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Jelly Roll Blues

Censored Songs and Hidden Histories

By: Elijah Wald

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Jelly Roll Blues

Censored Songs and Hidden Histories

By: Elijah Wald

A bestselling music historian follows Jelly Roll Morton on a journey through the hidden worlds and forbidden songs of early blues and jazz. In Jelly Roll Blues: Censored Songs and Hidden Histories, Elijah Wald takes readers on a journey into the hidden and censored world of early blues and jazz, guided by the legendary New Orleans pianist Jelly Roll Morton. Morton became nationally famous as a composer and bandleader in the 1920s, but got his start twenty years earlier, entertaining customers in the city’s famous bordellos and singing rough blues in Gulf Coast honky-tonks. He recorded an oral history of that time in 1938, but the most distinctive songs were hidden away for over fifty years, because the language and themes were as wild and raunchy as anything in gangsta rap. Those songs inspired Wald to explore how much other history had been locked away and censored, and this book is the result of that quest. Full of previously unpublished lyrics and stories, it paints a new and surprising picture of the dawn of American popular music, when jazz and blues were still the private, after-hours music of the Black "sporting world." It gives new insight into familiar figures like Buddy Bolden and Louis Armstrong, and introduces forgotten characters like Ready Money, the New Orleans sex worker and pickpocket who ended up owning one of the largest Black hotels on the West Coast. Revelatory and fascinating, these songs and stories provide an alternate view of Black culture at the turn of the twentieth century, when a new generation was shaping lives their parents could not have imagined and art that transformed popular culture around the world—the birth of a joyous, angry, desperate, loving, and ferociously funny tradition that resurfaced in hip-hop and continues to inspire young artists in a new millennium.

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Hachette Books

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0306831422

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9780306831423

How The Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll

An Alternative History of American Popular Music

By: Elijah Wald

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How The Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll

An Alternative History of American Popular Music

By: Elijah Wald

How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll is an alternative history of American music that, instead of recycling the familiar cliches of jazz and rock, looks at what people were playing, hearing and dancing to over the course of the 20th century, using a wealth of original research, curious quotations, and an irreverent fascination with the oft-despised commercial mainstream.

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339

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OUP USA

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019975697X

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9780199756971

Josh White

Society Blues

By: Elijah Wald

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Josh White

Society Blues

By: Elijah Wald

Born in South Carolina, White spent his childhood as a lead boy for traveling blind bluesmen. In the early '30s he moved to New York and became a popular blues star, then introduced folk-blues to a mass white audience in the 1940s. He was famed both for his strong Civil Rights songs, which made him a favorite of the Roosevelts, and for his sexy stage persona. The king of Café Society-also home to Billie Holiday--he was the one bluesman to consistently pack the New York nightspots, and the first black singer-guitarist to act in Hollywood films and star on Broadway. In the 1950s, White's bitter compromise with the blacklisters left him with few friends on either end of the political spectrum. He spent much of the decade in Europe, then came back strong in the 1960s folk revival. By 1963, he was voted one of America's top three male folk stars, but his health was failing and he did not survive the decade. Written in an engaging style, Society Blues portrays the difficult balancing act that all black performers must face in a predominantly white culture. Through the twists and turns of White's life, it traces the evolution of the blues and folk revival, and is a must read for anyone interested in the history of American popular culture, as well as a fascinating life story. Visit the author's website to see the Josh White photo gallery and learn more about Elijah Wald.

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374

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Routledge

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113672365X

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9781136723650

Born to Rebel

An Autobiography

By: Benjamin Elijah Mays

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Born to Rebel

An Autobiography

By: Benjamin Elijah Mays

Born the son of a sharecropper in 1894 near Ninety Six, South Carolina, Benjamin E. Mays went on to serve as president of Morehouse College for twenty-seven years and as the first president of the Atlanta School Board. His earliest memory, of a lynching party storming through his county, taunting but not killing his father, became for Mays an enduring image of black-white relations in the South. Born to Rebel is the moving chronicle of his life, a story that interlaces achievement with the rebuke he continually confronted.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820325236

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9780820325231

Introduction to Executive Protection

By: Dale L June ,Elijah Shaw

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Introduction to Executive Protection

