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Paul Austerlitz: Merengue
 
Merengue
Dominican Music and Dominican Identity

Austerlitz, Paul, foreword by Robert Farris Thompson

224 pp • 6x9 • Fall 1996
paper 1-56639-484-8
EAN 978-1-56639-484-0
cloth 1-56639-483-X
EAN 978-1-56639-483-3
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Kevin O'Brien Chang, Wayne Chen: Reggae Routes
 
Reggae Routes
The Story of Jamaican Music

Chang, Kevin O’Brien and Wayne Chen

256 pp • 6.75x9.25 • Spring 1998
paper 1-56639-629-8
EAN 978-1-56639-629-5
Excerpt available

Martin Cloonan, Reebee Garofalo: Policing Pop
 
Policing Pop
edited by Cloonan, Martin and Reebee Garofalo

256 pp • 7x10 • Fall 2002
paper 1-56639-990-4
EAN 978-1-56639-990-6
cloth 1-56639-989-0
EAN 978-1-56639-989-0
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John Collins: West African Pop Roots
 
West African Pop Roots
Collins, John

382 pp • 6x9 • Spring 1992
paper 0-87722-916-3
EAN 978-0-87722-916-2
cloth 0-87722-793-4
EAN 978-0-87722-793-9

Banning Eyre: In Griot Time
 
In Griot Time
An American Guitarist in Mali

Eyre, Banning

280 pp • 6x9 • Spring 2000
paper 1-56639-759-6
EAN 978-1-56639-759-9
cloth 1-56639-758-8
EAN 978-1-56639-758-2
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Arsenio Rodríguez and the Transnational Flows of Latin Popular Music
 
Arsenio Rodríguez and the Transnational Flows of Latin Popular Music
Garcia, David F.

224 pp • 6x9 • Spring 2006
paper 1-59213-386-X
EAN 978- 1-59213-386-4
cloth 1-59213-385-1
EAN 978- 1-59213-385-7

Theodore Gracyk: I Wanna Be Me
 
I Wanna Be Me
Rock Music and the Politics of Identity

Gracyk, Theodore

304 pp • 6x9 • Fall 2001
paper 1-56639-903-3
EAN 978-1-56639-903-6
cloth 1-56639-902-5
EAN 978-1-56639-902-9
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Katrina Hazzard-Gordon: Jookin'
 
Jookin'
The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African-American Culture

Hazzard-Gordon, Katrina

248 pp • Spring 1990
paper 0-87722-956-2
EAN 978-0-87722-956-8
cloth 0-87722-613-X
EAN 978-0-87722-613-0
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Kathleen Marie Higgins: The Music of Our Lives
 
The Music of Our Lives
Higgins, Kathleen Marie

288 pp • Fall 1990
cloth 0-87722-756-X
EAN 978-0-87722-756-4

Michael Jarrett: Sound Tracks
 
Sound Tracks
A Musical ABC, Volumes 1-3

Jarrett, Michael

304 pp • 5.5x9 • Fall 1998
cloth 1-56639-641-7
EAN 978-1-56639-641-7
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Steve Jones: Pop Music and the Press
 
Pop Music and the Press
edited by Jones, Steve

288 pp • 6x9 • Fall 2002
paper 1-56639-966-1
EAN 978-1-56639-966-1
cloth 1-56639-965-3
EAN 978-1-56639-965-4
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Peter Kivy: Sound Sentiment
 
Sound Sentiment
An Essay on the Musical Emotions

Kivy, Peter, foreword by Joseph Margolis

304 pp • Fall 1989
paper 0-87722-677-6
EAN 978-0-87722-677-2
cloth 0-87722-641-5
EAN 978-0-87722-641-3

Peter Lehman: Roy Orbison
 
Roy Orbison
The Invention of an Alternative Rock Masculinity

Lehman, Peter

224 pp • 6x9 • Spring 2003
paper 1-59213-037-2
EAN 978-1-59213-037-5
cloth 1-59213-036-4
EAN 978-1-59213-036-8
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Frankie Manning

Frankie Manning
Ambassador of Lindy Hop
Manning, Frankie and Cynthia R. Millman

312 pp • 6x9 • Spring 2007
cloth 1-59213-563-3
EAN 978-1-59213-563-9
paper 1-56639-849-5
EAN 978-1-56639-849-7

Peter Manuel, Kenneth Bilby, Michael Largey: Caribbean Currents
 
Caribbean Currents
Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae

Manuel, Peter with Kenneth Bilby and Michael Largey

288 pp • 6x9 • Spring 2006
paper 1-56639-339-6
EAN 978-1-56639-339-3
cloth 1-56639-338-8
EAN 978-1-56639-338-6
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Peter Manuel: East Indian Music in the West Indies
 
East Indian Music in the West Indies
Tân-Singing, Chutney, and the Making of Indo-Caribbean Culture

Manuel, Peter

288 pp • 7x10 • Spring 2000
paper 1-56639-763-4
EAN 978-1-56639-763-6
cloth 1-56639-762-6
EAN 978-1-56639-762-9
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Peter Mason: Bacchanal!
 
