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Living country blues.
- Text
- Detroit, Folklore Associates, 1969.
- 1969
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Book/text *MFFB (U. S.-Negro) 70-34 Offsite B. B. King; the blues, the wellspring of today's American popular music, and its greatest performer, B. B. King, in an unusual and beautiful collection of articles, music, lyrics, photos, and quotes; written in standard music notation, guitar tablature, and chords, so that you can play it without reading music. [Music editor: Harvey Vinson. Book design: Jean Hammons.
- Notated music
- New York] Amsco Music Pub. Co. [1970]
- 1970
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Notated music JNF 71-27 Offsite Guitar styles of Brownie McGhee; [a blues instruction guide and songbook for playing in the style of a great bluesman. Written in tablature and standard notation with comments on the songs and Brownie's philosophy of the blues] Edited by Happy Traum.
- Notated music
- New York, Oak Publication [1971]
- 1971
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Notated music JNF 72-1 Offsite Back woods blues, compiled by Simon A. Napier.
- Text
- [Bexhill-on-Sea, Eng., Blues Unlimited] 1968.
- 1968
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Book/text JND 72-64 Offsite Item details Format Call Number Item Location Book/text Sc D 81-535 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Blues; an anthology. Complete words and music of 53 great songs. Edited by W. C. Handy. With an historical and critical text by Abbe Niles. With pictures by Miguel Covarrubias. Rev. by Jerry Silverman.
- Notated music
- New York, Macmillan Co. [c1972]
- 1972
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Notated music JNF 90-123 Offsite Item details Format Call Number Item Location Notated music Sc 784.7-H (Handy, W. Blues; an anthology. 1972) Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Nothing but the blues: an illustrated documentary; edited by Mike Leadbitter.
- Text
- London, Hanover Books Ltd., 1971.
- 1971
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Book/text Sc 784-L (Leadbitter, M. Nothing but the blues) Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Living country blues.
- Text
- Detroit, Folklore Associates, 1969.
- 1969
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Book/text Sc 781.573-O (Oster, H. Living country blues) Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Warm hearted blues. Arranged by James E. Heath.
- Notated music
- [Teaneck, N. J.] Alnur Music [c1967]
- 1967
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Notated music JNG 73-51 Offsite Guitar styles of Brownie McGhee; [a blues instruction guide and songbook for playing in the style of a great bluesman. Written in tablature and standard notation with comments on the songs and Brownie's philosophy of the blues] Edited by Happy Traum.
- Notated music
- New York, Oak Publication [1971]
- 1971
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Notated music Sc 787.6-M (McGhee, B. Guitar styles of Brownie McGhee) Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Die Theorie des Blues im modernen Jazz [von] Carl Gregor Herzog zu Mecklenburg [und] Waldemar Scheck. Mit 64 Notenbeispielen und Themenanalysen, 2 Tabellen, einer Bibliographie und Auswahldiskographie.
- Text
- Baden-Baden, V. Koerner, 1971.
- 1971
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Book/text Sc 781.573-C (Carl Gregor. Theorie des Blues im modernen Jazz) Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Saint Louis blues; a modern arrangement for two pianos, four hands, by Kathleen Dickey. Concert ed.
- Notated music
- New York, Handy Bros. Music Co. [c1943]
- 1943
- 1 Item
Available Online
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433016138079Item details Format Call Number Item Location Notated music JNG 74-160 Offsite Method on how to improvise soul music.
- Text
- [Teaneck, N. J.] Alnur Music [c1970]
- 1970
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Book/text JNG 73-49 Offsite Three pieces for blues band and orchestra. [Op. 50]
- Notated music
- New York, Southern Music Pub. Co. [1974]
- 1974
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Notated music JNG 74-390 Offsite Robert Johnson, by Samuel Charters. With photos of Robert Johnson's Mississippi delta country by the author.
- Text
- New York, Oak Publications, c1973.
- 1973
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Book/text JNF 75-128 Offsite Item details Format Call Number Item Location Book/text Sc F 00-10 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
The History of the blues. With a special introduction by Leonard Feather.
