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27,151 titles

Wasn't That a Mighty Day: African American Blues and Gospel Songs on Disaster

Wasn't That a Mighty Day: African American Blues and Gospel Songs on Disaster

Evans, David, Monge, Luigi · University Press of Mississippi, 2022

New £52.99

Improvising the Score: Rethinking Modern Film Music Through Jazz

Improvising the Score: Rethinking Modern Film Music Through Jazz

Carlson, Gretchen L. · University Press of Mississippi, 2022

New £44.99

Improvising the Score: Rethinking Modern Film Music Through Jazz

Improvising the Score: Rethinking Modern Film Music Through Jazz

Carlson, Gretchen L. · University Press of Mississippi, 2022

New £107.99

Songs of Slavery and Emancipation

Songs of Slavery and Emancipation

Akuno, Kali, Kelley, Robin D. G., Callahan, Mat · University Press of Mississippi, 2022

New £40.99

Songs of Slavery and Emancipation

Songs of Slavery and Emancipation

Akuno, Kali, Kelley, Robin D. G., Callahan, Mat · University Press of Mississippi, 2022

New £107.99

Following the Drums: African American Fife and Drum Music in Tennessee

Following the Drums: African American Fife and Drum Music in Tennessee

Shaw, John M. · University Press of Mississippi, 2022

New £44.99

Following the Drums: African American Fife and Drum Music in Tennessee

Following the Drums: African American Fife and Drum Music in Tennessee

Shaw, John M. · University Press of Mississippi, 2022

New £107.99

Voices of Black Folk: The Sermons of Reverend a. W. Nix

Voices of Black Folk: The Sermons of Reverend a. W. Nix

Brinegar, Terri · University Press of Mississippi, 2022

New £44.99

Voices of Black Folk: The Sermons of Reverend a. W. Nix

Voices of Black Folk: The Sermons of Reverend a. W. Nix

Brinegar, Terri · University Press of Mississippi, 2022

New £107.99

Funkiest Man Alive: Rufus Thomas and Memphis Soul

Funkiest Man Alive: Rufus Thomas and Memphis Soul

Bowman, Rob, Ruddick, Matthew · University Press of Mississippi, 2023

New £48.99

C'mon, Get Happy: The Making of Summer Stock

C'mon, Get Happy: The Making of Summer Stock

Glover, Savion, Johnson, Tom, Fantle, David · University Press of Mississippi, 2023

New £145.99

Hearing Brazil: Music and Histories in Minas Gerais

Hearing Brazil: Music and Histories in Minas Gerais

Grasse, Jonathon · University Press of Mississippi, 2022

New £44.99

Hearing Brazil: Music and Histories in Minas Gerais

Hearing Brazil: Music and Histories in Minas Gerais

Grasse, Jonathon · University Press of Mississippi, 2022

New £107.99

Selling Folk Music: An Illustrated History

Selling Folk Music: An Illustrated History

Bonner, David, Cohen, Ronald D. · University Press of Mississippi, 2021

New £44.99

The Real Ambassadors: Dave and Iola Brubeck and Louis Armstrong Challenge Segregation

The Real Ambassadors: Dave and Iola Brubeck and Louis Armstrong Challenge Segregation

Bavan, Yolande, Hatschek, Keith · University Press of Mississippi, 2022

New £36.99

The Jazz Masters: Setting the Record Straight

The Jazz Masters: Setting the Record Straight

Zimmerman, Peter C. · University Press of Mississippi, 2021

New £36.99

Poetic Song Verse: Blues-Based Popular Music and Poetry

Poetic Song Verse: Blues-Based Popular Music and Poetry

Suarez, Ernest, Mattison, Mike · University Press of Mississippi, 2021

New £44.99

Poetic Song Verse: Blues-Based Popular Music and Poetry

Poetic Song Verse: Blues-Based Popular Music and Poetry

Suarez, Ernest, Mattison, Mike · University Press of Mississippi, 2021

New £107.99

Performing Racial Uplift: E. Azalia Hackley and African American Activism in the Postbellum to Pre-Harlem Era

Performing Racial Uplift: E. Azalia Hackley and African American Activism in the Postbellum to Pre-Harlem Era

Karpf, Juanita · University Press of Mississippi, 2022

New £44.99

Playing Jazz in Socialist Vietnam: Quyền Văn Minh and Jazz in Hà Nội

Playing Jazz in Socialist Vietnam: Quyền Văn Minh and Jazz in Hà Nội

Minh, Quyền Văn, Tan-Tangbau, Stan BH · University Press of Mississippi, 2021

New £44.99

Playing Jazz in Socialist Vietnam: Quyền Văn Minh and Jazz in Hà Nội

Playing Jazz in Socialist Vietnam: Quyền Văn Minh and Jazz in Hà Nội

Minh, Quyền Văn, Tan-Tangbau, Stan BH · University Press of Mississippi, 2021

New £107.99

The Drum Is a Wild Woman: Jazz and Gender in African Diaspora Literature

The Drum Is a Wild Woman: Jazz and Gender in African Diaspora Literature

Lespinasse, Patricia G. · University Press of Mississippi, 2022

New £44.99

Fiddle Tunes from Mississippi: Commercial and Informal Recordings, 1920-2018

Fiddle Tunes from Mississippi: Commercial and Informal Recordings, 1920-2018

Cauthen, Joyce H., Evans, David, Moore, T. DeWayne, Russell, Tony, Bolick, Harry · University Press of Mississippi, 2021

