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This annotated discography covers the first 50 years of audio recordings by black artists in chronological order, music made in the ""acoustic era"" of recording technology. The book has cross-referenced bibliographical information on recording sessions, including audio sources for extant material, and appendices on field recordings; Caribbean, Mexican and South American recordings; piano rolls performed by black artists; and a filmography detailing the visual record of black performing artists from the period. Indexes contain all featured artists, titles recorded and labels.

Blacks --- African American musicians --- Music --- Afro-American musicians --- Musicians, African American --- Negro musicians --- Musicians --- Black persons --- Negroes --- Ethnology --- Black people

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"Traditional African musical forms have long been accepted as fundamental to the emergence of blues and jazz. This discography brings together recordings that trace the evolution of the African American musical experience, from early wax cylinder recordings made in West Africa to voodoo rituals from the Carribean Basin to the songs of former slaves in the American South"--

Blacks --- Field recordings --- Sound recordings --- Video recordings --- Black persons --- Negroes --- Ethnology --- Black people