Jazz, Blues, and Spirituals: The Origins and Spirituality of Black Music in the United States, New Edition Board Books Also available for kids ages

Also available for kids ages 7 and up

Responding to the questions surrounding the gospel narratives

and the Bible

will be enjoyed by children and the adults who read with them

on one of his favorite subjects

Jazz, Blues, and Spirituals: The Origins and Spirituality of Black Music in the United States, New Edition Board Books Also available for kids ages"African American Spirituals . . . are the root of almost all American music, being the forebears of both the Bluesmusic that expresses the burden of so called 'freedom' and hardships of everyday life, and Jazz, America's classical music," writes Jazz vocalist and composer Ruth Naomi Floyd. "This work . . . shows the words of a Dutch man, a brilliant scholar, author, and cultural critic, who, as a youth, was drawn to African American music. . . . His