{"product_id":"2940014318709","title":"The Black and White of American Popular Music; From Slavery to World War II","description":"The Black and White of American Popular music probes the interplay of African-American and white music from slavery to be-bop in a variety of fields such as musical comedy, radio, recording, songwriting and vocalists, business, dance and jazz. Beginning with a history of African slave music in the colonies, it describes the early discovery of the spirituals by whites and their processing, imitation, transformation and commercial exploitation of the black music. While describing the role of African-American musicians in the fields of musical comedy, recording and dance bands, the book demonstrates how jazz evolved directly from the earliest manifestation of the slave spirituals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the course of this book, readers will understand the great difference between black and white women in America's musical history and will discover how, despite prejudice and injustices perpetrated vis-à-vis black musicians by whites, the relationship between the races in American popular music has been largely one of symbiosis, each race depending on, using or helping the other through mutual self-interest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA preface to the book has been graciously provided by New Orleans' famous jazz master Ellis Marsalis.","brand":"pitapat press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152770875632,"sku":"2940014318709","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014318709_p0.jpg?v=1763605913","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014318709","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}