Blues People
by Amiri Baraka
Taste attributes: documentaryhistoricalmusic/danceslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearglossyemotive & stirringsocial commentaryempowerment/personal growth
Boxlist takeA fresh, grounded non-fiction book: stirring and stylish. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
About This Book
"...the first book on jazz by a negro writer...new and highly provocative conclusions bolstered by bothe history and sociology...a must for all who could more knowledgeably appreciate and better comprehend America's most popular music, Negros in origin -Blues based- but now belonging to everybody." Langston Hugues
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- Author
- Amiri Baraka
- Published
- 1963
- Pages
- 244
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- Open Library
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