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336 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780393059366
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Publication date: Not specified
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An exciting lineage of women singers—originating with Ma Rainey and her protégée Bessie Smith—shaped the blues, launching it as a powerful, expressive vehicle of emotional liberation. Along with their successors Billie Holiday, Etta James, Aretha ...
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336 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780393059366
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Publication date: Not specified
Description
An exciting lineage of women singers—originating with Ma Rainey and her protégée Bessie Smith—shaped the blues, launching it as a powerful, expressive vehicle of emotional liberation. Along with their successors Billie Holiday, Etta James, Aretha ...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings