Field Recordings of Black Singers and Musicians
An edition of Field Recordings of Black Singers and Musicians (2018)
An Annotated Discography of Artists from West Africa, the Caribbean and the Eastern and Southern United States, 1901-1943
By Craig Martin Gibbs
Publish Date
2018
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Language
eng
Pages
467
Description:
"Traditional African musical forms have long been accepted as fundamental to the emergence of blues and jazz. This discography brings together recordings that trace the evolution of the African American musical experience, from early wax cylinder recordings made in West Africa to voodoo rituals from the Carribean Basin to the songs of former slaves in the American South"--
subjects: Blacks, music, Blacks, Discography, Music, Field recordings, Black people