WICHITA BLUES - PATRICK O'CONNOR- PAPERBACK-MUSIC IN AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- “LIKE NEW BUT HAS BEEN READ”
- Subtitle
- Music in the African American Community
- Series
- American Made Music Series
- Type
- Ethnography
- EAN
- 9781496853004
- ISBN
- 9781496853004
- Release Year
- 2024
- Publication Name
- Wichita Blues
- Title
- Wichita Blues
- ISBN-10
- 1496853008
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Release Date
- 09/16/2024
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
ISBN-10
1496853008
ISBN-13
9781496853004
eBay Product ID (ePID)
16064606598
Product Key Features
Book Title
Wichita Blues : Music in the African American Community
Number of Pages
278 Pages
Language
English
Topic
History & Criticism, Genres & Styles / Blues, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
2024
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Music, Social Science, History
Book Series
American Made Music Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
15.1 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2024-013156
Dewey Edition
23/eng/20240509
Reviews
Of the regional centers for African American blues music, Wichita (in south central Kansas) is not as familiar as Memphis, Houston, or even Kansas City to the northeast, although it was home to a vibrant community of blues performers. That raises the question of the creative, historical, and social context of the city. O'Connor, who is a performer as well as a researcher, fills out the story of the city's blues legacy. His contribution to American musical studies is in recording the experiences of musicians active in the city from the 1920s to the 1960s. O'Connor introduces the transcripts of interviews with the historical an musical contexts of 19th-century migration from Oklahoma to Kansas of African Americans in the quest for freedom and opportunity. The narratives of the musicians take center stage, but O'Connor provides a summative concluding chapter in which he analyzes the patters of life as well as lore apparent in this community of blues performers and their audiences. It opens the door to further analysis of the effects of regional migration and folk-popular influences on African American music nationally., ...O'Connor's study of our city's blues history offers precious insights into our regional identity.
Dewey Decimal
781.64309781/86
Synopsis
NAMED A 2025 KANSAS NOTABLE BOOK BY THE STATE LIBRARY OF KANSAS In conversations on regional blues, the traditions of the Mississippi Delta, the Carolina Piedmont, Chicago, Houston, Memphis, New Orleans, and Los Angeles are frequently lauded. But until now, little attention has been paid to the Midwest, despite the presence and popularity of blues in these heartland communities. Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community seeks to address this gap in music history by exploring the lively Wichita blues tradition. In interviews with nineteen African American Wichita blues performers, author Patrick Joseph O?Connor reveals the evolution of the blues from the 1930s to the 1960s and beyond. Utilizing twenty-five years of fieldwork, Wichita Blues details the history of performance and camaraderie among the musicians of this often-neglected regional sound. The personal interviews offer unique insight into topics that shape Wichita?s sound, including how migration from Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas brought varied artists to the area and the ways musical traditions cross racial divides and generations. The artists articulate the poetics of the blues and the diverse regional influences that can be detected in their music. In exploring the Wichita blues tradition, O?Connor traces African American history in Kansas, ranging from the Exoduster movement in the late nineteenth century and minstrel shows across the state to Black cowboys and growing urban African American communities in Topeka and Wichita. Including a foreword by renowned music scholar David Evans, Wichita Blues allows seasoned blues musicians to tell their own stories and paints a picture of the vibrant Black music scene in the city., In conversations on regional blues, the traditions of the Mississippi Delta, the Carolina Piedmont, Chicago, Houston, Memphis, New Orleans, and Los Angeles are frequently lauded. But until now, little attention has been paid to the Midwest, despite the presence and popularity of blues in these heartland communities. Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community seeks to address this gap in music history by exploring the lively Wichita blues tradition. In interviews with nineteen African American Wichita blues performers, author Patrick Joseph O'Connor reveals the evolution of the blues from the 1930s to the 1960s and beyond. Utilizing twenty-five years of fieldwork, Wichita Blues details the history of performance and camaraderie among the musicians of this often-neglected regional sound. The personal interviews offer unique insight into topics that shape Wichita's sound, including how migration from Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas brought varied artists to the area and the ways musical traditions cross racial divides and generations. The artists articulate the poetics of the blues and the diverse regional influences that can be detected in their music. In exploring the Wichita blues tradition, O'Connor traces African American history in Kansas, ranging from the Exoduster movement in the late nineteenth century and minstrel shows across the state to Black cowboys and growing urban African American communities in Topeka and Wichita. Including a foreword by renowned music scholar David Evans, Wichita Blues allows seasoned blues musicians to tell their own stories and paints a picture of the vibrant Black music scene in the city.
LC Classification Number
ML3521.O35 2024
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