California Soul
Subtitle: Music of African Americans in the West (Music of the African Diaspora, 1)
Contributors: Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje (Editor); Eddie S. Meadows (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: May 12, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 462
ISBN-13: 9780520206281
Subjects: Black studies; Blues; Folk music; Jazz; Social history; History and criticism; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Music/Songbooks; Music; USA; Ethnomusicology; Genres & Styles - Soul & R&B; Music / General; Music : Ethnomusicology; Music : Genres & Styles - Soul & R&B; California; African Americans; Popular music
First sentence: In West Coast Jazz, Ted Gioia writes: "Conventional jazz history tells how jazz first traveled from New Orleans by riverboat up to Chicago.