An edition of The Encyclopedia Of Native Music (2003)
The Encyclopedia Of Native Music
More Than A Century Of Recordings From Wax Cylinder To The Internet, Illustrated with Photographs and Album Covers
By Brian Wright-McLeod
Publish Date
April 30, 2005
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Language
eng
Pages
450
Description:
"The Encyclopedia of Native Music recognizes the multifaceted contributions made by Native recording artists by tracing the history of their commercially released music. It provides an overview of the surprising abundance of recorded Native music while underlining its historical value, organized by genre for quick reference." "With almost 1,800 entries spanning over 100 years, this book leads readers from early performers of traditional songs like William Horncloud to artists of the new millennium such as Zotigh. Along the way, it includes entries for jazz and blues artists never widely acknowledged for their Native roots - Oscar Pettiford, Mildred Bailey, and Keely Smith - and traces the recording histories of contemporary performers like Rita Coolidge and Jimmy Carl Black, "the Indian of the group" in the original Mothers of Invention. It also includes film soundtracks and compilation albums that have been instrumental in bringing many artists to popular attention. In addition to music, it lists spoken word recordings including audio books, comedy, interviews, poetry, and more."--Jacket.
subjects: Music, Indians of North America, Discography, History and criticism, Dictionaries, Biography, Indian musicians, Biographies, Musique amérindienne, Musique, Chanteur, Musik, Discographie, Indiens d'Amérique, Musicien, Histoire et critique, Indianer, Dictionnaires, Musiciens indiens d'Amerique, Indians of north america, history