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The first in-depth history of the involvement of
African-Americans in the early recording industry, this book examines the first three decades of sound recording in the
United States, charting the vigorous & varied roles
black artists played in the period leading up to the
Jazz Age. Applying more than thirty years of scholarship,
Tim Brooks identifies key black artists who recorded commercially in a wide range of genres & provides in-depth biographies of some forty of these audio pioneers.
Brooks assesses the careers & impacts, as well as analyzing the recordings, of figures including
George W. Johnson,
Bert Williams,
George Walker,
Noble Sissle,
Eubie Blake, the
Fisk Jubilee Singers,
W. C. Handy,
James Reese Europe,
Wilbur Sweatman,
Harry T. Burleigh,
Roland Hayes,
Booker T. Washington, & boxing champion
Jack Johnson, as well as a host of lesser-known voices.
Because they were viewed as "novelty" or "folk" artists, nearly all of these African Americans were allowed to record commercially in their own distinctive styles, & in practically every genre: popular music, ragtime, jazz, cabaret, classical, spoken word, politics, poetry, & more. The sounds they preserved reflect the actual emerging black culture of that tumultuous & creative period. The stories gathered here give a previously unavailable insight into the early history of the recording industry, as well as the racially complex landscape of post-Civil War society at large. "Lost Sounds" also includes Brooks' selected discography of CD reissues, & an appendix from Richard K. Spottswood describing early recordings by black artists in the Caribbean & South America.