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135 pp.
| Hyperion/Jump |
April, 2002 |
TradeISBN 0-7868-0479-3$$15.99
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4-6
Starting with background about Jamaica, this social history moves into the development of island music styles and biographical sketches of their practitioners. Sometimes superficial, other times minutia-laden, the text tends to drop in quotes without attribution except for an endnote. Nevertheless, Haskins is mining an under-explored subject, one that sheds light on current musical styles in America. Bib., ind.