Black Recording Artists 1877-1926

<p> This annotated discography covers the first 50 years of audio recordings by black artists in chronological order music made in the acoustic era of recording technology. The book has cross-referenced bibliographical information on recording sessions including audio sources for extant material and appendices on field recordings; Caribbean Mexican and South American recordings; piano rolls performed by black artists; and a filmography detailing the visual record of black performing artists from the period. Indexes contain all featured artists titles recorded and labels.</p>