The Music of Black Americans

Beginning with the arrivall of the first Africans in the English colonies, Eileen Southern weaves a fascinating narrative of intense musical activity. As singers players, composers, black American musicians are fully chronicled in this landmark book. In this edition the author has brought the entire text up to date and has added a wealth of the new material covering the latest developments in gospel, blues, jazz classical, crossower, Broadway and rap as they relate to African American music.