SALES BOOK LIST No. 1: Music & Art
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MUSIC & DANCE
1. Barboza, Ronald. A Salute to Cape Verdean Musicians and Their Music. New
Bedford, MA: Documentation and Computerization of the Cape Verdeans, 1989. $25
(paper)
2. Jones, Claire. Making Music: musical instruments in Zimbabwe, past and
present. Harare [Zimbabwe]: Academic Books, 1992. $30 (paper)
3. Cultures Sonores d’Afrique / publie sous la direction de Kawada Junzo. Tokyo:
Institut de Recherches sur les Langues et Cultures d’Asie et d’Afrique, 1997. $50
(paper)
4. Barlow, Sean, and Banning Eyre. Afropop!: an illustrated guide to contemporary
African music. Edison, NJ: Chartwell Books, 1995. $20 (cloth)
5. Keil, Charles. Tiv Song. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1979. $15 (paper)
6. Hale, Thomas. Griots and Griottes: masters of words and music. Bloomington:
Indiana University Press, 1998. $30 (cloth)
7. Omojola, Bode. Nigerian Art Music: with an introductory study of Ghanaian art
music. Bayreuth [Germany]: Bayreuth African Studies, 1997. $25 (paper)
8. Nketia, J.H. Kwabena. The Music of Africa. New York: W.W. Norton, 1974. $10
(paper)
9. Berliner, Paul. The Soul of Mbira: music and traditions of the Shona people of
Zimbabwe. Berkelely: University of California Press, 1981. $10 (paper)
10. Talamon, Bruce W., and Roger Steffens. Bob Marley: spirit dancer. New York:
W.W. Norton, 1994. $20 (paper ed.)
11. Morris, Dennis. Bob Marley: a rebel life: a photobiography, 1973-1980.
London: Plexus, 1999. $22 (paper)
12. Cooper, Carolyn. Noises in the Blood: orality, gender and the ‘vulgar’ body of
Jamaican popular culture. London: Macmillan, 1993. Focuses on Jamaican
dancehall culture. $20 (paper)
13. Morrow, Chris. Stir It Up: reggae album cover art. San Francisco: Chronicle
Books, 1999. $15 (paper)
14. Ras Records Catalog. Washington, DC: Ras Records. Vol. 8 (1996). Reggae
record label catalog. $15 (paper)
15. Baca, Susana, et al. Del Fuego y del Agua: black contributions to the
formation of Peruvian popular music. Beverly Hills, CA: Tonga Productions, 1997.
$15 (paper)
16. Fonseca, Duduka da, and Bob Weiner. Brazilian Rhythms for Drumset. New
York: Drummers Collective, [199?]. Includes audiocassette. $20 (paper)
17. Steward, Sue. Musica! The rhythm of Latin America: salsa, rumba, merengue,
and more. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1999. $20 (paper)
18. Acagana!: 100 anos de musica puertorriquena: una exhibicion interactiva
musical. Viejo San Juan, PR: Sala de Exhibiciones Rafael Carrion Pacheco, 2000.
Oversize exhhibition catalog surveying the evolution of music in Puerto Rico. $25
(paper)
19. Lewis, Maureen Warner. Yoruba Songs of Trinidad. London: Karnak House,
1994. $22 (paper)
20. Graff, Gary, et al. MusicHound R & B: the essential album guide. Detroit:
Visible Ink, 1998. Includes CD. $25 (paper)
21. Gregory, Hugh. The Real Rhythm and Blues. London: Blandford, 1998. $20
(paper)
22. The Blues Album Cover Art / edited by Graham Marsh & Barrie Lewis. San
Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1996. $25 (paper)
23. Oliver, Paul. The Meaning of the Blues / foreword by Richard Wright. New York:
Collier Books, 1963. $10 (paper)
24. Franklin, Kirk, with Jim Nelson Black. Church Boy. Nashville: Word Publishing,
1998. Autobiography of the popular gospel singer. $5 (paper) (first 3 pages have
slashes in them/rest of book untouched)
25. Gray, John. Fire Music: a bibliography of the New Jazz. Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press, 1991. $80 (cloth/shrink-wrapped)
26. Pensoneault, Ken, and Carl Sarles. Jazz Discography: additions and
corrections. New York: Dart Press, 1944. $25 (paper; cover detached from stapled
binding)
27. Rose, Al. Eubie Blake. New York: Schirmer Books, 1979. $15 (cloth/dj)
28. Szwed, John F. Space is the Place: the lives and times of Sun Ra. New York:
Pantheon Books, 1997. $30 (cloth/dj)
29. Lock, Graham. Forces in Motion: the music and thoughts of Anthony Braxton.
New York: Da Capo, 1989, c1988. Former library book. $10 (paper)
30. Stearns, Marshall W. The Story of Jazz. New York: Oxford University Press,
1956 (1970 ed.). Slighly water damaged. $10 (paper)
31 Myrus, Donald. I Like Jazz. New York: Macmillan Company, 1964. Introduction to
jazz for younger readers. $20 (cloth/dj)
32. The Vibe History of HIp Hop / edited by Alan Light. New York: Three Rivers
Press, 1999. Includes CD. $30 (paper/shrink-wrapped)
33. Kaleidoscope: the musical world of Adolphus Hailstork. Norfolk, VA: Old
Dominion University, 2000. [16 p.]. Exhibition catalog. $10 (paper)
34. From Exposition to Development: the legacy of composers at Hampton
University. [Norfolk, VA: Old Dominion University, 1999?]. [16 p.]. Exhibition catalog.
