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A product of old-fashioned, back-wearying, foundational scholarship, yet very readable, this book is certain to feature importantly in future studies of early jazz and its prehistory. Highly recommended. -- Library Journal

A product of old-fashioned, back-wearying, foundational scholarship, yet very readable, this book is certain to feature importantly in future studies of early jazz and its prehistory. Highly recommended.--Library Journal CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title: This volume makes possible the study of the rise of black music in the days that paved the way for the Harlem Renaissance--the brass bands, the banjo and mandolin clubs, the male quartets, and theatrical companies. Summing up: Essential.--CHOICE

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Lynn Abbott works for the Hogan Jazz Archive at Tulane University. He is the author (with Doug Seroff) of Ragged but Right: Black Traveling Shows, """"Coon Songs,"""" and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz.|Doug Seroff is an independent scholar living in Greenbriar, Tennessee. He is the author (with Lynn Abbott) of Ragged but Right: Black Traveling Shows, """"Coon Songs,"""" and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz.

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