Eubie Blake: Rags, Rhythm, and Race

by Richard Carlin and Ken Bloom

A new biography of one of the key composers of 20th-century American popular song and jazz, Eubie Blake: Rags, Rhythm and Race illuminates Blake's little-known impact on over 100 years of American culture. A gifted musician, Blake rose from performing in dance halls and bordellos of his native Baltimore to the heights of Broadway. In 1921, together with performer and lyricist Noble Sissle, Blake created Shuffle Along which became a sleeper smash on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190635932
• ISBN13: 9780190635930
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"