Yonder Come the Blues: The Evolution of a Genre (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521782593)

This book combines three influential and much-quoted books Savannah Syncopators; Blacks, Whites and Blues and Recording the Blues, updated with additional new essays, which collectively confront the problem of how, when and from where the blues emerged and developed. It emphasizes the significance of the African heritage, the mutuality of much white and black music and the role of recording in consolidating the blues. Redressing some of the misconceptions that persist in writing on African-American music, it will be essential reading for all enthusiasts of blues, jazz and country music.

Author: Paul Oliver, Tony Russell, Robert M. W. Dixon
ISBN-10: 0521782597
ISBN-13: 9780521782593
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/22/2001
Pages: 374
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.43lbs
Size: 9.92h x 7.10w x 1.05d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2001 pg. 695