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Books on: origin blues

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Africa and the Blues

Book by Gerhard Kubik; University Press of Mississippi, 1999

Subjects:

Blacks--Africa--Music--History And Criticism, Blues (Music)--African Influences, Music--Africa--History And Criticism

Collections: Entire Library

...so-called blue notes and the blues tonal system and its origins, a subject that is also...suits the study of the origins and rise of the blues. The blues as such did...places to explain the origins of the blues as a unique musical form...
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The Cambridge Companion to Blues and Gospel Music

Book by Allan Moore; Cambridge University Press, 2002

Subjects:

Blues (Music)--History And Criticism, Gospel Music--History And Criticism

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From Robert Johnson to Aretha Franklin, Mahalia Jackson to John Lee Hooker, blues and gospel artists play significant roles in twentieth-century culture. This overview of these genres provides an expression of the twentieth-century black American experience. Histories are questioned; songs and ...
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From Robert Johnson to Aretha Franklin, Mahalia Jackson to John Lee Hooker, blues and gospel artists play significant roles in twentieth-century culture. This overview of these genres provides an expression of the twentieth-century black American experience. Histories are questioned; songs and lyrical imagery are analyzed; perspectives are presented from the standpoint of voice, guitar, piano, and working musician. A concluding chapter discusses the impact that the genres have had on mainstream musical culture.
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Blues: The Basics

Book by Dick Weissman; Routledge, 2004

Subjects:

Blues (Music)--History And Criticism

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Blues: The Basicsgives a brief introduction to a century of the blues, ideal for students and interested listeners who want to learn more about this important musical style.The book is organized chronologically, focusing on the major eras in blues' growth and development. Each chapter includes a ...
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Blues: The Basicsgives a brief introduction to a century of the blues, ideal for students and interested listeners who want to learn more about this important musical style.The book is organized chronologically, focusing on the major eras in blues' growth and development. Each chapter includes a timeline relating significant social and historical events to developments in the blues. The book concludes with lists of key recordings, books, and videos.Blues: The Basics serves as an excellent introduction to the players, the music, and the styles that make blues an enduring and well-loved musical style.
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Just My Soul Responding: Rhythm and Blues, Black Consciousness, and Race Relations

Book by Brian Ward; UCL Press, 1998

Subjects:

African Americans--Civil Rights, African Americans--Music--History And Criticism, Music And Race, Popular Music--United States--History And Criticism, Rhythm And Blues Music--History And Criticism

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In one of the most innovative and ambitious books to appear on civil rights and black power movements in America, the author examines the relationship between rhythm and blues music and the struggle for black freedom and equality from the 50s to the 70s.
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Africa and the Blues

Book by Gerhard Kubik; University Press of Mississippi, 1999

Subjects:

Blacks--Africa--Music--History And Criticism, Blues (Music)--African Influences, Music--Africa--History And Criticism

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A narrative that explores the African genealogy of American.

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Journal Articles on: origin blues

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Blues in the Round

Journal article by Edward Komura; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 17, 1997

Subjects:

Blues (Music)--History, Blues musicians--History, House, Son--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Patton, Charlie--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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...Waters performed "Country Blues" and discussed its origins (see Muddy Waters 1993...transcriptions. The Mississippi blues: 1927-1940. Origin Jazz Library OJL-5...transcriptions. Really! The country blues, Origin Jazz Library OJL-2...
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Signifying the Blues

Journal article by Robert Switzer; Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, 2001

Subjects:

Blues (Music)--Criticism and interpretation, Heidegger, Martin--Criticism and interpretation, Literary themes, Poetry--Themes, motives, Poets--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...uncovering a radical or originary artistic "work" in the blues. Heidegger was...like a journey, the blues song has indefinite boundaries as to origin and conclusion...re-popularized classic blues songs and reintroduced original artists such as...
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Singing the Blues/reclaiming Jazz: Toni Morrison and Cultural Mourning

