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Whenever you hear the prevalent wailing blues harmonica in commercials, film soundtracks or at a blues club, you are experiencing the legacy of the master harmonica player, Little Walter. Immensely popular in his lifetime, Little Walter had fourteen Top 10 hits on the R&B charts, and he was also the first Chicago blues musician to play at the Apollo. Ray Charles and B.B. King, great blues artists in their own right, were honored to sit in with his band. However, at the age of 37, he lay in a pauper's grave in Chicago. This book will tell the story of a man whose music, life and struggles conti
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This collection of essays and poems about the influence of jazz on writing and culture in this country, an expanded edition of the 1986 publication, is a rewarding volume for all those entranced by jazz. Carruth brings his considerable poetic and literary sensibilities to bear on a topic very near to his heart: ""Those who are devoted primarily to jazz, to poetry, to all the arts, are also those who contribute more intelligently than others to our practical and moral, political and social, advancement.""
African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism. --- Blues (Music) -- History and criticism. --- Jazz -- History and criticism. --- African Americans --- Jazz --- Blues (Music) --- Music --- Music, Dance, Drama & Film --- Music History & Criticism, National - Folk, Patriotic, Political --- History and criticism
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From Robert Johnson to Aretha Franklin, Mahalia Jackson to John Lee Hooker, blues and gospel artists figure heavily in the mythology of twentieth-century culture. The styles in which they sang have proved hugely influential to generations of popular singers, from the wholesale adoptions of singers like Robert Cray or James Brown, to the subtler vocal appropriations of Mariah Carey. Their own music, and how it operates, is not, however, always seen as valid in its own right. This book provides an overview of both these genres, which worked together to provide an expression of twentieth-century black US experience. Their histories are unfolded and questioned; representative songs and lyrical imagery are analysed; perspectives are offered from the standpoint of the voice, the guitar, the piano, and also that of the working musician. The book concludes with a discussion of the impact the genres have had on mainstream musical culture.
Blues (Chants, etc.) --- Blues (Liederen, enz.) --- Blues (Music) --- Blues (Musique) --- Blues (Muziek) --- Blues (Songs, etc.) --- Gospel music --- Music [Gospel ] --- Gospel music. --- Blues --- Gospel --- blues --- gospel --- jazz --- muziekgeschiedenis --- Music --- 78.39.1 --- History and criticism --- Blues (Music) - History and criticism --- Gospel music - History and criticism --- Rhythm and blues (chants, etc.)
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African Americans --- Spirituals (Songs) --- Blues (Music) --- Music --- History and criticism. --- Religion. --- -Music --- -Spirituals (Songs) --- -African Americans --- Afro-Americans --- Black Americans --- Colored people (United States) --- Negroes --- Africans --- Ethnology --- Blacks --- Art music --- Art music, Western --- Classical music --- Musical compositions --- Musical works --- Serious music --- Western art music --- Western music (Western countries) --- History and criticism --- -History and criticism --- Religion --- -Africans --- Music&delete& --- Black people --- African Americans - Music - History and criticism. --- Spirituals (Songs) - History and criticism. --- Blues (Music) - History and criticism. --- Music - United States - History and criticism. --- African Americans - Religion.
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