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Sax Expat

Don Byas

University Press of Mississippi

The riveting biography of one of the world’s greatest yet lesser-known jazz musicians

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A Tone Parallel to Duke Ellington

The Man in the Music

University Press of Mississippi

Ellington’s music with fresh thematic explorations to delight music lovers

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The Life and Music of Booker "Bukka" White

Recalling the Blues

University Press of Mississippi

The first full-length biography of one of the greatest country blues performers

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Folk Music and Song in the WPA Ex-Slave Narratives

University Press of Mississippi

The first complete account of all the music, song, and dance in the WPA ex-slave narratives

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The Purple One

Prince, Race, Gender, and Everything in Between

University Press of Mississippi

An electric collection of essays and reflections on an enigmatic musical legend

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Wichita Blues

Music in the African American Community

University Press of Mississippi

An examination and celebration of the distinct sound of Wichita’s regional blues tradition

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In with the In Crowd

Popular Jazz in 1960s Black America

University Press of Mississippi

An overdue amendment to the conventional history and study of jazz

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My Memories of John Hartford

University Press of Mississippi

A touching tribute to life on the road and in the studio with the inventor of newgrass music

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Same Old Song

The Enduring Past in Popular Music

University Press of Mississippi

How pop music remembers and re-plays sounds from the past

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Out of the Blue

Life on the Road with Muddy Waters

By Brian Bisesi; Foreword by Bob Margolin
University Press of Mississippi

A behind-the-scenes account from Muddy Waters’s road manager and right-hand man during the bluesman’s last great years

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