African American Musicians
Kids, Beautiful and Interesting, Music, People and Places, Non-Fiction, USA
| Author: | Claudette Hegel | ISBN: | 9781422292808 |
| Publisher: | Mason Crest | Publication: | September 2, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Mason Crest | Language: | English |
| Author: | Claudette Hegel |
| ISBN: | 9781422292808 |
| Publisher: | Mason Crest |
| Publication: | September 2, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Mason Crest |
| Language: | English |
African Americans—famous and anonymous alike—have helped shape popular musical genres ranging from jazz and blues to rock 'n' roll and rap. This book provides a vivid account of that process, beginning with the work songs and spirituals of slaves and continuing up to the present. African-American Musicians tells the stories of figures such as bluesman Robert Johnson, whose guitar playing was so extraordinary that people said he must have made a deal with the devil; jazz great Duke Ellington, considered one of America's greatest composers and bandleaders; classical singer Marian Anderson, who struck a blow for civil rights with her music; Michael Jackson, the "King of Pop"; and many, many more.
African Americans—famous and anonymous alike—have helped shape popular musical genres ranging from jazz and blues to rock 'n' roll and rap. This book provides a vivid account of that process, beginning with the work songs and spirituals of slaves and continuing up to the present. African-American Musicians tells the stories of figures such as bluesman Robert Johnson, whose guitar playing was so extraordinary that people said he must have made a deal with the devil; jazz great Duke Ellington, considered one of America's greatest composers and bandleaders; classical singer Marian Anderson, who struck a blow for civil rights with her music; Michael Jackson, the "King of Pop"; and many, many more.
