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Blues People : The Negro Experience in White America and the Music that Developed from it
Blues People The Negro Experience in White America and the Music that Developed from it
Author: LeRoi Jones
LeRoi Jones changed his name to Amiri Baraka in 1965. — "The path the slave took to 'citizenship' is what I want to look at. And I make my analogy through the slave citizen's music -- through the music that is most closely associated with him: blues and a later, but parallel development, jazz... [If] the Negro represents, or i...  more »

So says Amiri Baraka in the Introduction to Blues People, his classic work on the place of jazz and blues in American social, musical, economic, and cultural history. From the music of African slaves in the United States through the music scene of the 1960's, Baraka traces the influence of what he calls "negro music" on white America -- not only in the context of music and pop culture but also in terms of the values and perspectives passed on through the music. In tracing the music, he brilliantly illuminates the influence of African Americans on American culture and history.
ISBN-13: 9780688184742
ISBN-10: 068818474X
Publication Date: 1963
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Morrow Quill Paperbacks
Book Type: Paperback
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Excellent reference and history about blues music.


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