| Description |
x, 362 p. : ill. |
| Series |
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references(p. [339]-342) and index. |
| Contents |
A griot's art : the story of everything -- Canaries, canarios : a new music in an old world -- Go down chariot : The Georgia Sea Islands and Fanny Kemble. The slavery spirituals, Lydia Parrish and Zora Neale Hurston -- Skiffles, tubs and washboards : good time music before the Blues -- Red Clark's list : New Orleans street jazz and the Eureka brass band in the 1950s -- A dance in ragged time : "Shake the world's foundation with the maple leaf rag!" -- Gal, you got to go back to Bimini : The Bahamas, its rhymers, and Joseph Spence -- Pretenders, caressers, lions, and a mighty sparrow : Trinidad's sweet calypso -- It be like thunder if a man live close : nights in Trinidad's pan yards -- Reggae is a new bag : Kingston streets, Kingston nights -- To feel the spirit : Gospel song in the great churches of Harlem -- A prince of zydeco : Louisiana's zydeco blues and good rockin' dopsie -- Como se llama este ritmo? : Bebo Valdes, the music of Cuba, and the Buena Vista social club -- Bahia nights : Carnival in Brazil's black world. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Charters, Samuel Barclay -- Travel.
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Music -- African influences.
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Music -- United States -- African influences.
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Music -- Latin America -- African influences.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780822392071 |
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0822392070 |
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9780822343585 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0822343584 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780822343806 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0822343800 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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