автор: Kernodle Tammy L. Kernodle

First time in paperback and e-book!The jazz musician-composer-arranger Mary Lou Williams spent her sixty-year career working in and stretching beyond a dizzying range of musical styles. Her integrati …

This second volume of Music in Black American Life offers research and analysis that originally appeared in the journals American Music and Black Music Research Journal, and in two book series publis …

African Americans’ historical roots are encapsulated in the lyrics, melodies, and rhythms of their music. In the 18th and 19th centuries, African slaves, longing for emancipation, expressed their hop …