Jazz, the Blues, and American Identity
• Four new essays on the uniquely American yet globally influential music genres that defined the twentieth century
• A mini-anthology from the Library of America featuring writings on jazz and the blues by Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, and others
• An audio timeline of landmark recordings from 1912 to 2017More »
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