Stomping the Blues

Albert Murray was born in Alabama in 1916. A cultural critic, biographer, essayist, and novelist, he has taught at several colleges, including Colgate and Barnard, and his works include The Omni-Americans, South to a Very Old Place(nominated for a National Book Award), The Hero and the Blues, and Trading Twelve: The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray. He has also won the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for Stomping the Blues.

Part One * The Blues as Such * The Blues Face to Face * The Blue Devils and the holy Ghost * Blues Music as Such * Singing the Blues Part Two * Playing the Blues * Swinging the Blues * Kansas City Four/Four and the Velocity of Celebration * The Blues as Dance Music Part Three * Folk Art and Fine Art * The Blues as Statement * Epilogue * Index