire black community. The book offers a historically grounded conside...

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A Pioneering Twentieth Century African-American Musician

Jeffery Ames

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Navigators African American Musicians, Dancers, and Visual Artists in Academe

Theresa Jenoure

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From Jazz to Swing

Thomas J. Hennessey

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African American Musicians

EleanoraTate

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What Is This Thing Called Jazz?

Eric Porter

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African American Musicians (Black Stars)

Eleanora E. Tate

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Navigators

Terry Jenoure

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Louis Armstrong

Pat McKissack
Fredrick McKissack

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Great African American Musicians

This book provides biographical portraits of seventy-eight Black musicians. All artists included in the volume were born prior to the Civil Rights Movement and represent the some of the greatest talent of their era. The biographical data includes information that establishes a standard of recognition of each entry's success story. This includes, but is not limited to, honors/awards, commissioned works, selective discography, film/movie appearances, music style, music technique, song titles and major performance. Beyond the scholarly data is the inclusion of outstanding photographs of each entry. The majority of the photographs have not appeared in print. Thus, each accompanying photo broadens the quality of the book and enables the reader to associate and appreciate each biography. The book also exemplifies the value of acknowledging the contribution of any select group. This book will most assuredly encourage other scholars to investigate the life and times of musicians who appear in the book; investigate contributions of the individuals who represent the arts and humanities; and, p...

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Great African American Musicians

Lemuel
Jr. Berry

African American Musicians

Africana

Kwame Anthony Appiah
Henry Louis Gates

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