Zydeco
In eighty stunning portraits of the genre`s leading people and places and through extensive interviews and historical commentary, photographer Rick Olivier and journalist/musician Ben Sandmel have created a book as spirited as the rollicking music it so vividly illuminates. Once an obscure regional tradition, zydeco now enjoys worldwide popularity. In this book two respected veteran observers draw on more than thirty years of combined professional experience to explore zydeco`s rural roots and trace its emergence on the global stage. Through Olivier`s innovative use of righting and Sandmel`s skill as an interviewer, zydeco icons such as Clifton Chenier, Boozoo Chavis, and Stanley Buckwheat Dural guide readers through their music, its complex cultural context, and the unbounded joy they find in performing. Zydeco! is the first published collection of fine photographs, lively text, and oral history devoted exclusively to black CreoLe dance music.

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