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Stands as both a remarkable biography of J. Frank G.Boom (1920-1953) and a recovery of his incredible contribution to blues scholarship. Wim Verbei tells how and when the Netherlands was introduced to African American blues music and describes the equally dramatic and peculiar friendship that existed between Boom and jazz critic and musicologist Will Gilbert.

Booms Blues

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    A Hardback by Wim Verbei, Scott Rollins

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      Publisher University Press of Mississippi
      Published 30 January 2017
      ISBN-13 9781496805119
      978-1496805119
      ISBN-10 1496805119
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      Ethnic studies / Ethnicity

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      Book Synopsis

      Stands as both a remarkable biography of J. Frank G.Boom (1920-1953) and a recovery of his incredible contribution to blues scholarship. Wim Verbei tells how and when the Netherlands was introduced to African American blues music and describes the equally dramatic and peculiar friendship that existed between Boom and jazz critic and musicologist Will Gilbert.

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