Been here and gone

Ramsey, Frederic

ISBN 10: 0813506190 / ISBN 13: 9780813506197

Published by Rutgers University Press, 1969

About this Item

This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Been here and gone
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Publication Date: 1969
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813506190
• ISBN 13: 9780813506197
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Acceptable

About this title

Synopsis

This volume documents Frederic Ramsey Jr.â s journeys through the 1950s South, where he traveled in search of what might still remain of an original, authentic African American musical tradition.

In these photographs, songs, interviews, and narratives, Ramsey portrays farmers, railroad workers, housewives, children, church congregations, and country brass bands from Saratoga, Florida, to New Orleans, Louisiana. Ramseyâ s images of a past way of life capture the deceptively poor landscapes and lives that gave birth to and sustained some of our warmest and most deeply felt music.

About the Author

Frederic Ramsey Jr., a writer, historian, jazz expert, and musicologist who specialized in African American culture, was one of the first major jazz scholars. He traveled throughout the South recording traditional music and photographing the lives and landscapes of the people he met.