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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
      Publication Date: 1/30/2017 12:05:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781496805119, 978-1496805119
      ISBN10: 1496805119
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      Music reviews and criticism Ethnic studies / Ethnicity

      Description

      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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