Africa and the Blues - Paperback
Africa and the Blues - Paperback
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by Gerhard Kubik (Author)
With scholarly care but with an ease for the general reader, Professor Gerhard Kubik presents a compelling narrative that explores the African genealogy of American Blues.
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A narrative that explores the African genealogy of American Blues
Author Biography
Gerhard Kubik is one of the best-known scholars in the field of ethnomusicology and author of numerous books over a lengthy career. A cultural anthropologist, ethnomusicologist, and psychoanalyst, Kubik researches music, dance, and oral traditions in Africa and the Americas. He is author of Jazz Transatlantic, Volume I: The African Undercurrent in Twentieth-Century Jazz Culture and Jazz Transatlantic, Volume II: Jazz Derivatives and Developments in Twentieth-Century Africa, both published by University Press of Mississippi.