$10 (paper)
35. The Black Tradition in American Modern Dance. Durham, NC: American Dance
Festival, 1988. $15 (paper)
36. Black Visions ’89: movements of ten dance masters. New York: Tweed Gallery
at City Hall Park, 1989. Ex. cat. focusing on the work of 10 African American modern
dance choreographers. $15 (paper)
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Straight, No Chaser. No. 15 (1992), 16 (1992), 21 (1993), 22 (1993). $8 each
RMM: Rhythm Music Magazine. Vol. 3, No. 10 (1994) + No. 11 (1994). $5 each
Rhythm Music. (May/June 1996). $5
Reggae & African Beat. Vol. 6, No. 6 (1987). $5
Coda Magazine. No. 227 (Aug/Sept 1989). $5
ART/PHOTOGRAPHY
42. Perspectives: angles on African art / by James Baldwin … [et al.]. New York:
Center for African Art and Harry N. Abrams, 1987. 195 p. $50 (cloth/dj)
43. Lindop, Barbara. Sekoto: the art of Gerard Sekoto. London: Pavilion Books,
1995. 64 p. $25 (cloth/dj)
44. Taino: pre-Columbian art and culture from the Caribbean. New York: El Museo
del Barrio: Monacelli Press, 1997. 189 p. $40 (paper/shrinkwrapped)
45. Henriques, Anna Ruth. The Book of Mechtilde. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
85 p. $20 (cloth)
46. Bruce Gilden: Haiti—dreams and nightmares. Syracuse: Robert B. Menschel
Photography Gallery, 1997. 1 v. (unpaged) $15 (paper)
47. Saluting the Spirits: vodou flags of Haiti. Storrs: William Benton Museum of Art,
Univ. of Connecticut, 1998. [6] p. $10 (paper)
48. Wifredo Lam: early works, 1942 to 1951, paintings, gouaches, watercolors &
drawings: June 1 to 26, 1982. New York: Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1982. 1 v.
(unpaged): chiefly ill. $20 (paper)
49. Jose Bedia: February 26-April 3, 1999. Miami, FL: Art Museum at Florida
International University, 1999. 36 p. $20 (paper)
50. Candombe, Canyenge and Consciousness: Afro-Uruguayan culture in the art
of Ruben Galloza. New York: Caribbean Cultural Center, 1999. 1 v. (unpaged) $15
(paper)
51. Taylor, William E., and Harriet G. Warkel. A Shared Heritage: art by four African
Americans. Indianapolis, IN: Indianapolis Museum of Art, with Indiana University
Press, 1996. 195 p. $35 (paper/shrinkwrapped)
52. Driskell, David. Hidden Heritage: Afro-American Art, 1800-1950. San Francisco:
Art Museum Assoc. of America, 1985. 104 p. $75 (paper)
53. J. P. Ball: daguerrean and studio photographer / edited by Deborah Willis. New
York: Garland Pub., 1993. 310 p. $80 (cloth)
54. Selz, Peter, and Anthony F. Janson. Barbara Chase-Riboud: sculptor. New
York: Harry N. Abrams, 1999. 143 p. $40 (cloth/shrinkwrapped)
55. DeCarava, Roy, and Langston Hughes. The Sweet Flypaper of Life.
Washington, DC: Howard University Press, 1984. 112 p. $100 (cloth/dj)
56. Edwards, Melvin. Melvin Edwards Sculpture: a thirty-year retrospective, 19631993. Purchase, NY: Neuberger Museum, 1993. 143 p. $65 (paper)
57. Lawrence, Jacob. Toussaint L’Ouverture: the fight for Haiti’s freedom /
paintings by Jacob Lawrence ; written by Walter Dean Myers. 1st ed. New York: Simon
& Schuster Books for Younger Readers, 1996. 1 v. (unpaged): col. ill. $30 (cloth/dj)
58. Pindell, Howardena. The Heart of the Question: the writings and paintings of
Howardena Pindell. New York: Midmarch Arts Press, 1997. 139 p. $20 (paper)
