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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 4 books in this booklist
£10.99 paperback (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780571362929 | ISBN 10: 0571362923
Bessie Smith: singer, icon, pioneer. Scotland's National Poet Jackie Kay brings to life the tempestuous story of the greatest blues singer who ever lived. Bessie Smith was born in Tennessee in 1894. Orphaned by the age of nine, sh ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780195398939 | ISBN 10: 0195398939
* Features blues stars Ma Rainey, Jelly Roll Morton, W.C. Handy, Alberta Hunter, Bessie Smith, Ida Cox, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, the Memphis Jug Band, and Charlie Patton * Provides a concise history of a musical genre that interests b ... more
View book details£18.99 hardback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781906217181 | ISBN 10: 1906217181
A feast for all his many fans and admirers, this is the great Humphrey Lyttelton's last book, a sparkling autobiographical kaleidoscope of memories, anecdotes and entertaining stories from his colourful life - from his childhood as the son of an Eton ... more
View book details£23.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780141026466 | ISBN 10: 0141026464
Richard Cook’s Jazz Encyclopedia is not merely an A-Z guide to the artists and bands who have shaped jazz, but it also tracks the history of jazz and its changing styles. This is a wonderfully accessible work. Richard Cook's passion for jaz ... more
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