| Other author/creator | Oliver, Paul, 1927-2017. |
| Included Work | Oliver, Paul, 1927-2017. Savannah syncopators. |
| Included Work | Russell, Tony, 1946- Blacks, whites, and blues. |
| Included Work | Dixon, Robert M. W., 1939- Recording the blues. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Yonder come the blues / Paul Oliver -- Savannah syncopators: African retentions in the blues / Paul Oliver. Afternoon: Nangodi ; Africa and the jazz historian ; Music in West Africa ; Savannah song ; The source of the slaves ; Africa and the blues ; Afterword ; Glossary of African instruments ; Glossary of tribes and people ; Record list -- Blacks, whites, and blues / Tony Russell. Foreword ; Minstrelsy ; Old familiar tunes ; Letting out the blues ; 'That's the idea of the white people' ; Out west ; Out east ; Afterword ; Recommended recordings -- Recording the blues / Robert M.W. Dixon and John Godrich. Foreword ; Birth of an industry ; The new market, 1920-1922 ; The classic blues, 1923-1926 ; Into the field, 1927-1930 ; Hard times, 1931-1934 ; Urban blues, 1934-1940 ; End of an era, 1941-1945 ; Further information ; Afterword / Howard Rye. |
| Abstract |
This book combines three influential and much-quoted books: Savannah Syncopators; Blacks, Whites and Blues and Recording the Blues. Updated with additional new essays, the book discusses the crucial early development of the blues as a music of Blacks in the United States, explaining some of the most significant factors that shaped this music. Together, these three texts emphasize the significance of the African heritage, the mutuality of much white and black music and the role of recording in consolidating the blues, thus demonstrating the importance of these formative elements in its complex but combined socio-musical history. Redressing some of the misconceptions that persist in writing on African-American music, this book will be essential reading for all enthusiasts of blues, jazz and country music and will be important for students of African-American studies and music, popular music and popular culture. |
| General note | First published as three volumes by Studio Vista 1970 and in the USA by Stein and Day Publishers (November Books) 1970. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references, discographies, and indexes. |
| LCCN | 00028917 |
| ISBN | 0521782597 |
| ISBN | 0521787777 (pbk.) |
