This comprehensive two-volume set brings together all aspects of the blues from performers and musical styles to record labels and cultural issues, including regional evolution and history. Organized in an accessible A-to-Z format, the Encyclopedia of the Blues is an essential reference resource for information on this unique American music genre. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encyclopedia of the Blues website.
14 September 1981; Memphis, TN Country-blues singer, songster, and bottleneck slide guitar player. ... He sang and played guitar for both black and white audiences, at picnics, fish fries, dances, medicine shows, or on the street ...
This is a complete handbook of information and opinion about the history of blues music. Based on the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, this book contains over 1000 entries covering musicians,...
... Dizzy Gillespie: The Bebop Years, 1937–1952 (Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2003); Donald L. Maggin, Dizzy: The Life and Times of John Birks Gillespie (New York: HarperEntertainment, 2005). Gilliard, Amos Trombone Probably ca. 1885–?
Performer Group Edgehill , Edward Valentines Edmonds , Floyd Sparks of Rhythm Edmundson , Southernaires William Edwards , Bob Diablos " Chico " Edwards , Danny Kool Gents Edwards , Dennis Contours Edwards , Earl Dukays Edwards ...
Here's the definitive one-volume resource on everything jazzand blues! From their roots in African culture to their expressionin the music of the twentieth century, the history of jazzand blues reveals...
Jazz & Blues
Presents an historical overview of jazz and blues music.
The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia: Jazz & Blues
Edited by Kerouac himself, Book of Blues is an exuberant foray into language and consciousness, rich with imagery, propelled by rythm, and based in a reverent attentiveness to the moment.
The informative text is supported by hundreds of atmospheric photographs, painting a vivid picture of the people and places that have informed the development of jazz and blues music over the years.