San Antonio College Library

Collection of Negro songs of the river packet era.

Contains 30 well-known spirituals, arranged for voice and piano, and 6 modern compositions, 2 of which are arranged for male quartet.

Discusses the essence and development of various forms of Negro folk music, both vocal and instrumental, including ballads, blues, spirituals, worksongs, Louisiana Creole songs, cries, dances, and game songs. Includes words and music for forty-three songs, and discographies.

Over a half century of select recordings paint a broad panorama of African-American gospel music. " ... The collection does a good job of representing the genre's history."--Dirty Linen.

This book is comprised of essays, reviews and liner notes, which the author wrote from 1959-1967, and it spotlights such musicians as the late John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, Albert Ayler, Don Cherry and Archie Shepp. From the beginning of his career, the author has been a correspondent at the jazz front, and his writing captures the essence of the jazz world--the sense of change; the early promise of...

This book combines three influential and much-quoted books: Savannah Syncopators; Blacks, Whites and Blues and Recording the Blues. Updated with additional new essays, the book discusses the crucial early development of the blues as a music of Blacks in the United States, explaining some of the most significant factors that shaped this music. Together, these three texts emphasize the significance of the African heritage, the mutuality of much white...

This work is about the place of jazz and blues in American social, musical, economic, and cultural history. From the music of African slaves in the United States through the music scene of the 1960's, the author traces the influence of what he calls "negro music" on white America -- not only in the context of music and pop culture but also in terms of the values and perspectives passed on through the music. In tracing the music, he brilliantly illuminates...

"The Holy Profane explores the strong presence of religion in the secular music of twentieth-century African American artists as diverse as Rosetta Tharpe, Sam Cooke, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Tupac Shakur. Analyzing lyrics and the historical contexts which shaped those lyrics, Teresa L. Reed examines the link between West-African musical and religious culture and the way African Americans convey religious sentiment in styles...