Ragged But Right : Black Traveling Shows, Coon Songs and The Dark Pathway To Blues and Jazz.

The authors examine the popular African-American music of the early 20th century, and how coon songs and black minstrels converted into and paved the way for blues and jazz. With an introduction, appendices, notes, indices and plates.

viii, 461 p.; 26 cm.
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ISBN: 1578069017
ISBN13: 9781578069019