Different Drummers

Martin Munro

• Paperback | Engels | Music of the African Diaspora | nr. 14
• Long a taboo subject among critics, rhythm finally takes center stage in this book's dazzling, wide-ranging examination of diverse black cultures acro... Lees meer

Mek Some Noise

Timothy Rommen

• Paperback | Engels | Music of the African Diaspora | nr. 11
• "Mek Some Noise" , Timothy Rommen's ethnographic study of Trinidadian gospel music, engages the multiple musical styles circulating in the nation's Fu... Lees meer

Jazz Diasporas

Rashida K Braggs

• Paperback | Engels | Music of the African Diaspora | nr. 18
• At the close of the Second World War, waves of African American musicians migrated to Paris, eager to thrive in its reinvigorated jazz scene. Jazz Dia... Lees meer

Holy Hip Hop in the City of Angels

Christina Zanfagna

• Paperback | Engels | Music of the African Diaspora | nr. 19
• A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program for monographs. Visit... Lees meer

Blowin' the Blues Away

Travis A Jackson

• Hardcover | Engels | Music of the African Diaspora | nr. 16
• New York City has always been a mecca in the history of jazz, and in many ways the city's jazz scene is more important now than ever before. Blowin' t... Lees meer

The La Traviata Affair

Hilde Roos

• Hardcover | Engels | Music of the African Diaspora | nr. 20
• Race, politics, and opera production during apartheid South Africa intersect in this historiographic work on the Eoan Group, a "coloured" cultural org... Lees meer

Race Music

Guthrie P Ramsey

• Paperback | Engels | Music of the African Diaspora | nr. 7
• This powerful book covers the vast and various terrain of African American music, from bebop to hip-hop. Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr., begins with an absorb... Lees meer

From Afro-Cuban Rhythms to Latin Jazz

Raul A Fernandez

• Paperback | Engels | Music of the African Diaspora | nr. 10
• This book explores the complexity of Cuban dance music and the webs that connect it, musically and historically, to other Caribbean music, to salsa, a... Lees meer

Blowin' the Blues Away

Travis A Jackson

• Paperback | Engels | Music of the African Diaspora | nr. 16
• New York City has always been a mecca in the history of jazz, and in many ways the city's jazz scene is more important now than ever before. Blowin' t... Lees meer

Jazz on the Road

Christopher Wilkinson

• Paperback | Engels | Music of the African Diaspora | nr. 3
• Christopher Wilkinson uncovers a fascinating and unexplored side of American musical and social history in this richly detailed account of Don Albert'... Lees meer

Different Drummers

Martin Munro

• Hardcover | Engels | Music of the African Diaspora | nr. 14
• Long a taboo subject among critics, rhythm finally takes center stage in this book's dazzling, wide-ranging examination of diverse black cultures acro... Lees meer

Funky Nassau

Timothy Rommen

• Hardcover | Engels | Music of the African Diaspora | nr. 15
• This book examines the role music has played in the formation of the political and national identity of the Bahamas. Timothy Rommen analyzes Bahamian ... Lees meer

The Memoirs of Alton Augustus Adams, Sr.

Alton Augustus Adams

• Hardcover | Engels | Music of the African Diaspora | nr. 12
• Alton Augustus Adams, Sr., was a musician, writer, hotelier, and the first black bandmaster of the United States Navy. Born in the Virgin Islands in 1... Lees meer

William Grant Still

Catherine Parsons Smith

• Paperback | Engels | Music of the African Diaspora | nr. 2
• During the 1930s and 1940s William Grant Still (1895-1978) was known as the "Dean of Afro-American Composers." He worked as an arranger for early radi... Lees meer

Funky Nassau

Timothy Rommen

• Paperback | Engels | Music of the African Diaspora | nr. 15
• This book examines the role music has played in the formation of the political and national identity of the Bahamas. Timothy Rommen analyzes Bahamian ... Lees meer

Lining Out the Word

William T Dargan

• Hardcover | Engels | Music of the African Diaspora | nr. 8
• This book, a milestone in American music scholarship, is the first to take a close look at an important and little-studied component of African Americ... Lees meer

Dead Man Blues

Phil Pastras

• Paperback | Engels | Music of the African Diaspora | nr. 5
• When Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton sat at the piano in the Library of Congress in May of 1938 to begin his monumental series of interviews with Alan L... Lees meer

The La Traviata Affair

Hilde Roos

• Paperback | Engels | Music of the African Diaspora | nr. 20
• Race, politics, and opera production during apartheid South Africa intersect in this historiographic work on the Eoan Group, a "coloured" cultural org... Lees meer

What Is This Thing Called Jazz?

Eric Porter

• Paperback | Engels | Music of the African Diaspora | nr. 6
• Despite the plethora of writing about jazz, little attention has been paid to what musicians themselves wrote and said about their practice. An implic... Lees meer

Music and Revolution

Robin D Moore

• Paperback | Engels | Music of the African Diaspora | nr. 9
• Music and Revolution provides a dynamic introduction to the most prominent artists and musical styles that have emerged in Cuba since 1959 and to the ... Lees meer

California Soul

• Paperback | Engels | Music of the African Diaspora | nr. 1
• This new series, co-sponsored with The Center for Black Music Research of Columbia College, seeks to increase our understanding of black music genres ... Lees meer

Digging

Amiri Baraka

• Paperback | Engels | Music of the African Diaspora | nr. 13
• For almost half a century, Amiri Baraka has ranked among the most important commentators on African American music and culture. In this brilliant asse... Lees meer