Journal article by Roberta Rubenstein; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 31, 1998

Subjects:

African American authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Blues (Music)--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Jazz (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jazz music--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Morrison, Toni--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...their own, but the original musicians were unable...contrast to jazz, blues music has retained...African-American sources of origin and development...Implicit in the term `blues was the whole tragedy...ellipses and brackets in original) One of many ways...translates jazz and blues techniques into their...
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Blues You Can Use: Teaching the Faust Theme through Music, Literature, and Film

Journal article by Matt Copeland, Chris Goering; Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, Vol. 46, 2003

Subjects:

Blues (Music)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Johnson, Robert--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Literature--Study and teaching

Collections: Education, Literature, Entire Library

...works ever since. The original folktale involves...Sotos "The No-Guitar Blues" (1990), T. Ernesto...information.) Likewise, blues artists incorporated...stimulate interest in the origins of their musical...1998). Preachin the blues. Original Delta blues. Sony...
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Sherman Alexie's Indigenous Blues

Journal article by Douglas Ford; MELUS, Vol. 27, 2002

Subjects:

Alexie, Sherman--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Blues musicians--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Literature--Themes, motives, Native American authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Native Americans--Culture, Popular culture--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Racially mixed people--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Racially mixed people--Social aspects, Reservation Blues (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Ford The blues speak histories...conventional perspective, originate in the experiences...returns us to the blues murkier possible origins in West Africa...words, Alexies blues may ultimately...to West African origins as well as his...

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Magazine Articles on: origin blues

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Richard Wright's Blues

Magazine article by Ralph Ellison; The Antioch Review, Vol. 57, Summer 1999

Subjects:

African Americans--Portrayals, Black Boy (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Southern States--Portrayals, Wright, Richard (Author)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...judgment and rejection of the narrow world of his origin, it recalls Joyces rejection of Dublin in...and tone of his autobiography was the Negro blues. This would bear a word of explanation: The blues is an impulse to keep the painful details...
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Wynton's Blues: For Two Decades Wynton Marsalis Ruled the Jazz Universe, Enjoying Virtually Unqualified Admiration as a Musician and Unsurpassed Influence as the Music's Leading Promoter and Definer

Magazine article by David Hajdu; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 291, March 2003

Subjects:

Armstrong, Louis--Influence, Columbia Records--Marketing, Columbia Records--Product discontinuation, Ellington, Duke--Influence, Jazz music--Criticism and interpretation, Jazz music--History, Jazz music--Marketing, Jazz--Criticism and interpretation, Jazz--History, Jazz--Marketing, Marsalis, Wynton--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Marsalis, Wynton--Criticism and interpretation, Marsalis, Wynton--Influence, Recording industry--Marketing, Recording industry--Product discontinuation, Sound recording industry--Marketing, Sound recording industry--Product discontinuation

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...David Hajdu Wyntons blues: for two decades Wynton Marsalis...Club in Harlem, but not in the original location, and now its a seedy...African-American traditions of the blues and swing, seems to repudiate...albums employed elements of the blues and swing (along with other...
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Wynton's Blues: For Two Decades Wynton Marsalis Rulled the Jazz Universe, Enjoying Virtually Unqualified Admiration as a Musician and ..

Magazine article by David Hadju; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 291, March 2003

Subjects:

Jazz musicians--United States, Marsalis, Wynton, Music industry

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Wyntons Blues: For Two Decades Wynton Marsalis...Club in Harlem, but not in the original location, and now its a seedy...American traditions of the blues and swing, seems to repudiate...albums employed elements of the blues and swing (along with other...
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Blues Sisters: The Term Has Become One of Abuse, but the "Bluestockings" Were Brilliant Women Who Struggled for the Right to Be Both Clever and Feminine

Magazine article by Joan Smith; New Statesman, Vol. 137, March 17, 2008

Subjects:

