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Living country blues.

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Detroit, Folklore Associates, 1969.

1969

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Ma Rainey and the classic blues singers.

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New York, Stein and Day [1970]

1970

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 927.84-S (Stewart-Baxter, D. Ma Rainey and the classic blues singers)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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FormatBook/TextCall numberJND 17-165Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Music

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Blacks, whites, and blues.

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New York, Stein and Day [1970]

1970

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FormatBook/TextCall number*MFBR (U.S.-Negro) 71-24Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Music

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Recording the blues [by] Robert M. W. Dixon and John Godrich.

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New York, Stein and Day [1970]

1970

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 789.9-D (Dixon, R. Recording the blues)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Mississippi Black folklore; a research bibliography and discography [by] William R. Ferris, Jr.

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Hattiesburg, University and College Press of Mississippi [1971]

1971

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberJND 72-18Item locationOffsite

The blues revival.

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London, Studio Vista, 1971.

1971

2 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc C 82-139Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Back woods blues, compiled by Simon A. Napier.

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[Bexhill-on-Sea, Eng., Blues Unlimited] 1968.

1968

2 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc D 81-535Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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The spirituals and the blues: an interpretation [by] James H. Cone.

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New York, Seabury Press [1972]

1972

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc D 07-891Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Memphis blues and jug bands.

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London, Studio Vista, 1970.

1970

2 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc C 81-128Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Blues; an anthology. Complete words and music of 53 great songs. Edited by W. C. Handy. With an historical and critical text by Abbe Niles. With pictures by Miguel Covarrubias. Rev. by Jerry Silverman.

Notated music

New York, Macmillan Co. [c1972]

1972

2 items

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FormatNotated musicCall numberSc 784.7-H (Handy, W. Blues; an anthology. 1972)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Nothing but the blues: an illustrated documentary; edited by Mike Leadbitter.

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London, Hanover Books Ltd., 1971.

1971

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 784-L (Leadbitter, M. Nothing but the blues)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Living country blues.

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Detroit, Folklore Associates, 1969.

1969

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 781.573-O (Oster, H. Living country blues)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Jazz & blues.

[London, Hanover Books]

2 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberJML 73-32 v. 2-3 (Apr. 1972 - Dec. 1973)Item locationOffsite
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FormatBook/TextCall numberJML 73-32 v. 1 (Apr. 1971 - Mar. 1972)Item locationOffsite

Blues world.

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Knutsford, Cheshire, Eng.

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FormatBook/TextCall numberJMK 73-24 no. 42-49 (1972-73)Item locationOffsite
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FormatBook/TextCall numberJMK 73-24 no. 25-41 (Oct. 1969-Winter 1971)Item locationOffsite

Blacks, whites and blues.

Text

New York, Stein and Day [1970]

1970

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 780.9-R (Russell, T. Blacks, whites and blues)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Listen to the blues.

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New York, C. Scribner's Sons [c1973]

1973

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FormatBook/TextCall numberJNE 73-24Item locationOffsite

Aspects of the blues tradition.

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[New York, Oak Publications, 1970, c1968]

1970-1968

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FormatTextCall numberSc 780.9-O (Oliver, P. Aspects of the blues tradition)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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The bluesmen; the story and the music of the men who made the blues, by Samuel Charters.

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New York, Oak Publications [c1967-

1967-present

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 784.7-C (Charters, S. Bluesmen) v. 1Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Warm hearted blues. Arranged by James E. Heath.

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[Teaneck, N. J.] Alnur Music [c1967]

1967

1 item

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FormatNotated musicCall numberJNG 73-51Item locationOffsite

Blues research.

Text

Brooklyn, N. Y.

19-19

2 items

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FormatBook/TextCall number*LA 74-89 Nos. 15 (Feb. 1967?) - 16 (Jan. 1970?)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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FormatBook/TextCall number*LA 74-89 Nos. 1-14, (1959-1965)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Charley Patton [by] John Fahey.

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London, Studio Vista, 1970.

1970

2 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc C 81-178Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Guitar styles of Brownie McGhee; [a blues instruction guide and songbook for playing in the style of a great bluesman. Written in tablature and standard notation with comments on the songs and Brownie's philosophy of the blues] Edited by Happy Traum.

Notated music

New York, Oak Publication [1971]

1971

1 item

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FormatNotated musicCall numberSc 787.6-M (McGhee, B. Guitar styles of Brownie McGhee)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Big star fallin' mama; five women in Black music. Illustrated with photos. [1st. ed.]

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New York, Viking Press [1974]

1974

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberJNE 74-8Item locationOffsite

Ethnomusicology of downhome blues phonograph records 1926-1930.

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[Minneapolis, Minn.] 1971.

1972-1971

2 items

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FormatMicroformCall numberSc Micro R-616Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Bessie / Chris Albertson.

Text

New York : Stein and Day, 1972.