By: Dale L June ,Elijah Shaw

Since its original publication in 1998, Introduction to Executive Protection has been considered the bible of the executive security industry. Now in its 4th edition, this new volume, conceived and developed by Dale L. June, drawing from his experiences in the United States Secret Service, law enforcement & the private sector, has been reworked and revised with new content, chapters, and input with over 60% new material. Much more than simply an introduction, this book is a powerful learning tool, with the author now joined by Elijah Shaw, one of the foremost experts in working globally with celebrities and other high net-worth VIP’s. The authors include real world examples of bodyguards working with politicians and religious figures, and dealing with everything from stalking to assassination attempts. This volume further digs into the tactics and the mindset necessary for protectors to mitigate the risk of it happening to their clients. Packed with tips for successfully navigating the corporate, celebrity & dignitary sectors, the reader will find in-depth discussions on a variety of topics, ranging from setting up estate security plans, to working in and around private jets. The world is changing daily, and as both an educational and resource tool, this book is sure to provide new outlooks for both the experienced and the newcomer alike. ** What the Industry is Saying about the New Edition ** "A comprehensive look at executive protection, the profession, and methods of practice. This 4th edition is worth the read." Monica Duperon Rodriguez Sr. Manager, Global Corporate Security and Risk Management (Executive Protection & Solutions) LinkedIn "It is important we don't forget the basic principals & foundations. This book is a great reminder." Charles Randolph LTC (RET) President, International Protective Security Board (IPSB) Dale and Elijah have forgotten more about the business of Protective Services than most will ever learn." Mark 'SIX' James Author, Defensive Handgun II "This is absolutely one of the top books I point to for people who are interested in getting into the profession." Harlan 'Hucky' Austin Founder, Bodyguard Careers

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ICONIC Press

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1736305107

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9781736305102

The White Indian Boy

And Its Sequel, The Return of the White Indian

By: Elijah Nicholas Wilson

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The White Indian Boy

And Its Sequel, The Return of the White Indian

By: Elijah Nicholas Wilson

First published in 1910, The White Indian Boy quickly became a western classic. Readers fascinated by real-life 'cowboys and Indians' thrilled to Nick Wilson's frontier exploits, as he recounted running away to live with the Shoshone in his early teens, riding for the Pony Express, and helping settle Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The volume was so popular that Wilson's son Charles was compelled to write a second book, The Return of the White Indian, which picks up in 1895 where the first memoir ends, telling the adventures of Nick Wilson's later life. These books, published here as a single volume, are testaments to a unique time and place in American history. Because he had a heart for adventure and unusual proficiency with Native American languages, Wilson's life became an historical canvas on which was painted both the exploration and the closing of a frontier, as he went from childhood among the Shoshone to work as an interpreter for the U.S. government on Indian reservations in Wyoming and Idaho in his later years. This volume includes new introductory material, a family tree, and a background of Indian-white relations in Jackson Hole. Packed with amazing details about life in the Old West, Wilson's colorful escapades are once again available to a new generation of readers.

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University of Utah Press

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0874808340

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9780874808346

The Blues: A Very Short Introduction

By: Elijah Wald

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The Blues: A Very Short Introduction

By: Elijah Wald

Praised as "suave, soulful, ebullient" (Tom Waits) and "a meticulous researcher, a graceful writer, and a committed contrarian" (New York Times Book Review), Elijah Wald is one of the leading popular music critics of his generation. In The Blues, Wald surveys a genre at the heart of American culture. It is not an easy thing to pin down. As Howlin' Wolf once described it, "When you ain't got no money and can't pay your house rent and can't buy you no food, you've damn sure got the blues." It has been defined by lyrical structure, or as a progression of chords, or as a set of practices reflecting West African "tonal and rhythmic approaches," using a five-note "blues scale." Wald sees blues less as a style than as a broad musical tradition within a constantly evolving pop culture. He traces its roots in work and praise songs, and shows how it was transformed by such professional performers as W. C. Handy, who first popularized the blues a century ago. He follows its evolution from Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith through Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix; identifies the impact of rural field recordings of Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charley Patton and others; explores the role of blues in the development of both country music and jazz; and looks at the popular rhythm and blues trends of the 1940s and 1950s, from the uptown West Coast style of T-Bone Walker to the "down home" Chicago sound of Muddy Waters. Wald brings the story up to the present, touching on the effects of blues on American poetry, and its connection to modern styles such as rap. As with all of Oxford's Very Short Introductions, The Blues tells you--with insight, clarity, and wit--everything you need to know to understand this quintessentially American musical genre.

