From "Hustlin' Blues" to "Strange Fruit"

African Musical Retentions

in the Evolution of Jazz Singing Style

circa 1920-1945

Dr. Ann G. P. Solberg and Elizabeth McQueary

Funded by the Appalachian College Association, Summer 1997

Articles

Arom, Simha.  "Structuration du temps dans les musiques d'Afrique centrale: 
	Periodicite, metre, rhythmique et polyrhythmie."  Revue de Musicologie 
	70. no. 1: 5-36.

Bauer, William R. "Billie Holiday and Betty Carter: Emotion and Style in the jazz 
	Vocal Line."  Annual Review of Jazz Studies  vol. 6, 1993, 99-152.

Floyd, Samuel.  "Ring Shout! Literary Studies, Historical Studies, and Black 
	Music Inquiry."  Black Music Research Journal 11:2 Fall 1991, 265-287.

Hentoff, Nat.  "Cherchez les Femmes."  Down Beat 19:5, December 3, 1952.

Kenney, William H.  "Jazz: A Biographical Essay."  American Studies 
	International  April 1987, 3-27.

Maultsby, Portia.  "Influence and Retentions of West African Music Concepts in 
	U.S. Black Music."  The Western Journal of Black Studies 3: (1979) 197-
	215.

Martin, Denis-Constant.  "Filiation or Innovation? Some Hypotheses to 
	Overcome the Dilemma of Afro-American Musics' Origins."  Black Music 
	Research Journal Spring 1991, 19-38.

Meadows, Eddie S.  "African Retentions in Blues and Jazz."  Western Journal of 
	Black Studies  3:3 (Fall 1979), 180-185.

Merriam, Alan P.  "The Use of Music in the Study of a Problem of Acculturation." 
	The American Anthropologist 57: 28-34.

Pleasants, Henry.  "Bel Canto in Jazz and Pop Singing." Music Educator's 
	Journal  Vol. lix/9, May 1973, pp. 54-59.

Tomlinson, Gary.  "Cultural Dialogics and Jazz: A White Historian Signifies." 
	Black Music Research Journal  Fall 1991, 229-264.

*Annotated Bibliography, A-G | *Annotated Bibliography, H-P | *Annotated Bibliography, Q-Z

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