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Roach, Hildred
Black American music : past and present
Second edition
Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company, 1992, 3668 p.


The above item has biographical information on:

  Adams, Alton Augustus (b. 1889 d. 1987)   bandmaster, composer
  Adams, Wellington Alexander (b. 1879)   composer
  Ahmed, Mahmoud (b. 1945)   singer, songwriter
  Ali, Rashied (b. 1935)   drummer, drums
  Andrews, Inez   composer
  Atehortua, Blas Emilio (b. 1933)   composer
  Atwell, Drucilla   composer
  Ayers, Roy E. (b. 1940)   vibraphone
  Ayler, Albert (b. 1936 d. 1970)   tenor saxophone, leader
  Bahia, Xisto (b. 1841 d. 1894)   composer, singer
  Bailey, Pearl (Mae) (b. 1918 d. 1990)   cast, singer
  Baker, Anita (b. 1957)   soul singer
  Ballanta-Taylor, Nicholas George Julius (b. 1893)   ethnomusicologist
  Banks, Robert (b. 1930)   arranger, organ
  Barefield, Eddie [Edward Emmanuel] (b. 1909)   clarinet, music director
  Barron, Kenny [Kenneth] (b. 1943)   jazz piano, piano
  Battle, Edgar William (b. 1907)   composer, trumpeter
  Benson, George (b. 1943)   guitar, jazz guitar
  Bledsoe, Jules (b. 1898 d. 1943)   cast, singer
  Bonnemere, Eddie [Edward Valentine] (b. 1921)   piano
  Botelho, Manuel de Almeida (b. 1721)   compositor, musico
  Boyd, Wynn Leo (b. 1902)   composer
  Braithwaite, P.A.   composer
  Braxton, Anthony (b. 1945)   alto saxophone, flute
  Brewster, Jamsie [James]   calypso musician
  Broadnax, Eugene James (b. 1907)   composer
  Brown, Charles (b. 1940)   singer, composer
  Brown, John Harold (b. 1902 d. 1981)   composer
  Brown, Marion (b. 1935)   alto saxophone, guitar
  Brown, Oscar (b. 1926)   entertainer, composer
  Brown, Uzee (b. 1951)   bass-baritone, bass
  Bruce, J.   composer
  Burkes, Eugene Alexander   composer
  Busch, Marie (b. 1908)   composer
  Butler, Frank S. (b. 1883)   piano, composer
  Butler, Jonathan (a. 1988)   singer, songwriter
  Butler, William H. (b. 1903)   musician, publisher
  Caesar, Shirley (b. 1938)   gospel singer, vocals
  Calhoun, W. Arthur   composer
  Carter, Roland (b. 1942)   music educator, choral director
  Cartman, Shirley (b. 1931)   composer
  Charlton, Melville (b. 1880 d. 1973)   organ
  Cherry, Don [Donald Eugene].) (b. 1936 a. 1950)   trumpeter, bandleader
  Childs, John Michael (b. 1932 a. 1974)   composer
  Christian, Lemuel   composer
  Clarke, Stanley (Marvin) (b. 1951)   bass (instrument), bass
  Cliff, Jimmy (b. 1948)   reggae singer
  Coates, Dorothy Love (b. 1928)   composer, gospel singer
  Cobham, Billy [William C.] (b. 1944)   drummer, drums
  Cohen, Cecil (b. 1894 d. 1967)   piano, teacher
  Cole, Nat King (b. 1917 d. 1965)   composer, lyricist
  Cooper, William Benjamin (b. 1920 d. 1993)   organ, composer
  Cossou, Mortimer Aloysius (a. 1914)   composer
  Cowell, Stanley (b. 1941)   piano
  Current, Gloster B.   musician, author
  Davis, Nathan Tate (b. 1937)   tenor sax, music educator
  Davis, Sammy (b. 1925 d. 1990)   cast, music director for George Rhodes
  De Preist, James (Anderson) (b. 1936)   conductor
  Dejohnette, Jack (b. 1942)   jazz drummer, piano
  Dericks, Cleavant   composer of gospel hymns
  Desverney, Bertha   composer
  Dewitty, Virginia Carrington (b. 1911)   composer
  Diabate, Toumani (b. 1964)   composer
  Dorsey, James Elmo (b. 1905)   baritone, composer
  Dubois, Shirley Graham (b. 1906 d. 1977)   author, composer
  Dubose, Tougee (b. 1893 d. 1971)   composer
  Duke, George (b. 1946)   keyboard, piano
  Dyett, Walter Henri (b. 1901 d. 1969)   teacher, bandmaster
  Elam, Ulysses (b. 1896)   composer
  Elder, J.D. (b. 1913)   author, choral director