- Text
- New York, C. Hansen Music and Books [1972]
- 1972
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Book/text Sc 784.7-H (History of the blues) Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
The Paramount book of blues.
- Notated music
- Port Washington, Wis., The New York Recording Laboratories [1971?]
- 1971-1927
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Notated music JNE 75-15 Offsite The blues line; a collection of blues lyrics. With illus. by Jonathan Shahn.
- Text
- New York Schirmer Books [1975, c1969]
- 1975-1969
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Book/text Sc 784.7-S (Sackheim, E. Blues line. 1975) Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Bessie Smith, empress of the blues. Compilation and biography by Chris Albertson. Notes on Bessie Smith's singing style by Gunther Schuller. Musical arrangements by George N. Terry. Edited by Clifford Richter.
- Text
- New York, Schirmer Books [1975]
- 1975
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Book/text Sc 784.7-B (Bessie Smith, empress of the blues) Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Wang-Wang blues [by] Mueller-Johnson-Busse. [Sound recording]
- Audio
- [New York] Brunswick 6003. [1929]
- 1929
Ballin' the blues. [Sound recording]
- Audio
- [Hollywood, Calif.] Capitol 11423 2503. [194-?]
- 1940-1949
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Musical recording Sc Audio CM-7 [Side 1, no. 2] Re-recorded in cassette (counter 7) 2-track. mono Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Home again blues [sound recording] : Tristezas del hogar / Berlin-Akst.
- Audio
- [New York] Brunswick 6003. [1929]
- 1929
Jeep's blues [sound recording] [by] Hodges-Ellington.
- Audio
- Chicago, Mercury C512-2 8944. [193-?]
- 1930-1939
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Musical recording Sc Audio CM-14 [Side 2, no. 9] Re-recorded in cassette (counter 54) 2-track. mono Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Let the zoomers drool [sound recording] Searsy's blues. [By] Ellington-Hodges.
- Audio
- [New York Mercer Records 2032 2034 M1970 A & B. [1973-?]
- 1973-present
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Musical recording Sc Audio CM-14 [Side 2, no. 7-8] Re-recorded in cassette (counter 43 49) 2-track. mono Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Bensonality [sound recording] Blues at sundown.
- Audio
- [New York] Columbia CO47263 CO47267 39712. [193-?]
- 1930-1939
The blues line; a collection of blues lyrics. With illus. by Jonathan Shahn.
- Text
- New York Schirmer Books [1975]
- 1975
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Book/text JNE 76-28 Offsite Tired socks [sound recording].
- Audio
- [n. p.] Okeh WM1099 6824. [193-?]
- 1930-1939
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Musical recording Sc Audio CM-16 [Side 1, no. 8] Re-recorded in cassette (counter 45) 2-track. mono Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Rent party blues [sound recording] fox trot.
- Audio
- [n. p.] Okeh WM1002 5100. [1938]
- 1938
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Musical recording Sc Audio CM-16 [Side 1, no. 3] Re-recorded in cassette (counter 12) 2-track. mono Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Barrelhouse & boogie piano / by Eric Kriss.
- Notated music
- New York ; Oak Publications, c1974.
- 1974
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Notated music JNF 76-112 Offsite The blues with a feelin' [sound recording] : fox trot.
- Audio
- London, Parlophone 401350 R2258. [1928]
- 1928
Blues of the vagabond [sound recording] Syncopa.
- Audio
- London, Parlophone 403287 403288 R1535. [1928]
- 1928
Drawing room blues [sound recording] [by] Ellington-Strayhorn.
- Audio
- Camden, N. J., RCA Victor 20-2327B P182. [1973-?]
- 1973-present
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Musical recording Sc Audio CM-18 Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
St. Louis blues [sound recording].
- Audio
- Camden, N. J., RCA Victor 20-2327A P182. [193-?]
- 1930-1939
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Musical recording Sc Audio CM-18 Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Memphis blues [sound recording].
- Audio
- Camden, N. J., RCA Victor 20-2325A P182. [193-?]
- 1930-1939
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Musical recording Sc Audio CM-18 Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Royal garden blues [by] Clarence and Spencer Williams. [Sound recording]
- Audio
- Camden, N. J., RCA Victor 20-2324A P182. [193-?]
