Jazz, Blues, and Spirituals: The Origins and Spirituality of Black Music in the United States, New Edition

Rookmaaker, Hans

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At a time when many white Europeans and Americans dismissed the artistry of African-American music, Dutch art professor Hans Rookmaaker wrote in praise of its merits. This musical history explores the development of jazz, blues, spirituals, and gospel music from its earliest days until the 1950s—describing, as Dr. Rookmaaker understood them, the origins, rationale, and interplay of diverse new genres.

This new edition features a preface by William Edgar, an accomplished jazz pianist and a professor at Westminster Seminary.

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  • Cover Type
    Paperback
  • ISBN
    9781629956732
  • Page Count
    248
  • Publisher
    P & R Publishing
  • Publication Date
    February 2020

Endorsements (2)

“This book shows Hans Rookmaaker’s profound respect for black music from Africa through work songs, spirituals, blues, jazz, and early gospel. What is fascinating is that this is not simply a history book, but that it includes Dr. Rookmaaker’s pithy evaluation of each era, each player, and the spirit of the art.”

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James Ward

Musician

“From the Negro Spirituals to the Blues to Jazz we have a robust and diverse contribution to the world of music coming out of the Black experience in America. I am grateful to P&R Publishing for putting this story front and center again for us in Hans Rookmaaker’s Jazz, Blues and Spirituals. He gives us this American story through the lens of God’s work among a people. We are brought into the beauty that springs out of joy and sorrow intimately tied to a hope rooted in God.”

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Irwyn L. Ince

Director, GraceDC Institute for Cross-Cultural Mission

About the Author

Hans Rookmaaker (1922–1977) was a notable Dutch professor and author, writing on art theory, music, philosophy, religion, and other topics.
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Jazz, Blues, and Spirituals: The Origins and Spirituality of Black Music in the United States, New Edition

$15.27 $19.99

At a time when many white Europeans and Americans dismissed the artistry of African-American music, Dutch art professor Hans Rookmaaker wrote in praise of its merits. This musical history explores the development of jazz, blues, spirituals, and gospel music from its earliest days until the 1950s—describing, as Dr. Rookmaaker understood them, the origins, rationale, and interplay of diverse new genres.

This new edition features a preface by William Edgar, an accomplished jazz pianist and a professor at Westminster Seminary.

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