  Espinosa, Federico (b. 1820 d. 1872)   piano, composer
  Eubanks, Rachel Amelia (b. 1922)   composer, administrator
  Evanti, Lillian (b. 1890 d. 1967)   soprano
  Felder, Robert (b. 1930)   composer, arranger
  Fitzgerald, Ella (b. 1920 a. 1936)   composer, interprete
  Forster, Estelle Ancrum (b. 1887)   composer
  Fountain, Clarence (b. 1929)   gospel singer
  Fox, James Ingram (b. 1916)   composer
  Frazier, James (b. 1940 d. 1985)   conductor
  Fuller, Oscar Anderson (b. 1904)   music educator
  Garner, Erroll (Louis) (b. 1921 d. 1977)   musicista, piano
  Gbeho, Phillipp   composer
  Gillum, Ruth Helen (b. 1906 d. 1991)   piano, educator
  Gregory, Percy Lloyd (b. 1934 d. 1991)   music educator, piano
  Griffin, Bessie (b. 1922 d. 1989)   gospel singer, vocals
  Guillen, Jorge (b. 1959)   guitar
  Hackley, Emma Azalia (b. 1867 d. 1922)   soprano, concert singer
  Hairston, Jacqueline Butler (b. 1938)   composer, arranger
  Hall, Purnell F. (b. 1890)   composer
  Hare, Maud Cuney (b. 1874 d. 1936)   writer, piano
  Harris, Ethel Ramos (b. 1908)   piano, composer
  Hayes, Joseph C. (b. 1920)   composer, music educator
  Hayes, Laurence (b. 1921)   composer
  Hayes, Roland (b. 1887 d. 1976)   tenor, vocals
  Hayre, Carlos   composer
  Hendricks, Frederick Wilmoth (b. 1901 d. 1973)   calypso entertainer, vocals
  Hicks, Roy Edward (b. 1931 d. 1990)   composer, arranger
  Hill, Andrew (b. 1937)   keyboard, piano
  Hill, Danny Gloucester   composer
  Hinds, Augustus (a. 1939)   first Guaynese musician to make a record
  Holiday, Billie (b. 1915 d. 1959)   musicisti, singer
  Holloway, Carrie Beatrice (b. 1930)   composer
  Holmes, Gregory (b. 1960)   composer
  Holmes, Robert (b. 1934)   composer
  Holt, Nora Douglas (b. 1885 d. 1974)   journalist, critic
  Hooper, Eddie   composer
  Jackson, Ambrose C. (b. 1940)   composer, conductor
  Jackson, Eugene Aldama (b. 1886)   composer of spirituals
  Jackson, Mahalia (b. 1911 d. 1972)   gospel singer, vocals
  Jacobs, Clarence (b. 1909)   composer
  Jeffers, Jack (b. 1928)   composer
  Jenkins, Ella (b. 1924)   composer, singer
  Johns, Altona Trent (b. 1904 d. 1977)   piano, composer
  Johnson, Bessie Viola (b. 1880)   composer
  Johnson, C.J. (b. 1915 a. 1964)   pastor, composer of gospel hymns
  Jones, Calvin (b. 1929)   trombone, string bass
  Kennedy, Matthew Washington (b. 1921)   music educator
  Kennyatta, Robin (b. 1942)   saxophone
  Kirk, Roland (b. 1936 d. 1977)   sax, tenor sax
  Klugh, Earl (b. 1954)   guitar, jazz guitar
  Lapido, Duro   composer
  Lara, Kenneth (b. 1940)   composer
  Larue, Earl   arranger
  Lateef, Yusef (b. 1920)   flute, tenor saxophone
  Lawrence, William (b. 1895 d. 1981)   accompanist, singer
  Laws, Hubert (b. 1939)   conductor, flute
  Layne, Maude Wanzer (b. 1899 d. 1951)   music educator, composer
  Lee, William F. (a. 1971)   composer
  Lewin, Olive   composer
  Lindsay, Andrades   composer
  Lindsey, Roy Howard (b. 1926)   composer
  Little Richard (b. 1935)   composer, lyricist
  Lloyd, Charles (b. 1948)   composer, piano
  Loncke, Francis Percival (b. 1900 d. 1966)   composer
  Loncke, Patricia Adora Theresa (b. 1945 d. 1983)   piano, composer
  Lowe, Sammy [Samuel Milton] (b. 1918)   trumpeter, arranger
  Lowe, Vesta Hyacinthe Einifred (b. 1909)   singer, music educator
  Marsalis, Wynton (b. 1961)   trumpet
  Martin, Roberta Evelyn (b. 1907 d. 1969)   gospel singer, piano
  Masekela, Hugh (Ramapolo) (b. 1939)   composer, dance arranger
  Mathis, Johnny [John Royce] (b. 1935)   singer, vocals
  McDaniel, William Foster (b. 1940)   arranger, composer
  McFarland, Ollie (a. 1971)   composer