1972

2 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberJNE 74-9Item locationOffsite
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FormatBook/TextCall numberJNE 17-48Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Music

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Discographical forum [microform].

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[London, etc.]

1960-present

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Crying for the Carolines.

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London, Studio Vista, 1971.

1971

2 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc C 82-141Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Listen to the blues.

Text

New York, C. Scribner's Sons [c1973]

1973

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 784-C (Cook, B. Listen to the blues)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Die Theorie des Blues im modernen Jazz [von] Carl Gregor Herzog zu Mecklenburg [und] Waldemar Scheck. Mit 64 Notenbeispielen und Themenanalysen, 2 Tabellen, einer Bibliographie und Auswahldiskographie.

Text

Baden-Baden, V. Koerner, 1971.

1971

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 781.573-C (Carl Gregor. Theorie des Blues im modernen Jazz)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Soul music: [the sound, the stars, the story]

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New York, Lancer Books [c1970]

1970

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 784.7-L (Larkin, R. Soul music)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Burton's book of the blues. [Photos. by Burton Wilson.]

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Austin, Tex., Speleo Press [c1971]

1971

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberJND 74-31Item locationOffsite

Le blues moderne, 1945-1973.

Text

[Paris] A. Michel [1973]

1973

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberJND 74-35Item locationOffsite

Soul bag.

Text

[Paris, Comité de liaison des amateurs de rhythm & blues]

15 items

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FormatBook/TextCall number*LA 75-51 Nos. 197-201 (Jan. 2010-Mar. 2011)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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FormatBook/TextCall number*LA 75-51 Nos. 191-196 (June 2008-Dec. 2009)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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FormatBook/TextCall number*LA 75-51 Nos. 186-190 (Mar. 2007-Mar. 2008)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Saint Louis blues; a modern arrangement for two pianos, four hands, by Kathleen Dickey. Concert ed.

Notated music

New York, Handy Bros. Music Co. [c1943]

1943

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Method on how to improvise soul music.

Text

[Teaneck, N. J.] Alnur Music [c1970]

1970

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberJNG 73-49Item locationOffsite

Three pieces for blues band and orchestra. [Op. 50]

Notated music

New York, Southern Music Pub. Co. [1974]

1974

1 item

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FormatNotated musicCall numberJNG 74-390Item locationOffsite

Right on : From blues to soul in Black America / Michael Haralambos.

Text

New York : Drake Publishers, [1975]

1975

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 784-H (Haralambos, M. Right on)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Mississippi Black folklore; a research bibliography and discography [by] William R. Ferris, Jr.

Text

Hattiesburg, University and College Press of Mississippi [1971]

1971

2 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 016.39-F (Ferris, W. Mississippi Black folklore)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Collection of [the periodical literature of jazz] 1918-1972.

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New York, New York Public Library, 1974.

1974

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FormatMicroformCall numberSc Micro R-912 r. 81 (Vintage jazz mart, Mar. 1969 - Zygote)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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FormatMicroformCall numberSc Micro R-912 r. 79 (Vintage jazz mart, 1956-Apr. 1961)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Robert Johnson, by Samuel Charters. With photos of Robert Johnson's Mississippi delta country by the author.

Text

New York, Oak Publications, c1973.

1973

2 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc F 00-10Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Encyclopedia of pop, rock and soul / by Irwin Stambler.

Text

New York : St. Martin's Press, [1975] c1974.

1975

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 780.3-S (Stambler, I. Encyclopedia of pop, rock and soul)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Chicago breakdown / Mike Rowe.

Text

New York : Drake Publishers, 1975.

1975

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 784.7-R (Rowe, M. Chicago breakdown)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Big star fallin' mama; five women in Black music.

Text

New York, Viking Press [1974]

1974

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 927.84-J (Jones, H. Big star fallin' mama)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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The History of the blues. With a special introduction by Leonard Feather.

Text

New York, C. Hansen Music and Books [1972]

1972

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 784.7-H (History of the blues)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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The Paramount book of blues.

Notated music

Port Washington, Wis., The New York Recording Laboratories [1971?]

1971-1927

1 item

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FormatNotated musicCall numberJNE 75-15Item locationOffsite

Walking to New Orleans : the story of New Orleans rhythm & blues / [by] John Broven.

Text

Bexhill-on-Sea : Blues Unlimited, 1974.

1974

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 784-B (Broven, J. Walking to New Orleans)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Blues Notes.

Text

[Linz]

1969-1979

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FormatBook/TextCall numberJMM 92-39 1975-79Item locationOffsite
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FormatBook/TextCall numberJMM 92-39 Nr. 14-23 (1972-74) (Incomplete)Item locationOffsite
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FormatBook/TextCall numberJMM 92-39 Nr. 2-7 (1969-70)Item locationOffsite

Listen to the blues / by Bruce Cook.

Text

London : Robson Books, 1975.

1975

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberJNE 75-33Item locationOffsite

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