New £48.99

Fiddle Tunes from Mississippi: Commercial and Informal Recordings, 1920-2018

Fiddle Tunes from Mississippi: Commercial and Informal Recordings, 1920-2018

Cauthen, Joyce H., Evans, David, Moore, T. DeWayne, Russell, Tony, Bolick, Harry · University Press of Mississippi, 2021

New £119.99

Instruments of Empire: Filipino Musicians, Black Soldiers, and Military Band Music During US Colonization of the Philippines

Instruments of Empire: Filipino Musicians, Black Soldiers, and Military Band Music During US Colonization of the Philippines

Talusan, Mary · University Press of Mississippi, 2021

New £40.99

Instruments of Empire: Filipino Musicians, Black Soldiers, and Military Band Music During US Colonization of the Philippines

Instruments of Empire: Filipino Musicians, Black Soldiers, and Military Band Music During US Colonization of the Philippines

Talusan, Mary · University Press of Mississippi, 2021

New £107.99

A Transatlantic History of Haitian Vodou: Rasin Figuier, Rasin Bwa Kayiman, and the Rada and Gede Rites

A Transatlantic History of Haitian Vodou: Rasin Figuier, Rasin Bwa Kayiman, and the Rada and Gede Rites

Hebblethwaite, Benjamin · University Press of Mississippi, 2021

New £40.99

A Transatlantic History of Haitian Vodou: Rasin Figuier, Rasin Bwa Kayiman, and the Rada and Gede Rites

A Transatlantic History of Haitian Vodou: Rasin Figuier, Rasin Bwa Kayiman, and the Rada and Gede Rites

Hebblethwaite, Benjamin · University Press of Mississippi, 2021

New £107.99

New York City Blues: Postwar Portraits from Harlem to the Village and Beyond

New York City Blues: Postwar Portraits from Harlem to the Village and Beyond

Schaffer, Robert, Broven, John, Simon, Larry · University Press of Mississippi, 2021

New £40.99

Surinamese Music in the Netherlands and Suriname

Surinamese Music in the Netherlands and Suriname

Rollins, Scott, Weltak, Marcel · University Press of Mississippi, 2021

New £44.99

New York City Blues: Postwar Portraits from Harlem to the Village and Beyond

New York City Blues: Postwar Portraits from Harlem to the Village and Beyond

Schaffer, Robert, Broven, John, Simon, Larry · University Press of Mississippi, 2021

New £107.99

My Melancholy Baby: The First Ballads of the Great American Songbook, 1902-1913

My Melancholy Baby: The First Ballads of the Great American Songbook, 1902-1913

Garber, Michael G. · University Press of Mississippi, 2021

New £44.99

My Melancholy Baby: The First Ballads of the Great American Songbook, 1902-1913

My Melancholy Baby: The First Ballads of the Great American Songbook, 1902-1913

Garber, Michael G. · University Press of Mississippi, 2021

New £107.99

Scattered Musics

Scattered Musics

Henderson, David, Sanchez, Martha I. Chew · University Press of Mississippi, 2021

New £107.99

Scattered Musics

Scattered Musics

Henderson, David, Sanchez, Martha I. Chew · University Press of Mississippi, 2021

New £44.99

The Jazz Masters: Setting the Record Straight

The Jazz Masters: Setting the Record Straight

Zimmerman, Peter C. · University Press of Mississippi, 2021

New £107.99

Improvising Sabor: Cuban Dance Music in New York

Improvising Sabor: Cuban Dance Music in New York

Miller, Sue · University Press of Mississippi, 2021

New £44.99

Improvising Sabor: Cuban Dance Music in New York

Improvising Sabor: Cuban Dance Music in New York

Miller, Sue · University Press of Mississippi, 2021

New £107.99

Crossing Bar Lines: The Politics and Practices of Black Musical Space

Crossing Bar Lines: The Politics and Practices of Black Musical Space

Kelley, Robin D. G., Williams, James Gordon · University Press of Mississippi, 2021

New £44.99

New York and the International Sound of Latin Music, 1940-1990

New York and the International Sound of Latin Music, 1940-1990

Lapidus, Benjamin · University Press of Mississippi, 2020

New £40.99

New York and the International Sound of Latin Music, 1940-1990

New York and the International Sound of Latin Music, 1940-1990

Lapidus, Benjamin · University Press of Mississippi, 2020

New £107.99

Damaged: Musicality and Race in Early American Punk

Damaged: Musicality and Race in Early American Punk

Rapport, Evan · University Press of Mississippi, 2020

New £44.99

Chocolate Surrealism: Music, Movement, Memory, and History in the Circum-Caribbean

Chocolate Surrealism: Music, Movement, Memory, and History in the Circum-Caribbean

Njoroge, Njoroge M. · University Press of Mississippi, 2020

New £44.99

The Amazing Jimmi Mayes: Sideman to the Stars

The Amazing Jimmi Mayes: Sideman to the Stars

Speek, V. C., Mayes, Jimmi · University Press of Mississippi, 2020

New £40.99

Groove Theory: The Blues Foundation of Funk

Groove Theory: The Blues Foundation of Funk

Bolden, Tony · University Press of Mississippi, 2020

New £44.99

Groove Theory: The Blues Foundation of Funk

Groove Theory: The Blues Foundation of Funk

Bolden, Tony · University Press of Mississippi, 2020

New £107.99

Soul in Seoul: African American Popular Music and K-pop

Soul in Seoul: African American Popular Music and K-pop

Anderson, Crystal S. · University Press of Mississippi, 2020

New £44.99

Soul in Seoul: African American Popular Music and K-pop

Soul in Seoul: African American Popular Music and K-pop

Anderson, Crystal S. · University Press of Mississippi, 2020

New £107.99

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