Samuel Charters
A Language of Song: Journeys in the Musical World of the African Diaspora
Samuel Charters
A Language of Song: Journeys in the Musical World of the African Diaspora
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A renowned author and blues historian chronicles his travels as he traces music of the African diaspora to dozens of locations around the world.
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A renowned author and blues historian chronicles his travels as he traces music of the African diaspora to dozens of locations around the world.
Produktdetails
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- Verlag: Duke University Press
- Seitenzahl: 368
- Erscheinungstermin: Mai 2009
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 28mm
- Gewicht: 635g
- ISBN-13: 9780822343806
- ISBN-10: 0822343800
- Artikelnr.: 25870321
- Verlag: Duke University Press
- Seitenzahl: 368
- Erscheinungstermin: Mai 2009
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 28mm
- Gewicht: 635g
- ISBN-13: 9780822343806
- ISBN-10: 0822343800
- Artikelnr.: 25870321
Samuel Charters is a renowned and influential ethnomusicologist whose many books on music include A Trumpet around the Corner: The Story of New Orleans Jazz; The Blues Makers; The Roots of the Blues: An African Search, winner of an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award; Robert Johnson; The Life, the Times, the Songs of Country Joe and the Fish; The Bluesmen; and The Country Blues . In recognition of his writing, he was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1994. Charters is a Grammy-winning music producer, who has made many recordings as well as a documentary film, The Blues. He is also the author of four novels, numerous books of poetry, and a memoir.
A Note
1. A Griot's Art: The Story of Everything 1
2. Canaries—Canarios: A New Music in an Old World 17
3. Go Down Chariot: The Georgia Sea Islands and Fanny Kemble. The Slavery
Spirituals, Lydia Parrish and Zora Neale Hurston 37
4. Skiffles, Tubs and Washboards: Good Time Music before the Blues 62
5. Red Clark's List: New Orleans Street Jazz and the Eureka Brass Band in
the 1950s 81
6. A Dance in Ragged Time: "Shake the World's Foundation with the Maple
Leaf Rag" 105
7. Gal, You Got to Go Back to Bimini: The Bahamas, Its Rhymers, and Joseph
Spence 133
8. Pretenders, Caressers, Lions, and a Mighty Sparrow: Trinidad's Sweet
Calypso 152
9. It Be Like Thunder if a Man Live Close: Nights in Trinidad's Pan Yards
178
10. Reggae Is a New Bag: Kingston Streets, Kingston Nights 203
11. To Feel The Spirit: Gospel Song in the Great Churches of Harlem 230
12. A Prince of Zydeco: Louisiana's Zydeco Blues and Good Rockin' Dopsie
254
13. ¿Como se llama este ritmo? Bebo Valdés, the Music of Cuba, and the
Buena Vista Social Club 283
14. Bahia Nights: Carnival in Brazil's Black World 308
Notes 335
Bibliography 339
Index 343
1. A Griot's Art: The Story of Everything 1
2. Canaries—Canarios: A New Music in an Old World 17
3. Go Down Chariot: The Georgia Sea Islands and Fanny Kemble. The Slavery
Spirituals, Lydia Parrish and Zora Neale Hurston 37
4. Skiffles, Tubs and Washboards: Good Time Music before the Blues 62
5. Red Clark's List: New Orleans Street Jazz and the Eureka Brass Band in
the 1950s 81
6. A Dance in Ragged Time: "Shake the World's Foundation with the Maple
Leaf Rag" 105
7. Gal, You Got to Go Back to Bimini: The Bahamas, Its Rhymers, and Joseph
Spence 133
8. Pretenders, Caressers, Lions, and a Mighty Sparrow: Trinidad's Sweet
Calypso 152
9. It Be Like Thunder if a Man Live Close: Nights in Trinidad's Pan Yards
178
10. Reggae Is a New Bag: Kingston Streets, Kingston Nights 203
11. To Feel The Spirit: Gospel Song in the Great Churches of Harlem 230
12. A Prince of Zydeco: Louisiana's Zydeco Blues and Good Rockin' Dopsie
254
13. ¿Como se llama este ritmo? Bebo Valdés, the Music of Cuba, and the
Buena Vista Social Club 283
14. Bahia Nights: Carnival in Brazil's Black World 308
Notes 335
Bibliography 339
Index 343
A Note
1. A Griot's Art: The Story of Everything 1
2. Canaries—Canarios: A New Music in an Old World 17
3. Go Down Chariot: The Georgia Sea Islands and Fanny Kemble. The Slavery
Spirituals, Lydia Parrish and Zora Neale Hurston 37
4. Skiffles, Tubs and Washboards: Good Time Music before the Blues 62
5. Red Clark's List: New Orleans Street Jazz and the Eureka Brass Band in
the 1950s 81
6. A Dance in Ragged Time: "Shake the World's Foundation with the Maple
Leaf Rag" 105
7. Gal, You Got to Go Back to Bimini: The Bahamas, Its Rhymers, and Joseph
Spence 133
8. Pretenders, Caressers, Lions, and a Mighty Sparrow: Trinidad's Sweet
Calypso 152
9. It Be Like Thunder if a Man Live Close: Nights in Trinidad's Pan Yards
178
10. Reggae Is a New Bag: Kingston Streets, Kingston Nights 203
11. To Feel The Spirit: Gospel Song in the Great Churches of Harlem 230
12. A Prince of Zydeco: Louisiana's Zydeco Blues and Good Rockin' Dopsie
254
13. ¿Como se llama este ritmo? Bebo Valdés, the Music of Cuba, and the
Buena Vista Social Club 283
14. Bahia Nights: Carnival in Brazil's Black World 308
Notes 335
Bibliography 339
Index 343
1. A Griot's Art: The Story of Everything 1
2. Canaries—Canarios: A New Music in an Old World 17
3. Go Down Chariot: The Georgia Sea Islands and Fanny Kemble. The Slavery
Spirituals, Lydia Parrish and Zora Neale Hurston 37
4. Skiffles, Tubs and Washboards: Good Time Music before the Blues 62
5. Red Clark's List: New Orleans Street Jazz and the Eureka Brass Band in
the 1950s 81
6. A Dance in Ragged Time: "Shake the World's Foundation with the Maple
Leaf Rag" 105
7. Gal, You Got to Go Back to Bimini: The Bahamas, Its Rhymers, and Joseph
Spence 133
8. Pretenders, Caressers, Lions, and a Mighty Sparrow: Trinidad's Sweet
Calypso 152
9. It Be Like Thunder if a Man Live Close: Nights in Trinidad's Pan Yards
178
10. Reggae Is a New Bag: Kingston Streets, Kingston Nights 203
11. To Feel The Spirit: Gospel Song in the Great Churches of Harlem 230
12. A Prince of Zydeco: Louisiana's Zydeco Blues and Good Rockin' Dopsie
254
13. ¿Como se llama este ritmo? Bebo Valdés, the Music of Cuba, and the
Buena Vista Social Club 283
14. Bahia Nights: Carnival in Brazil's Black World 308
Notes 335
Bibliography 339
Index 343