The Music of Black Americans: A History

This book is alright, it provides a good background to the history of African-American music though the passages can be a little dense at times. My main beef is that there are pages missing from my copy, which appear to have simply been skipped -- they were not removed nor torn out. Specifically pages 337-340 are not present. I'm disappointed by this as I would not have known this until reading halfway through the book (which I have) by which point the return window had already closed. Oh well.

Ordered this for school but it was an amazing book

I had no idea about the rich culture of Black Americas. I am so grateful for Black American's contributions to society! I highly recommend this book because it will expand your knowledge.

This book is an interesting academic read. It's not too academic where it's bothersome or too slow. It's well written in that it's both scholarly and enjoyable to read. This book is important for the jazz musician to understand the pre jazz African roots that influenced what would become jazz.

This was a great read, I needed it for a college course but any music aficionado would enjoy this.

This a book for people interested in Black American music, as it gives it gives a broad overview of the different genres of black music and the people who wrote and performed it.

You can't read this book and walk away saying that America wan't founded on Christianity.

It was everything I expected and more! What a treasure of information.

This book is the most developed about african-american music. My interest is in spirituals and the reading of this book is the best way to start a research.