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Abbott and Seroff strike again! Known for their scrupulous combing of sources combined with judicious and incisive commentary, this team has consistently offered new perspectives on the early development of black vernacular music in past works. <i>The Original Blues</i> is no exception. It is an imaginative and compelling re-evaluation of the coalescence and emergence of blues within the black community that foregrounds the integrity of African American musical identity and its significance. --Bruce Boyd Raeburn, Tulane University</p>

�Abbott and Seroff strike again! Known for their scrupulous combing of sources combined with judicious and incisive commentary, this team has consistently offered new perspectives on the early development of black vernacular music in past works. The Original Blues is no exception. It is an imaginative and compelling re-evaluation of the coalescence and emergence of blues within the black community that foregrounds the integrity of African American musical identity and its significance.� �Bruce Boyd Raeburn, Tulane University �The Original Blues is an astonishing achievement, reviving the reputations of forgotten stars, exploring the intricacies of the black theater world, and making insightful connections over key decades of American music. Abbott and Seroff have assembled an unprecedented body of research and present it with a clarity and thoroughness that illuminates and fundamentally reshapes the early history of blues.� �Elijah Wald, author of Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues �In this third volume of their groundbreaking trilogy, Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff have done it again. Sharing the fruits of their dogged digging into neglected historical records, they tell a fascinating and little-understood story of the developing blues and black vaudeville traditions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It�s a work unlikely to be surpassed any time soon. Beautifully designed, well written, superbly documented, this book is essential for anyone wanting to understand the rise of African American popular music.� �John Edward Hasse, Curator of American Music, Smithsonian Institution -Abbott and Seroff strike again! Known for their scrupulous combing of sources combined with judicious and incisive commentary, this team has consistently offered new perspectives on the early development of black vernacular music in past works. The Original Blues is no exception. It is an imaginative and compelling re-evaluation of the coalescence and emergence of blues within the black community that foregrounds the integrity of African American musical identity and its significance.- --Bruce Boyd Raeburn, Tulane University -The Original Blues is an astonishing achievement, reviving the reputations of forgotten stars, exploring the intricacies of the black theater world, and making insightful connections over key decades of American music. Abbott and Seroff have assembled an unprecedented body of research and present it with a clarity and thoroughness that illuminates and fundamentally reshapes the early history of blues.- --Elijah Wald, author of Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues -In this third volume of their groundbreaking trilogy, Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff have done it again. Sharing the fruits of their dogged digging into neglected historical records, they tell a fascinating and little-understood story of the developing blues and black vaudeville traditions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It's a work unlikely to be surpassed any time soon. Beautifully designed, well written, superbly documented, this book is essential for anyone wanting to understand the rise of African American popular music.- --John Edward Hasse, Curator of American Music, Smithsonian Institution In this third volume of their groundbreaking trilogy, Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff have done it again. Sharing the fruits of their dogged digging into neglected historical records, they tell a fascinating and little-understood story of the developing blues and black vaudeville traditions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It's a work unlikely to be surpassed any time soon. Beautifully designed, well written, superbly documented, this book is essential for anyone wanting to understand the rise of African American popular music. --John Edward Hasse, Curator of American Music, Smithsonian Institution Abbott and Seroff strike again! Known for their scrupulous combing of sources combined with judicious and incisive commentary, this team has consistently offered new perspectives on the early development of black vernacular music in past works. The Original Blues is no exception. It is an imaginative and compelling re-evaluation of the coalescence and emergence of blues within the black community that foregrounds the integrity of African American musical identity and its significance. --Bruce Boyd Raeburn, Tulane University The Original Blues is an astonishing achievement, reviving the reputations of forgotten stars, exploring the intricacies of the black theater world, and making insightful connections over key decades of American music. Abbott and Seroff have assembled an unprecedented body of research and present it with a clarity and thoroughness that illuminates and fundamentally reshapes the early history of blues. --Elijah Wald, author of Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues Abbott and Seroff strike again! Known for their scrupulous combing of sources combined with judicious and incisive commentary, this team has consistently offered new perspectives on the early development of black vernacular music in past works. The Original Blues is no exception. It is an imaginative and compelling re-evaluation of the coalescence and emergence of blues within the black community that foregrounds the integrity of African American musical identity and its significance. Bruce Boyd Raeburn, Tulane University The Original Blues is an astonishing achievement, reviving the reputations of forgotten stars, exploring the intricacies of the black theater world, and making insightful connections over key decades of American music. Abbott and Seroff have assembled an unprecedented body of research and present it with a clarity and thoroughness that illuminates and fundamentally reshapes the early history of blues. Elijah Wald, author of Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues In this third volume of their groundbreaking trilogy, Lynn Abbot and Doug Seroff have done it again. Sharing the fruits of their dogged digging into neglected historical records, they tell a fascinating and little-understood story of the developing blues and black vaudeville traditions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It s a work unlikely to be surpassed any time soon. Beautifully designed, well written, superbly documented, this book is essential for anyone wanting to understand the rise of African American popular music. John Edward Hasse, Curator of American Music, Smithsonian Institution

-Abbott and Seroff strike again! Known for their scrupulous combing of sources combined with judicious and incisive commentary, this team has consistently offered new perspectives on the early development of black vernacular music in past works. The Original Blues is no exception. It is an imaginative and compelling re-evaluation of the coalescence and emergence of blues within the black community that foregrounds the integrity of African American musical identity and its significance.---Bruce Boyd Raeburn, Tulane University

Abbott and Seroff strike again! Known for their scrupulous combing of sources combined with judicious and incisive commentary, this team has consistently offered new perspectives on the early development of black vernacular music in past works. <i>The Original Blues</i> is no exception. It is an imaginative and compelling re-evaluation of the coalescence and emergence of blues within the black community that foregrounds the integrity of African American musical identity and its significance. Bruce Boyd Raeburn, Tulane University</p>

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Lynn Abbott, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA works at the Hogan Jazz Archive, Tulane University. He is the coauthor (with Doug Seroff) of Out of Sight: The Rise of African American Popular Music, 1889-1895; Ragged but Right: Black Traveling Shows, """"Coon Songs,"""" and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz; and To Do This, You Must Know How: Music Pedagogy in the Black Gospel Quartet Tradition, all published by University Press of Mississippi. Doug Seroff, Greenbrier, Tennessee, USA is an independent scholar. He is the coauthor (with Lynn Abbott) of Out of Sight: The Rise of African American Popular Music, 1889-1895; Ragged but Right: Black Traveling Shows, """"Coon Songs,"""" and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz; and To Do This, You Must Know How: Music Pedagogy in the Black Gospel Quartet Tradition, all published by University Press of Mississippi.

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