59. Ringgold, Faith. We Flew Over the Bridge: the memoirs of Faith Ringgold.
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1995. 288 p. $25 (cloth/dj)
60. African-American Art: 20th century masterworks, VIII. New York: Michael
Rosenfeld Gallery, 2001. 68 p $20 (paper)
61. African-American Art: 20th century masterworks, VII: educating our children.
New York: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, 2000. 68 p $20 (paper)
62. African-American Art: 20th century masterworks, VI. New York: Michael
Rosenfeld Gallery, 1999. 60 p $20 (paper)
63. African-American Art: 20th century masterworks, V. New York: Michael
Rosenfeld Gallery, 1998. 52 p $20 (paper)
64. Exultations: African-American Art: 20th century masterworks, II. New York:
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, 1995. 48 p $20 (paper)
65. African-American Artists (Bannister to Mitchell): February 6-April 3, 1999.
New York: Bill Hodges Gallery, 2000. 49 p. $20 (paper
66. African-American Artists II: an exhibition, February 12th to March 18th, 2000.
New York: Bill Hodges Gallery, 2000. 55 p. $20 (paper)
67. African-American Printmaking: 1838 to the present. West Nyack, NY: Rockland
Center for the Arts, 1995. 1 v. (unpaged) $15 (paper)
68. Composite: Willie Cole, Colin Chase, Maria Elena Gonzalez, Arthur Simms: 17
July-11 September 1994. Purchase, NY: Neuberger Museum of Art, 1994. 1 v.
(unpaged). 1 folded sheet. (Other visions; [no. 2]) $10 (paper)
69. Reflections in Black: a history of Black photographers, 1840 to the present.
Washington, DC: Anacostia Museum, 2000. 24 p. $10 (paper)
70. Revisiting American Art: works from the collections of historically Black
colleges and universities. Katonah, NY: Katonah Museum of Art, 1997. 36 p. $20
(paper)
71. Selected Works by Black Artists from the Collection of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art: April 14-June 14, 1976 at the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration
Corporation. [Brooklyn, NY, 1976]. 1 v. (unpaged) $15 (paper)
72. There is a world through our eyes: perception and visions of the African
American photographer: January 15 to March 15, 1993. [Suffern, NY: Rockland
Community College, 1993]. 1 v. (unpaged) $20 (paper)
73. United Graffiti Artists 1975. New York: Artists Space, 1975. 1 v. (unpaged). $20
(paper)
74. Adkins, Terry. Terry Adkins: later Coltrane. Clinton, NY: Emerson Gallery,
Hamilton College, 1998. 20 p.: col. ill. $15 (paper)
75. Amos, Emma. Emma Amos: the water series. New York: Parker/Bratton Gallery,
1987. [8] p. $10 (paper)
76. Andrews, Benny. Benny Andrews: selections from a life in art. New York: Bill
Hodges Gallery, 1997. 1 v. (unpaged): chiefly col. ill. $20 (paper)
77. Delaney, Beauford. Beauford Delaney: liquid light: Paris abstractions, 19541970. New York: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, 2000. 55 p. $20 (paper)
78. Dial, Thornton. Thornton Dial: strategy of the world. Jamaica, NY: Southern
Queens Park Assoc., 1990. 56 p. $25 (paper)
79. Edwards, Melvin. Melvin Edwards: agua y acero en papel. New York: Dieu
Donne Papermill, 2001. 6 p. (Dieu Donne Lab Grant Program publication series; no. 1)
$10 (paper)
80. Harris, Lyle Ashton. Lyle Ashton Harris, 20 x 24: recent portraits: June 6-July
11, 1999. Ridgefield, CT: Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, 1999. $15 (paper)
81. Lawrence, Jacob. Jacob Lawrence: the builders : recent paintings. New York:
DC Moore Gallery, 1998. 31 p. $20 (paper)
82. Lawrence, Jacob. Jacob Lawrence: an overview. New York: Midtown Payson
Galleries, 1994. 26 p. $20 (paper)
83. Tannenbaum, Judith. Glenn Ligon: unbecoming. Philadelphia: Institute of
Contemporary Art, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1997. 63 p. $25 (paper)
84. Lovell, Whitfield. Whitfield Lovell. New York: DC Moore Gallery, 2000. 1 v.
(unpaged) $20 (paper)
85. Loving, Al. Al Loving: color constructs. Purchase, NY: Neuberger Museum,
1998. 13 p. $13 (paper)
86. Pindell, Howardena. Howardena Pindell: autobiography: October 5-November
18, 1989. New York: Cyrus Gallery, 1989. $20 (paper)
87. Piper, Adrian. Adrian Piper: reflections, 1967-1987. New York: Alternative
Museum, 1987. 40 p. $20 (paper)
88. Piper, Keith. Keith Piper: relocating the remains: 15 July 99-17 October 99.
New York: New Museum of Contemporary Art, 1999. 1 folded sheet $8 (paper)
89. Saar, Betye. Betye Saar: workers + warriors: the return of Aunt Jemima. New
York: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, 1998. 35 p. $20 (paper)
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