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Oxford University Press

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0199750793

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9780199750795

Black in White Space

The Enduring Impact of Color in Everyday Life

By: Elijah Anderson

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Black in White Space

The Enduring Impact of Color in Everyday Life

By: Elijah Anderson

From the vital voice of Elijah Anderson, Black in White Space sheds fresh light on the dire persistence of racial discrimination in our country. A birder strolling in Central Park. A college student lounging on a university quad. Two men sitting in a coffee shop. Perfectly ordinary actions in ordinary settings—and yet, they sparked jarring and inflammatory responses that involved the police and attracted national media coverage. Why? In essence, Elijah Anderson would argue, because these were Black people existing in white spaces. In Black in White Space, Anderson brings his immense knowledge and ethnography to bear in this timely study of the racial barriers that are still firmly entrenched in our society at every class level. He focuses in on symbolic racism, a new form of racism in America caused by the stubbornly powerful stereotype of the ghetto embedded in the white imagination, which subconsciously connects all Black people with crime and poverty regardless of their social or economic position. White people typically avoid Black space, but Black people are required to navigate the “white space” as a condition of their existence. From Philadelphia street-corner conversations to Anderson’s own morning jogs through a Cape Cod vacation town, he probes a wealth of experiences to shed new light on how symbolic racism makes all Black people uniquely vulnerable to implicit bias in police stops and racial discrimination in our country. An unwavering truthteller in our national conversation on race, Anderson has shared intimate and sharp insights into Black life for decades. Vital and eye-opening, Black in White Space will be a must-read for anyone hoping to understand the lived realities of Black people and the structural underpinnings of racism in America.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226826414

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9780226826417

Streetwise

Race, Class, and Change in an Urban Community

By: Elijah Anderson

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Streetwise

Race, Class, and Change in an Urban Community

By: Elijah Anderson

In a powerful, revealing portrait of city life, Anderson explores the dilemma of both blacks and whites, the underclass and the middle class, caught up in the new struggle not only for common ground—prime real estate in a racially changing neighborhood—but for shared moral community. Blacks and whites from a variety of backgrounds speak candidly about their lives, their differences, and their battle for viable communities. "The sharpness of his observations and the simple clarity of his prose recommend his book far beyond an academic audience. Vivid, unflinching, finely observed, Streetwise is a powerful and intensely frightening picture of the inner city."—Tamar Jacoby, New York Times Book Review "The book is without peer in the urban sociology literature. . . . A first-rate piece of social science, and a very good read."—Glenn C. Loury, Washington Times

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University of Chicago Press

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022609894X

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9780226098944

Talking 'bout Your Mama

The Dozens, Snaps, and the Deep Roots of Rap

By: Elijah Wald

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Talking 'bout Your Mama

The Dozens, Snaps, and the Deep Roots of Rap

By: Elijah Wald

A game which could inspire raucous laughter or escalate to violence, the dozens provided a wellspring of rhymes, attitude, and raw humor that has influenced pop musicians from Jelly Roll Morton and Robert Johnson to Tupac Shakur and Jay Z. Wald explores the depth of the dozens' roots, looking at mother-insulting and verbal combat from Greenland to the sources of the Niger, and shows its breadth of influence in the writings of Richard Wright, Langston Hughes, and Zora Neale Hurston; the comedy of Richard Pryor and George Carlin; the dark humor of the blues; the hip slang and competitive jamming of jazz; and most recently in the improvisatory battling of rap.

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Oxford University Press

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0199394040

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Book's by Elijah Shaw

Jelly Roll Blues

Jelly Roll Blues

How The Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll

How The Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll

Josh White

Josh White

Born to Rebel

Born to Rebel

Introduction to Executive Protection

Introduction to Executive Protection

The White Indian Boy

The White Indian Boy

The Blues: A Very Short Introduction

The Blues: A Very Short Introduction

Black in White Space

Black in White Space

Streetwise

Streetwise

Talking 'bout Your Mama

Talking 'bout Your Mama

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