{"product_id":"the-inconvenient-lonnie-johnson-9780271092560","title":"The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplores the work of professional blues musician Lonnie Johnson, demonstrating how his recorded works reveal lyrical and musical themes that call into question critical assumptions about the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“With an impressive command of primary and secondary literature, including archival materials, \u003ci\u003eThe Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e makes an original contribution to the growing body of interdisciplinary scholarly work that seeks to understand music’s connection to politics, society, and ethnicity. Simon’s work is subtle and sophisticated.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Charles Hersch,author of \u003ci\u003eJews and Jazz: Improvising Ethnicity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A scrupulously researched, exceedingly well-written, and deeply insightful work of original scholarship. Surprisingly, there is very little written about Johnson; Simon’s book thus fills a giant hole in the literature on American jazz, blues, and popular music from the first part of the twentieth century.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Andrew Berish,author of \u003ci\u003eLonesome Roads and Streets of Dreams: Place, Mobility, and Race in Jazz of the 1930s and ’40s\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A]n engaging and informative read for the hobbyist and novices to the history of blues music.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Monica F. Ambalal \u003ci\u003eJournal of Jazz Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400817779031,"sku":"9780271092560","price":25.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780271092560.jpg?v=1730471648","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-inconvenient-lonnie-johnson-9780271092560","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}