The Day is So Long and the Wages So Small
music on a summer island
$30.06
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
21 February 2003
Summary
Island Rhythms: A Bahamian Journey
In the summer of 1958, jazz and blues historian Samuel Charters and Ann Danberg journeyed to Andros, a remote island in the Bahamas. They were drawn by a song so profoundly resonant that they sought its origins.
Immersed in the small but vibrant community descended from Bahamian slaves, Charters and Danberg experienced the joys and hardships of island life. They found that the fusion of African and European cultures had created a rich herit…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780714530765 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 071453076X |
| Author: | Samuel B. Charters |
| Publisher: | Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 21 February 2003 |
| Weight: | 222g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 126mm |
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Critics Review
‘The book folk music devotees have been waiting for [Charters] to give them for over 40 years and also just about the best ‘what-I-did-on-my-summer-vacation’ report ever written’ Booklist - starred review ‘A wonderful book… Terrific’ Straight No Chaser ‘A heart-warming adventure story, made all the more resonant because of its truth’ The Voice
About The Author
Samuel B. Charters
Now in his seventies, Sam Charters is a jazz expert with over 11 books on jazz to his name. His 1959 book The Country Blues was the first serious examination of this seedbed of virtually all American music. He followed this book with The Legacy of the Blues and The Roots of the Blues.
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