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Jazz Transatlantic, Volume I

The African Undercurrent in Twentieth-Century Jazz Culture

University Press of Mississippi

The primary installment of a life’s work seeking the confluences between American and African jazz creation

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Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison

The Making of a Masterpiece, Revised and Updated

University Press of Mississippi

The quintessential book about one of the twentieth century’s most iconic albums

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Dick Waterman

A Life in Blues

University Press of Mississippi

A biography of the renowned manager of Son House, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and Buddy Guy, who worked with a host of other iconic blues artists

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Time of My Life

A Jazz Journey from London to New Orleans

University Press of Mississippi

An insider’s riff on his jazz journey across oceans to the city that invented the music

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Analysis of Jazz

A Comprehensive Approach

University Press of Mississippi

A sweeping study of the nature of jazz

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The Gaithers and Southern Gospel

Homecoming in the Twenty-First Century

University Press of Mississippi

A thoughtful examination of the clashes among nostalgia, evangelism, and marketing

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The Original Blues

The Emergence of the Blues in African American Vaudeville

University Press of Mississippi

An invaluable musical history documenting the advent of the blues in black vaudeville

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Creole Trombone

Kid Ory and the Early Years of Jazz

University Press of Mississippi

The definitive biography of the great band leader and New Orleans jazz performer

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Greek Music in America

Edited by Tina Bucuvalas
University Press of Mississippi

A long-overdue study that samples all the genres, sounds, and contributions of the Greek music diaspora

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Creating the Jazz Solo

Louis Armstrong and Barbershop Harmony

University Press of Mississippi

A powerful statement on Armstrong’s pathway to creativity and his transformation of jazz

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