African American Song
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| Dates: | 19th - 20th centuries |
| Titles Covered: | Recordings by Album Name |
| Full-Text: | Yes |
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| Description: | Covering jazz, blues, gospel, and other forms of African American musical expression, African American Music will offer 50,000 tracks of music at completion. The collection contains recordings by the top names in the history of black American music. Premier artists such as Ma Rainey, Lead Belly, Mahalia Jackson, Alberta Hunter, Tampa Red, and William “Bunk” Johnson are showcased. At least 5,000 of the tracks are rare or never-before-published, and the other 45,000 are in-copyright and included through arrangement with distinguished labels. This release features some 16,000 tracks of great historical recordings from Document Records. This great collection features recordings from the first half of the 20th century and includes iconic artists such as The Fisk Jubilee Singers, Memphis Minnie, Blind Willie McTell and Huddie Ledbetter. It provides a rich source of Blues and early Jazz recordings as well as a lot of sacred music. |
| Online Help: | African American Song Help |