blues (music)

Analyzes the performances, words, and lives of African-American blues artists Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday, and attempts to explore the feminist implications of their recorded music. Includes original transcriptions of the lyrics of all available recordings by Rainey and Smith.

"Rare performances and historical footage tracing the development of this uniquely American musical form."--Container.

A collection of black-and-white photographs by Raeburn Flerlage that capture the Chicago blues scene in the 1960s and 1970s.

A collection of writings that chronicle the history of American jazz and discuss how jazz music has influenced the culture of the United States over the years.

Traces the development of Blues music in the United States from the nineteenth century to the 1960s.

To escape an abusive master, a junkyard dog named Flats runs away and makes a name for himself from Mississippi to New York City playing blues on his guitar.

Traces the history of African-Americans through the music they developed in response to their enslavement, and subsequent generations of struggle in the New World.