Bacchanal!
The Carnival Culture of Trinidad

Mason, Peter

192 pp • 6x9 • Fall 1998
paper 1-56639-663-8
EAN 978-1-56639-663-9
cloth 1-56639-662-X
EAN 978-1-56639-662-2

Chris McGowan, Ricardo Pessanha: The Brazilian Sound
 
The Brazilian Sound
Samba, Bossa Nova, and the Popular Music of Brazil

McGowan, Chris and Ricardo Pessanha

256 pp • 7x10 • Fall 1997
paper 1-56639-545-3
EAN 978-1-56639-545-8
cloth 1-56639-544-5
EAN 978-1-56639-544-1
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Norma Miller, Evette Jensen: Swingin' at the Savoy
 
Swingin' at the Savoy
The Memoir of a Jazz Dancer

Miller, Norma with Evette Jensen

304 pp • 6x9 • Spring 2001
paper 1-56639-849-5
EAN 978-1-56639-849-7
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William Minor: Unzipped Souls
 
Unzipped Souls
A Jazz Journey Through the Soviet Union

Minor, William

256 pp • 6x9 • Fall 1995
cloth 1-56639-324-8
EAN 978-1-56639-324-9

Sergio Navarrete Pellicer: Maya Achi Marimba Music in Guatemala
 
Maya Achi Marimba Music in Guatemala
Navarrete Pellicer, Sergio

288 pp • 6x9 • Spring 2005
paper 1-59213-292-8
EAN 978-1-59213-292-8
cloth 1-59213-291-X
EAN 978-1-59213-291-1
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Babatunde Olatunji: The Beat of My Drum
 
The Beat of My Drum
An Autobiography

Olatunji, Babatunde with Robert Atkinson and Akinsola Akiwowo, foreword by Joan Baez, introduction by Eric Charry

272 pp • 6x9 • Spring 2005
paper 1-59213-354-1
EAN 978-1-59213-354-3
cloth 1-59213-353-3
EAN 978-1-59213-353-6
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William Eric Perkins: Droppin' Science
 
Droppin' Science
Critical Essays on Rap Music and Hip Hop Culture

edited by Perkins, William Eric

288 pp • 6x9 • Fall 1995
paper 1-56639-362-0
EAN 978-1-56639-362-1
cloth 1-56639-361-2
EAN 978-1-56639-361-4
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John Ardoin, Philadelphia Orchestra Association: The Philadelphia Orchestra
 
The Philadelphia Orchestra
A Century of Music

Philadelphia Orchestra Assoc., , edited by John Ardoin

256 pp • 9x12 • Fall 1999
cloth 1-56639-712-X
EAN 978-1-56639-712-4

Adelaida Reyes: Songs of the Caged, Songs of the Free
 
Songs of the Caged, Songs of the Free
Music and the Vietnamese Refugee Experience

Reyes, Adelaida

248 pp • 5.5x8.25 • Spring 1999
paper 1-56639-686-7
EAN 978-1-56639-686-8
cloth 1-56639-685-9
EAN 978-1-56639-685-1
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Phyllis White Rodríguez-Peralta: Philadelphia Maestros
 
Philadelphia Maestros
Ormandy, Muti, Sawallisch

Rodríguez-Peralta, Phyllis White

184 pp • 6x8 • Spring 2006
cloth 1-59213-487-4
EAN 978- 1-59213-487-8
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W. Royal Stokes, Don Peterson: Swing Era New York
 
Swing Era New York
The Jazz Photographs of Charles Peterson

Stokes, W. Royal, photographs by Don Peterson, foreword by Stanley Dance

232 pp • 10x8 • Fall 1994
paper 1-56639-464-3
EAN 978-1-56639-464-2
cloth 1-56639-227-6
EAN 978-1-56639-227-3

Masters of the Sabar

Masters of the Sabar
Wolof Griot Percussionaists of Senegal
Tang, Patricia

Includes CD
224 pp • 6x9 • Fall 2006
paper 1-59213-420-3
EAN 978-1-59213-420-5
cloth 1-59213-419-X
EAN 978-1-59213-419-9

Michael E. Veal: Fela
 
Fela
The Life and Times of an African Musical Icon

Veal, Michael E.

352 pp • 7x10 • Spring 2000
paper 1-56639-765-0
EAN 978-1-56639-765-0
cloth 1-56639-764-2
EAN 978-1-56639-764-3
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María Teresa Vélez: Drumming for the Gods
 
Drumming for the Gods
The Life and Times of Felipe García Villamil, santero, palero, and abakuá

Vélez, María Teresa

256 pp • 6x9 • Fall 1999
paper 1-56639-731-6
EAN 978-1-56639-731-5
cloth 1-56639-730-8
EAN 978-1-56639-730-8
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Willa Ward-Royster, Toni Rose: How I Got Over
 
How I Got Over
Clara Ward and the World-Famous Ward Singers

Ward-Royster, Willa, as told by Toni Rose, foreword by Horace Clarence Boyer

263 pp • 6x9 • Spring 2000
paper 1-56639-490-2
EAN 978-1-56639-490-1
cloth 1-56639-489-9
EAN 978-1-56639-489-5
Excerpt available

Sounding Salsa
 
Sounding Salsa
Performing Popular Latin Dance Music in New York City

Washburne, Christopher

272 pp • 6x9 • Spring 2008
paper 1-59213-316-9
EAN 978-1-59213-316-1
cloth 1-59213-315-0
EAN 978-1-59213-315-4

Musicians from a Different Shore

Musicians from a Different Shore
Asians and Asian Americans in Classical Music
Yoshihara, Mari

288 pp • 6x9 • Fall 2007
cloth 1-59213-332-0
EAN 978-1-59123-332-1


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