Synopsis The introduction by blues legend Etta James gets this book moving, and it never slows down. In their affectionate tribute to "music that shook, rattled, and rolled the whole world," authors Bob Merlis and Davin Seay both evoke and celebrate American Black music between 1930 to 1975. Their collection of album covers, sheet music, posters, record labels, and others bits of ephemera provide more than 400 color photos to document what they describe as "an age of pencil mustaches and pompadours, of Zoot suits and drapes, jump suits and jive; an era of showmen, charlatans, and artists of astonishing talent and influence."
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1997-08-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 378 pages | | Height: | 10.0 in | | Width: | 10.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 37.6 oz |
Publisher's Note From the decline of the Big Band sound to the emergence of Black Pride, Sly, Superfly and the Funk, "Heart & Soul" celebrates the nearly half-century of vibrant, flamboyant and extravagant flowering in African-American culture that has enriched the world. 400 full-color photos.
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