Samuel Charters

Samuel Charters (1929-2015) was an eminent historian of jazz and blues music and author of the award-winning The Roots of the Blues: An African Search and numerous other titles. He was also a Grammy-winning record producer, musician, poet, and fiction writer, and was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1994.

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A Trumpet around the Corner

The Story of New Orleans Jazz

University Press of Mississippi

From the first raucous chorus to the aftermath of Katrina, the saga of the Big Easy’s signature music

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Songs of Sorrow

Lucy McKim Garrison and Slave Songs of the United States

University Press of Mississippi

The untold story behind the creation of the classic songbook Slave Songs of the United States

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Brother-Souls

John Clellon Holmes, Jack Kerouac, and the Beat Generation

University Press of Mississippi

A biography of the two comrades whose friendship defined what it meant to be one of The Beats

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