{"product_id":"blue-rhythms-9780306809194","title":"Blue Rhythms","description":"\"Somebody has to pay the dues,\" says LaVern Baker. Here are the remarkable stories of six dazzlingly talented performers who blazed the R \u0026amp; B trail--the story of the performers' music and also of their struggle against racism and financial exploitation: Ruth Brown and LaVern Baker, two of the most popular female black singers of the 1950s; Little Jimmy Scott, whom Madonna calls the only singer who ever really made her cry; Charles Brown, master of the \"club blues\" style; Floyd Dixon, a more rambunctious fellow-traveler; and the earthy, urbane Jimmy Witherspoon, who recorded some of the biggest R \u0026amp; B hits ever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chip Deffaa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/24\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 6.02w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306809194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChip Deffaa, \u003c\/b\u003e jazz critic for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e, has written seven other books, including \u003ci\u003eVoices of the Jazz Age: Profiles of Eight Vintage Jazzmen\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSwing Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e. A winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award, he contributes regularly to \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJazzTimes\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCrescendo\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Da Capo Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39952753328243,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_f16bef6e-acf9-449e-b929-3824cd087913.jpg?v=1648564962","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/blue-rhythms-9780306809194","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}