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.
This book explains that the "blues" music grew out of the intermingling of European English and the African call and response and explores the "blues" lyrics that tell of the adverse conditions under which black people lived.
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.
Offers an authoritative biography of the father of modern blues, detailing his turbulent life, from the cotton fields of rural Mississippi to his extraordinary rise to success, forever changing the music industry.