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Celebrating Black Music Month All Year Long

June is the official month to celebrate black music. But don't wait to check out some of the books listed below! Brookfield Branch has an impressive collection that celebrates African-American Music. First, check out the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History & Culture primer on black music. https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/celebrating-black-music-month "June is the month to celebrate the African American musical influences that comprise an essential part of our nation's treasured cultural heritage. "

Oakland Public Library

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  • BookNew York : Atria Books, 2018. — 782.42166 TURNER
  • Sophisticated Giant

    the Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon

    Gordon, Maxine,
    BookOakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] — 788.7165 GORDON
  • Major Labels

    a History of Popular Music in Seven Genres

    Sanneh, Kelefa,
    BookNew York : Penguin Press, 2021. — 781. SANNEH
  • Keep on Pushing

    Black Power Music From Blues to Hip-hop

    Sullivan, Denise
    BookChicago : Lawrence Hill Books, c2011. — 781.64089 SULLIVAN
  • Bitten by the Blues

    the Alligator Records Story

    Iglauer, Bruce, 1947-
    BookChicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018. — 781.64314 IGLAUER
  • Know-it-all Jazz

    the 50 Crucial Concepts, Styles & Performers, Each Explained in Under a Minute

    BookNew York : Wellfleet Press, 2018. — 781.65 KNOW
  • BookNew York, New York : Thames & Hudson : In association with Recording Academy Grammy Museum, 2019. — 782.42164 WILSON
  • Groovin' High

    the Life of Dizzy Gillespie

    Shipton, Alyn
    BookNew York : Oxford University Press, 1999. — 781.65 GILLESPIE
  • Better Days Will Come Again

    the Life of Arthur Briggs, Jazz Genius of Harlem, Paris, and a Nazi Prison Camp

    Atria, Travis,
    BookChicago : Chicago Review Press, 2020. — 781.65092 BRIGGS
  • Rabbit's Blues

    the Life and Music of Johnny Hodges

    Chapman, Con,
    BookNew York : Oxford University Press, [2019] — 781.65092 HODGES
  • How I Got Over

    Clara Ward and the World-famous Ward Singers

    Ward-Royster, Willa, 1920-2012
    BookPhiladelphia : Temple University Press, 1997. — 782.25 WARD
  • Aretha Franklin

    the Queen of Soul

    Bego, Mark
    Large PrintWaterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, c2012. — LT 782.42164 FRANKLIN