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creator of the Smithsonian Museum’s “Programs in Black Culture,” and one of the leading authorities on Black American music culture,
Leonard Brown • John Coltrane and Black America's Quest for Freedom: Spirituality and the Music
Thelonious Monk playing “Honeysuckle Rose”.
Haruki Murakami • Norwegian Wood
I remember once, when I was a kid, hearing Johnny Winter singing “Tired of Tryin’ ” with Muddy Waters on guitar, on the Nothin’ but the Blues album, and hearing him sing and liking what I heard and then looking at a picture of him on the album and double-taking, maybe triple-taking, and then wondering what it meant to be black (or white, or albino)
... See moreAhmir "Questlove" Thompson • Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
When I come across interesting information, I underline then write a corresponding question in the margin. So what I underlined is an answer to the question.
Billy Oppenheimer • The Notecard System: Capture, Organize, and Use Everything You Read, Watch, and Listen To
(singer, comedian, etc.)
Timothy Butler • Getting Unstuck: A Guide to Discovering Your Next Career Path
Jelly Roll Morton, whose work we studied back in Chapter 3, was a strict formalist,