Joe Posted July 1, 2003 Report Posted July 1, 2003 Nice review (by Luc Sante) to be found at: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/16478 Looks to be a promising read. Quote
Joe Posted July 2, 2003 Author Report Posted July 2, 2003 GOM -- if you haven't already, you might want to check out this book: Michael Harris, THE RISE OF GOSPEL BLUES: THE MUSIC OF THOMAS ANDREW DORSEY IN THE URBAN CHURCH Quote
jpmosu Posted July 4, 2003 Report Posted July 4, 2003 Glad I actually read this thread to see what it was *really* about! Originally, I mis-read it as "Kenton's Boogaloo" thinking it was about a Stan Kenton re-issue that I'd never heard of (and frankly didn't want to). john Quote
Swinging Swede Posted July 4, 2003 Report Posted July 4, 2003 Yeah, I first read it as "Kenton's Boogaloo" too! I wonder how that would have sounded? Quote
alankin Posted July 10, 2003 Report Posted July 10, 2003 Yeah, I first read it as "Kenton's Boogaloo" too! I wonder how that would have sounded? Bombastic! Quote
Stefan Wood Posted August 7, 2003 Report Posted August 7, 2003 I'm halfway through this book, and while I find many parts illuminating (even if they were drawn from other texts), it is the combination of social, economic, and political issues that make this book work for me so far. I agree that I don't know why (nor have I yet found his explanation) he left out blues, jazz etc., my guess is he feels that gospel needs to be addressed more as an influence on popular music than has been allowed. I haven't read the Sam Cook bio, yet Kempton's interpretation doesn't offend me the way other researchers who try to "get in the minds of their subjects" do. Quote
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