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Jelly Roll : : a Blues

Young, Kevin. Book - 2003 811 Yo 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 0 out of 5

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1. Cakewalk -- Dixieland -- Siren -- Rhythm & blues -- Shimmy -- Zoot -- Etude -- Ditty -- Ragtime -- Jingle -- Boogie-woogie -- Gutbucket -- Field song -- Cheer -- Blue movie -- Jook -- Summer song -- Overture -- Jitterbug -- Early blues -- Fantasia -- Aubade -- Blackbottom -- Nones -- Boogaloo -- Mic check -- Tune -- Can-can -- Boasts -- Song of smoke -- Swing -- Stride piano -- Prelude -- Errata -- Nocturne -- 2. Break -- Cantata: Recitative -- Aria -- Chorus -- Duet -- Blues -- Jive -- Rhapsody -- Sorrow song -- Vespers -- Player piano -- Harvest song -- Foxtrot -- Reed song -- Country )& western) -- Riff -- Bluegrass -- Disaster movie theme music -- Madrigal -- Drum talk -- Calypso -- Gumbo -- Encore -- Locomotive songs -- Autumn song -- Busking -- Doo wop -- Banjo -- Funk -- Sleepwalking psalms: Every day since -- The television we bought -- Soon I'll thank you -- Sometimes I feel like the stargazers -- When I said I didn't mind -- Stumbling home -- There are no more saints -- I love you the way a liar loves -- Barbeque dreams -- These days so hot you forget -- Chorale -- Torch song -- Fish story -- Jubilee -- Suite -- 3. Envoy -- Scherzo -- Ramble -- Anthem -- Tacit -- Honky tonk -- Saxophone solo -- Slide guitar -- Plainsong -- Lyre -- Requiem -- Dirge -- Deep song -- Evensong -- Opera -- Evensong -- Opera -- Song of sowing -- Rock -- Interlude -- & roll -- Mood -- Instrumental -- Pastorale -- Vows -- Muzak -- Hero -- Song of solstice -- Coda -- Parlor song -- Intermezzo -- Threnody -- cotillion -- Late blues -- Litany -- Elegy, Niagara Falls.
In a collection of poetry inspired by the rhythms of the blues, the poet blends traditional lyric diction with African American idiom to create such verses as "Stride Piano," Gutbucket," and "Can-Can."

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PUBLISHED
New York : Knopf, 2003.
Year Published: 2003
Description: 190 p. ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0375414606
9780375414602

SUBJECTS
African Americans -- Poetry.
Poetry.
Blues (Music) -- Poetry.