  McFerrin, Bobby (b. 1950)   jazz singer, vocals
  McIntyre, Philip (b. 1951 d. 1991)   organ, choral director
  Medley, Phil   arranger, composer
  Mells, Herbert Franklin (b. 1909 d. 1956)   music educator, composer
  Merriwether, Roy D.   composer
  Mesquita, Jose Joaquim Emirico Lobo (b. 1746 d. 1805)   composer, organ
  Mikell, Francis Eugene (b. 1885 d. 1932)   bandmaster
  Miller, James (b. 1907)   composer
  Mingus, Charles (b. 1922 d. 1979)   bass (instrument), bass
  Moore, William Howard (b. 1934)   piano, choral director
  Morgan, William Astor (b. 1890)   composer, teacher of piano and theory
  Morris, Kenneth (b. 1917)   gospel composer, piano
  Morris, Robert (b. 1941)   composer, educator
  Morrison, George Sumner (b. 1891 d. 1974)   bandleader
  Mosley, J. Orville B. (b. 1909)   composer
  Mota, Antonio Manso (b. 1732 d. 1812)   musician
  Nelson, Kalvert Jalalu (b. 1951)   composer
  Neves, Ignacio Parreiras (b. 1730 d. 1794)   composer, singer
  Noel, George W.   guitar, singer
  Norman, Ruth (b. 1927)   concert pianist, lecturer
  Ofori, A. Twumasi Ankra   songwriter
  Ogunde, Hubert   composer
  Ogunmola, E.K.   opera composer
  Parker, Reginald Nathaniel (b. 1929 d. 1970)   organ, teacher
  Perry, Zenobia Powell (b. 1914)   piano, composer
  Pilgrim, Phillipp Edward Theodore (b. 1917 d. 1944)   piano, composer
  Pilgrim, William R.A. (b. 1920)   piano, composer
  Pinto, Luiz Alvares (b. 1719 d. 1789)   composer, poet
  Potter, Robert Cyril Gladstone (b. 1899 d. 1981)   author, music educator
  Ranglin, Ernest (b. 1933 a. 1959)   guitar
  Rhodes, William Andrew   composer
  Robinson, Cleophus (b. 1932)   G [=?], gospel singer
  Rocha, Francisco Gomes (b. 1746 d. 1808)   composer, singer
  Rodway, Valerie   composer
  Rollins, Sonny (b. 1930)   tenor saxophone
  Rolon, Zenon (b. 1856 d. 1902)   composer
  Russell, George (Allan) (b. 1923)   composer, theorist
  Salinda, Galindo   composer
  Sam, Hugh (a. 1990)   piano, composer
  Shepp, Archie (Vernon) (b. 1937)   sax, tenor sax
  Simango, Kamba   composer
  Simone, Nina (b. 1933)   piano, singer
  Simpson, Ralph Ricardo (b. 1933)   composer
  Singleton, Alvin (Elliot) (b. 1940)   composer
  Smith, Harold   composer of gospel hymns
  Smith, Willie Mae Ford (b. 1904)   gospel singer, hymnologist
  Spencer, Gloria   composer of gospel hymns
  Stevenson, Willie Belle (b. 1904)   musician author, piano
  Sun Ra (b. 1914)   composer, piano
  Taj Majal (b. 1942)   blues singer, folksinger
  Talley, Sonoma Carolyn (b. 1902)   composer
  Tatum, James (b. 1931)   piano, soprano saxophone
  Taylor, Cecil (Percival) (b. 1933)   piano, composer
  Tharpe, Rosetta (b. 1915 d. 1973)   cast, gospel singer
  Thomas, Carlette Catherine   composer
  Thomas, Ellen Virginia Carrington (b. 1897)   composer
  Thompson, Alma (b. 1912)   composer, lyricist
  Turrentine, Stanley (William) (b. 1934)   tenor saxophone
  Tyler, Jesse Gerald (b. 1879 d. 1938)   piano, composer
  Tyler, Robert (a. 1990)   composer
  Tyner, McCoy [Alfred McCoy] (b. 1938)   piano
  Upshure, Luke (b. 1885)   composer
  Volel, Emanuel   composer
  Volel, Emile   composer
  Walker, Albertina (b. 1930)   gospel singer
  Ward, Clara (b. 1924 d. 1973)   G [=?], gospel singer
  White, Don Lee (b. 1930)   organ, choral director
  Williams, Julius Penson (b. 1954)   composer, conductor
  Williams, Marion (b. 1927)   gospel singer, songwriter
  Williams-Jones, Pearl (b. 1931 d. 1991)   piano, singer
  Work, Frederick Jerome (b. 1880 d. 1942)   composer, scholar
  Work, John Wesley (b. 1873 d. 1925)   composer, tenor
  Work, Julian C. (b. 1910)   arranger, composer
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