British history, Intellectuals--Appreciation, Intellectuals--History, Women scholars--Appreciation, Women scholars--History

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...OMITTED The Bluestocking Circle or "blues" became a cultural force in the middle...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED It is a curious origin for a word that came to be so closely...images of desiccated female dons. The original "blues" were much more various than this...
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Pet Trade Blues

Magazine article by Richard Hartley; International Wildlife, March 2000

Subjects:

Brazil--Plants and animals, Macaws--Environmental aspects

Collections: Entire Library

PET TRADE BLUES by Richard Hartley Protecting the last of Brazils Lears macaws...at the time that it was a species unto itself. From the first, the birds origin was shrouded in mystery. Of numerous theories, the most accepted was that...

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Newspaper Articles on: origin blues

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Blues a Class above Their Neighbours; FOOTBALL: Promotion Prospects Are Put in Perspective in the Big St Andrew's Crunch Showdown Abject Albion Are Handed a Lesson BLUES 2 ALBION 1

Newspaper article; Birmingham Evening Mail (England), February 19, 2001

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...equalising header a minute later was their only effort on target in the entire match, Blues defenders hypnotised by their gall when Fox took a free-kick of highly dubious origin. The winner was calmly contrived by Adebola and Bryan Hughes, who rolled the...
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BLUES MASTER: Guitarist Parker Knows the Way

Newspaper article by Patrick Butters; The Washington Times, May 1, 1999

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...really got me into blues, playing with him...Parker met "all the original cats": Howlin Wolf...soulful eyes. "The Blues Came Off My Shoulder...acknowledge - its origin. "People that run...Im one of the originals." * * * In the...rebirth of rhythm and blues. "Ill be perfectly...
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Harry the Blues Star; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 9, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Presleys stage drummer throughout the Seventies until Elviss death). Ian Hughes, Coulsdon, Surrey. QUESTIONS Q: What is the origin of cardioversion treatment? A. R. Jeavons, Birmingham. Q: In an upmarket restaurant where I worked, the head waiter would say...
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Football: Far East Link Grows in Bid to Buy Blues

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), June 14, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Five days on from reports in two Sunday tabloid newspapers that Blues were about to be bought for pounds 70 million, a short statement...understood to have been a delegation of men in suits of Far Eastern origin within the corridors of power at St Andrews over the past two...
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GO: FOLK: Adrian Returns with His Powerful Mix of Blues, Jazz and Rock

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), March 18, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...back in town. Get ready for an evening of powerful acoustic blues with a flavour of jazz and rock when Adrian Byron Burns makes...four-part harmony, and always in the language of the country of origin. Chris says: "After seven years, it feels like WorldSong has...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: origin blues

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Rock Music

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Rock Essentially hybrid in origin, rock music includes elements...styles: black guitar-accompanied blues; black rhythm and blues, noted for saxophone solos; black...in translating black rhythm and blues into a form that adolescent white...
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Jazz

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...public, not only because of its cultural origin, but also because it tended to suggest...New York City, and the West Coast. The blues, vocal and instrumental, was and is a vital...jazz-rock; and avant-garde or free jazz. Blues The heart of jazz, the blues is a musical...
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Spiritual

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...were the source material of the blues (see jazz ), and a number...long thought to be the only original folk music of the United States, and research into its origin centered mainly on the nature...Spirituals (1943); L. Jones, Blues People (1963); J. Cone, The...
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Gospel Music

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...black culture of the first half of the 20th cent., gospel music was considered antithetical to blues and jazz , despite their similarity of origins, and gospel performers rarely sang in nonreligious settings. Later, as all three forms became popular...
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Drama, Western

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...drama by and about African Americans emerged as a significant theatrical trend. In the 1960s plays such as James Baldwin s Blues for Mr. Charley (1964), Amiri Baraka s searing Dutchman (1964), and Charles Gordones No Place to Be Somebody (1967) explored...

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