Song for My Fathers: A New Orleans Story in Black and White
- ISBN-10
- 1590513762
- ISBN-13
- 9781590513767
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Other Press, LLC
- Author
- Tom Sancton
Description
Recounts the author's experiences learning jazz music as a young white boy in segregated New Orleans, and discusses the transcendence of music in an era of racial tension.
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