Wasn’t That a Mighty Day
African American Blues and Gospel Songs on Disaster
A complex portrait of music, memory, and commemoration through a unique lens
Making Tracks
A Record Producer’s Southern Roots Music Journey
A firsthand remembrance of the artists, engineers, crews, and settings that make roots music magical
Following the Drums
African American Fife and Drum Music in Tennessee
A recovery and celebration of a once-mighty, now-vanished Tennessee musical legacy
Voices of Black Folk
The Sermons of Reverend A. W. Nix
An in-depth study of the influence and conflicting interpretations of Black vocal heritage in the 1920s
The Real Ambassadors
Dave and Iola Brubeck and Louis Armstrong Challenge Segregation
The full story of an incredible collaboration among the Brubecks and Armstrong to create jazz’s most amazing musical
Fiddle Tunes from Mississippi
Commercial and Informal Recordings, 1920-2018
270 musical examples plus biographies and photographs completing a vibrant picture of Mississippi’s fiddle tradition
New York City Blues
Postwar Portraits from Harlem to the Village and Beyond
A lively and detailed exploration of the history of the blues from the 1940s to the 1990s in the City That Never Sleeps
My Melancholy Baby
The First Ballads of the Great American Songbook, 1902-1913
A thorough exploration of early pop ballads in the American Songbook and how they still resonate
Chapel of Love
The Story of New Orleans Girl Group the Dixie Cups
A tale of three African American teenagers who conquered the music world
New York and the International Sound of Latin Music, 1940-1990
An assessment, celebration, and careful notation of the extraordinary melting pot of Latin music
Damaged
Musicality and Race in Early American Punk
The first book-length account of American punk as a musical style
Groove Theory
The Blues Foundation of Funk
The first in-depth intellectual history of funk music and its growth out of the blues tradition
Outside and Inside
Race and Identity in White Jazz Autobiography
A unique, insider perspective on race relations in a great American music
The Amazing Jimmi Mayes
Sideman to the Stars
The unforgettable life story of one amazing musician touring and playing with Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Reed, Marvin Gaye, and many more
Can’t Be Faded
Twenty Years in the New Orleans Brass Band Game
A collaborative blast of history and inspiration from top-of-the-line musicians
Sweet Bitter Blues
Washington, DC's Homemade Blues
The first-ever account of the Washington, DC, blues scene
American Antebellum Fiddling
The only book solely about antebellum American fiddling
The Last Seat in the House
The Story of Hanley Sound
A history of the first sound engineer to jam sprawling festivals and rock whole stadiums
Adrian Rollini
The Life and Music of a Jazz Rambler
The first and definitive biography of the great bass saxophone jazz man
Jazz Transatlantic, Volume II
Jazz Derivatives and Developments in Twentieth-Century Africa
The conclusion of a monumental study of jazz and its lasting influence
Jazz Transatlantic, Volume I
The African Undercurrent in Twentieth-Century Jazz Culture
The primary installment of a life’s work seeking the confluences between American and African jazz creation
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison
The Making of a Masterpiece, Revised and Updated
The quintessential book about one of the twentieth century’s most iconic albums
Dick Waterman
A Life in Blues
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
Time of My Life
A Jazz Journey from London to New Orleans
An insider’s riff on his jazz journey across oceans to the city that invented the music
Analysis of Jazz
A Comprehensive Approach
A sweeping study of the nature of jazz
The Gaithers and Southern Gospel
Homecoming in the Twenty-First Century
A thoughtful examination of the clashes among nostalgia, evangelism, and marketing
The Original Blues
The Emergence of the Blues in African American Vaudeville
An invaluable musical history documenting the advent of the blues in black vaudeville
Creole Trombone
Kid Ory and the Early Years of Jazz
The definitive biography of the great band leader and New Orleans jazz performer
Greek Music in America
A long-overdue study that samples all the genres, sounds, and contributions of the Greek music diaspora
Creating the Jazz Solo
Louis Armstrong and Barbershop Harmony
A powerful statement on Armstrong’s pathway to creativity and his transformation of jazz