Blues People: Negro Music in White America
| Book | Blues People* |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Reprinted | 2002 |
| Author | LeRoi Jones, Amiri Baraka |
| Copyright Holder | LeRoi Jones |
| Copyright Holder (Introduction/Prologue) | Amiri Baraka |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
| Imprint | Perennial |
| Cover/Jacket Design by | Carin Goldberg |
| About/Subject | Blues, Jazz |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Reprinted | 2002 |
| Copyright | 1999 |
| Copyright | 1963 |
| Pages / Font | xii, 244 pages |
| ISBN 10 | 0-688-18474-X (alk. paper) |
| ISBN 13 | 978-0-688-18474-2 |
| Barcode | 9780688184742 |
| EAN 5 | 51399 |
| Price | USA $13.99 |
| Price | Canada $16.99 |
| Chapters | Introduction vii
1 The negro as non-American: some backgrounds 1
2 The negro as property 11
3 African slaves / American slaves: their music 17
4 Afro-Christian music and religion 32
5 Slave and post-slave 50
6 Primitive blues and primitive jazz 60
7 Classic blues 81
8 The city 95
9 Enter the middle-class 122
10 Swing—from verb to noun 142
11 The blues continuum 166
12 The modern scene 175
Index 237 Introduction vii
1 The negro as non-American: some backgrounds 1
2 The negro as property 11
3 African slaves / American slaves: their music 17
4 Afro-Christian music and religion 32
5 Slave and post-slave 50
6 Primitive blues and primitive jazz 60
7 Classic blues 81
8 The city 95
9 Enter the middle-class 122
10 Swing—from verb to noun 142
11 The blues continuum 166
12 The modern scene 175
Index 237 Show all ▾ |
| Notes | Reprint with a new introduction by the author Printed in U.S.A. |