- Blackface entertainers, Singers, Music, Nonfiction
A forgotten singer from the early days of jazz is at the center of this riveting book--a narrative that is part mystery, part biography, part meditation on the meaning and power of music.
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Grave, nostalgic, earnest and contemplative.
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- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Nick Tosches
- First published
- August 21, 2001
- Pages
- 336
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape, Little, Brown and Company, Back Bay Books
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780316077149
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