- 1930-1939
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Musical recording Sc Audio CM-18 Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Far away blues [sound recording] Frisky. [By] Ellington-Hodges.
- Audio
- New York, SR1012 2006A SR1010 2006B. [193-?]
- 1930-1939
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Musical recording Sc Audio CM-19 [Side 2, no. 3-4] Re-recorded in cassette (counter 13 20) 2-track. mono Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Longhorn blues [sound recording] [by] Ellington-Hodges.
- Audio
- New York, Sunrise SR1011 2005B. [193-?]
- 1930-1939
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Musical recording Sc Audio CM-19 [Side 2, no. 2] Re-recorded in cassette (counter 6) 2-track. mono Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Feather roll blues [sound recording].
- Audio
- New York, Sunrise EB1002B 2001B. [193-?]
- 1930-1939
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Musical recording Sc Audio CM-19 [Side 1, no. 10] Re-recorded in cassette (counter 59) 2-track. mono Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Rent party blues [sound recording].
- Audio
- [n. p.] Rex 28004B. [1928]
- 1928
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Musical recording Sc Audio CM-19 [Side 1, no. 4] Re-recorded in cassette (counter 22) 2-track. mono Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Jungle blues. [Sound recording]
- Audio
- [n. p.] Rex 28004A. [1928]
- 1928
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Musical recording Sc Audio CM-19 [Side 1, no. 3] Re-recorded in cassette (counter 13) 2-track. mono Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Across the track blues [sound recording] fox trot.
- Audio
- Camden, N. J., Victor 27235B. [1940]
- 1940
Harlem; adaptation from W. C. Handy's Harlem blues. Concerto for clarinet with string quartette. Arranged by John Shaffer Smith.
- Notated music
- New York, Handy Bros. Music Co. [c1948]
- 1948
- 1 Item
Available Online
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433016138061Item details Format Call Number Item Location Notated music JNG 74-159 Offsite Wattstax, the living word. Arranged by Howard Norman. Editor: Stephen Francis.
- Notated music
- Miami, Screen Gems-Columbia Publications, c1973.
- 1973
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Notated music JNF 75-93 Offsite Saint Louis blues; for mixed voices with solo voice (SSATTBBBB) Arr. by Hall Johnson.
- Notated music
- New York, Handy Bros. Music Co. [c1942]
- 1942
- 1 Item
Available Online
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433016145181Item details Format Call Number Item Location Notated music JNG 75-78 Offsite Blues guitarists, from the pages of Guitar player magazine.
- Text
- Saratoga, Calif. : Guitar Player Productions, c1975.
- 1975
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Book/text Sc 787.6-B (Blues guitarists) Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Flute book of the blues, book two.
- Notated music
- [Fort Lee, N. J.] Fana Music [c1973]
- 1973
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Notated music JNG 76-39 Offsite Blues for today.
- Notated music
- [n. p., The Aberbach Group; sole selling agent: Hill and Range Songs, New York] c1970.
- 1970
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Notated music JNG 75-395 Offsite The "C" jam blues [sound recording] jump blues.
- Audio
- Camden, N. J., Victor 27856B. [193-?]
- 1930-1939
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Musical recording Sc Audio CM-22 [Side 2, no. 4] Re-recorded in cassette (counter 23) 2-track. mono Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Blues in my music room; B-flat clarinet solo with piano accompaniment [by] Jimmy Hamilton
- Notated music
- New York, Robbins Corp. [c1947]
- 1947
- 1 Item
Available Online
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433030924686Item details Format Call Number Item Location Notated music JNG 76-342 Offsite History of rhythm and blues.
- Notated music
- New York, Progressive Music Pub. Co. [sole selling agent: Hill and Range Songs, New York] c1969.
- 1969
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Notated music JNG 75-398 Offsite Carnegie blues [sound recording].
- Audio
- Camden, N. J. Victor 20-1644B. [194-?]
- 1940-1949
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Musical recording Sc Audio CM-24 [Side 1, no. 2] Re-recorded in cassette (counter 7) 2-track. mono Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
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