african american musicians

Presents a tribute to American jazz saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker through personal interviews with family members, friends, and fellow performers.

Traces the history of American soul music, profiling the innterconnections among the genre's personalities, events, and achievements.

Traces the development of jazz within the African-American community.

Provides a history of black musicians in America and the music genres associated with them, beginning in the 1840s and continuing through the early 1990s.

Best friends Darin and John, college students from Charlotte, North Carolina, have a hard time resisting temptations in the world of R&B when John becomes a singer on the way to stardom and Darin, fresh from a career-ending football injury, agrees to become his manager.

Follows gospel music from the birth of the spiritual to the digitally recorded performing art it is today.

Contains lyrics and music to fifteen songs that illustrate the variety of African-American musical styles, from their African source through folk music, spirituals and gospels, ragtime, blues, jazz, rhythm and blues, classical, and rap; and includes photographs and background information.

Profiles the life and career of jazz musician Count Basie, covering his childhood, move to Kansas City, the Vaudeville circuit, the Count Basie orchestra, and more.