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Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-10-05 - Publisher: Duke University Press

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African Rhythms is the autobiography of the important jazz pianist, composer and band leader Randy Weston. He tells of his childhood in Brooklyn, his six decade
African Rhythm
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Authors: Victor Kofi Agawu
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. An accompanying compact disk enables the reader to work closely with the sound of African speech and song discussed in the book.
West African Rhythms for Drumset
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Pages: 116
Authors: Royal Hartigan
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Representing African Music
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Authors: Kofi Agawu
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The aim of this book is to stimulate debate by offering a critique of discourse about African music. Who writes about African music, how, and why? What assumpti