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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785757103321

Autore

Evans Joe <1916->

Titolo

Follow your heart [[electronic resource] ] : moving with the giants of jazz, swing, and rhythm and blues / / Joe Evans ; with Christopher Brooks ; forewords by Tavis Smiley and Bill McFarlin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2008

ISBN

1-283-25102-7

9786613251022

0-252-09113-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 pages)

Collana

African American music in global perspective

Altri autori (Persone)

BrooksChristopher Antonio <1957->

Disciplina

781.65092

B

Soggetti

Jazz musicians - United States

Rhythm and blues musicians - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes discography (p. 153-[155]) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Pensacola blues -- Music crazy -- Boy meets band -- Ma Rainey's deep South -- New York, New York -- Hootie and the Bird -- The big, big bands -- Call me "Italy" -- The end of an era -- The rhythm and blues scene -- The rise of Carnival Records -- After the Manhattans.