California Soul: Music of African Americans in the West (Music of the African Diaspora, 1): Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje, Eddie S. Meadows: Books

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California Soul is an original attempt to discuss the influence, growth, and style of blues, jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, and soul music–the music of African Americans–in California. While the birth and subsequent growth of these styles in areas such as New Orleans, Chicago, and New York have previously been well documented, California’s role in shaping the blues has not. In fact, the state is usually mentioned only as a footnote, if at all, in blues history. California Soul proves that the area’s African Americans have, for over three-quarters of a century, shaped their own distinctive blues sound–one distinguished by a smooth sound, experimentation, and diversity. In essence, a sound that is influenced by California’s own indigenous qualities. The book’s first section,