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Boogaloo: The Quintessence of American Popular Music,New
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The muchanticipated paperback edition of Arthur Kempton's story on the art, influence, and commerce of Black American popular musicPraise for Boogaloo:'From Thomas A. Dorsey and gospel to Sam Cooke and the classic age of boogaloo ('soul') to George Clinton and hip hop, this comprehensive analysis of AfricanAmerican popular music is a deep and gorgeous meditation on its aesthetics and business.'Henry Louis Gates, Jr., W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of the Humanities, Harvard'Surpassingly sympathetic and probing. . . . a panoramic critical survey of black popular music over seventyfive years. . . .There is no book quite like it.'New York Review of Books'. . . moving, dense, and fascinating. . . .'New Yorker'. . . a grand and sweeping survey of the history of soul music in America. . . . one of the best books of music journalism. . . .'Publisher's Weekly'. . . a fascinating and often original addition to the extensive literature. . . . an astute and witty account. . . . there is plenty in Boogaloo to set the mind and heart alight, as well as some flashes of brilliance and originality rare in music writing today.'Times Literary Supplement
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