Nonfiction Books about African American Musicians

 

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Leontyne Price: Voice of a Century
Leontyne Price: Voice of a Century
Carole Boston Weatherford
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The Death of Rhythm and Blues
The Death of Rhythm and Blues
Nelson George
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Paris Noir: African-Americans in the City of Light
Tyler Stovall
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Blues People: Negro Music in White America
Blues People: Negro Music in White America
Amiri Baraka
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The Weary Blues
The Weary Blues
Langston Hughes
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Lost Highway: Journeys and Arrivals of American Musicians
Lost Highway: Journeys and Arrivals of American Musicians
Peter Guralnick
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Hidden in the Mix: The African American Presence in Country Music
Diane Pecknold
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The Land Where the Blues Began
The Land Where the Blues Began
Alan Lomax
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Black Music
Black music
Amiri Baraka
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Harlem in Montmartre: A Paris Jazz Story between the Great Wars
William A. Shack
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Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music
Amiri Baraka
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Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage as the First Black-And-White Jazz Band in History
Lesa Cline-Ransome
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Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip Through the Motown Sound
Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip Through the Motown Sound
Andrea Davis Pinkney
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Notes and Tones: Musician-to-Musician Interviews (Expanded Edition)
Arthur Taylor
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Porcelain: A Memoir
Porcelain: A Memoir
Moby
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Portraits of African-American Heroes
Portraits of African-American heroes
Tonya Bolden
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Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph
Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph
Roxane Orgill
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Satchmo Blows Up the World: Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War
Satchmo Blows Up the World: Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War
Penny M. Von Eschen
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America's Musical Life: A History
Richard Crawford
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Afro Asia: Revolutionary Political and Cultural Connections between African Americans and Asian Americans
Fred Ho
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