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With this volume, Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff complete their groundbreaking trilogy on the development of African American popular music. The authors bring to life the performers, entrepreneurs, critics, venues, and institutions that were most crucial to the emergence of the blues in black southern vaudeville theatres.
About the author
Lynn Abbott (Author) Lynn Abbott is an independent scholar living in New Orleans. He is coauthor (with Doug Seroff) of
Out of Sight: The Rise of African American Popular Music, 1889-1895;
Ragged but Right: Black Traveling Shows, "Coon Songs," and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz;
The Original Blues: The Emergence of the Blues in African American Vaudeville; and
To Do This, You Must Know How: Music Pedagogy in the Black Gospel Quartet Tradition, all published by University Press of Mississippi. His work has also been published in
American Music,
78 Quarterly,
American Music Research Center Journal, and
The Jazz Archivist.
Doug Seroff (Author) Doug Seroff is an independent scholar living in Greenbrier, Tennessee. He is coauthor (with Lynn Abbott) of
Out of Sight: The Rise of African American Popular Music, 1889-1895;
Ragged but Right: Black Traveling Shows, "Coon Songs," and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz;
The Original Blues: The Emergence of the Blues in African American Vaudeville; and
To Do This, You Must Know How: Music Pedagogy in the Black Gospel Quartet Tradition, all published by University Press of Mississippi.
His work has also appeared in
American Music,
Popular Music and Society,
Blues Unlimited, and the
Rag Time Ephemeralist, among others.
Summary
With this volume, Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff complete their groundbreaking trilogy on the development of African American popular music. The authors bring to life the performers, entrepreneurs, critics, venues, and institutions that were most crucial to the emergence of the blues in black southern vaudeville theatres.
