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Jazz and Blues -

Related category: Music & Performing Arts
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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

  • Cover image of book Bessie Smith by Jackie Kay
    Bessie Smith - by Jackie Kay

    £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

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  • Cover image of book The Blues: A Very Short Introduction by Elijah Wald
    The Blues: A Very Short Introduction - by Elijah Wald

    £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

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  • Cover image of book Last Chorus: An Autobiographical Medley by Humphrey Lyttelton
    Last Chorus: An Autobiographical Medley - by Humphrey Lyttelton

    £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

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  • Cover image of book Richard Cook
    Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia - by Richard Cook

    £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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