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1	Mister Jelly Roll: The Fortunes of Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Creole and Inventor of Jazz more books like this by Alan Lomax add to wishlist This fascinating 2001 reproduction of Jelly Roll Morton's original 1950s biography includes Morton's own colorful and often embroidered account of his life, as well as folklorist Alan Lomax's riveting account of his investigations into the legendary pianist's roots in New Orleans. Born into a French Creole family near the end of the 19th century, ... see all copies from £7.75! new only from £9.88! \| first editions
2	The Land Where the Blues Began more books like this by Alan Lomax add to wishlist Lomax, who has done more than anyone else to make the black music of the South known as one of the glorious expressions of American art, sums up his 60 years of "discovering" the African-American musical heritage in this singular journey through the Mississippi Delta. 16 pages of photographs. see all copies from £6.20! new only from £11.61! \| first editions
3	The folk songs of North America in the English language more books like this by Alan Lomax add to wishlist see all copies from £7.57! first editions
4	Land Where Blues Began more books like this by Lomax add to wishlist In 1942 Alan Lomax set off for the Mississippi Delta in the American Deep South as the head of a four-person team, to make field recordings of Black American folk music for the Library of Congress. This book recounts their travels, recording impromptu sessions and interviews, and it describes the hostility that Lomax and his assistants (an ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £15.40! \| first editions
5	Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians as Sung by Jean Ritchie more books like this by Alan Lomax, Jean Ritchie, Ron Pen (Foreword by) add to wishlist Jean Ritchie is the best known and most respected singer of traditional ballads in the United States. It has been nearly thirty years since she originally published Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians, and the music found here tells the story of the "Singing Ritchie Family" at a time when railroads, coal mines, and hillbilly radio were making ... see all copies from £7.45! new only from £7.45!
6	Alan Lomax: Selected Writings, 1934-1997 more books like this by Alan Lomax, Cohen D Cohen, Ronald D Cohen (Editor) add to wishlist Featuring introductions, speeches, and album liner notes by the noted musicologist and folklorist Alan Lomax, as well as descriptions of the numerous artists he recorded in over five decades of musical exploration, many of the essays anthologized here reflect the changes taking place in American folk music as its popularity and commercial ... see all copies from £14.56! new only from £17.75! \| first editions
7	Folk song U.S.A. : the 111 best American ballads more books like this by John Avery Lomax, Alan Lomax, Charles Seeger, Ruth Crawford Seeger add to wishlist see all copies from £5.95! first editions
8	Our Singing Country: Folk Songs and Ballads more books like this by John Avery Lomax (Compiled by), Alan Lomax (Compiled by) add to wishlist Melodies and words for over 200 authentic folk songs and ballads from all parts of the country -- spirituals, hollers, game songs, lullabies, courting songs, work songs, Cajun airs, breakdowns, many more. see all copies from £10.67! new only from £10.67! \| first editions
9	Folk Songs N Amer Pa more books like this by Alan Lomax add to wishlist see all copies from £7.09!
10	Never Without a Song: The Years and Songs of Jennie Devlin, 1865-1952 more books like this by Katharine D Newman, Alan Lomax (Foreword by) add to wishlist "Never Without a Song" focuses on the centrality of folksong in the life of Jennie Devlin (1865-1952), a woman who had worked for years as a 'bound-out girl' along the New York-Pennsylvania border. Katharine Newman met Devlin in 1936 and compiled information about the older woman's life and music. Half a century later Newman returned to her ... see all copies from £4.95! new only from £6.82! \| signed copies \| first editions
11	Folk Song Style and Culture more books like this by Alan Lomax (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from £10.00! new only from £21.27! \| first editions
12	Brown Girl in the Ring: An Anthology of Song Games from the Eastern Caribbean more books like this by Alan Lomax, Bess Lomax Hawes, J D Elder add to wishlist By devoting his life to recording the music of cultures that are largely ignored or are on the verge of extinction, Alan Lomax has preserved forever a magnificent musical heritage. This delightful book is both a collection of spirited songs and a unique appreciation of the Caribbean cultures out of which they have arisen. Lomax collects here 68 ... see all copies from £7.05! new only from £31.58! \| first editions
13	The Leadbelly Songbook more books like this by Moses Asch, Alan Lomax add to wishlist More than 70 songs by Huddie Ledbetter, with chord names, musical transcriptions, and biographical notes. see all copies from £10.17! new only from £10.60! \| first editions
14 view cover	The Cultural Study of Music more books like this by Alan Lomax, Trevor Herbert (Editor), Martin Clayton (Editor) add to wishlist Increasingly, music is being studied as it relates to specific cultures, by ethnomusicologists, by traditional musicologists as well. Drawing on writers from music, anthropology, sociology, and the related fields, The Cultural Study of Music is an anthology of new writings that define the field-the relation between music and culture-and present ... see all copies from £26.01! new only from £63.60! \| first editions
15	Hard Hitting Songs for Hard-Hit People more books like this by Alan Lomax add to wishlist see all copies from £43.35! first editions
16	3000 Years of Black Poetry: An Antholog more books like this by Alan Lomax add to wishlist see all copies from £6.20! first editions
17	American Folk Songs, the Penguin Book of by Alan Lomax add to wishlist see all copies from £5.57!
18	Never Without a Song more books like this by Katharine D Newman, Alan Lomax (Foreword by) add to wishlist see all copies from £5.57! signed copies \| first editions
19	American Folksong & Folklore: A Regional Bibliography more books like this by Alan Lomax, Sidney R. Crowell add to wishlist see all copies from £33.35! new only from £33.35!
20	Three Thousand Years of Black Poetry by Alan Lomax add to wishlist see all copies from £64.81!
21	Mister Jelly Roll more books like this by Alan Lomax add to wishlist This is a biography of the New Orleans jazz pianist, based on recordings which the author made at the Library of Congress Archive of America, with Jelly Roll Morton playing the piano and talking about himself. see all copies from £2.71! new only from £16.07! \| first editions
22	3000 years of black poetry; an anthology more books like this by Alan Lomax (Compiled by), Raoul Abdul add to wishlist see all copies from £6.79! first editions
23	Mister Jelly Roll : the fortunes of Jelly Roll Morton,New Orleans creole and''inventor of jazz'' more books like this by Alan Lomax add to wishlist see all copies from £9.29!
24	The Penguin Book of American Folk Songs more books like this by Alan Lomax add to wishlist see all copies from £6.17! new only from £62.54! \| signed copies
25	Harriet and her harmonium : an American adventure with thirteen folk songs from the Lomax collection by Alan Lomax add to wishlist see all copies from £8.36!

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