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Author Kaufman, Fredrick, author.

Title The African roots of jazz / by Fredrick Kaufman & John P. Guckin.

Publication Info. [Sherman Oaks, California] : Alfred Pub. Co., [1979]
©1979

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection Kehle  780.96 K162a 1979    ---  Lib Use Only
Description ix, 147 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, maps, music ; 23 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Discography: pages 138-139.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-137) and index.
Contents Introduction -- About the authors -- The beginnings -- The roots -- Egbaland -- Witchcraft -- Music. Melody ; Blues ; The riff ; The falsetto break ; Harmony ; Call and response ; Rhythm -- Musical instruments -- African music today -- Jazz--U.S.A.. Jazz music ; Dance ; Classical music. Selected list of classical composers influenced by jazz ; Art ; Language ; Schools ; Mass markets -- Bibliography -- Recordings of African music -- African musical instruments -- Index.
Subject Music -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- History and criticism.
Jazz -- History and criticism.
African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism.
African Americans -- Music. (OCoLC)fst00799648
Jazz. (OCoLC)fst00982165
Music (OCoLC)fst01030269
Sub-Saharan Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239520
Genre/Form Jazz. (OCoLC)fst01726653
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Jazz.
Added Author Guckin, John P., author.
ISBN 0882840657
9780882840659
0686648749
9780686648741

 
    
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