I’ll keep on living after I die: Musical manipulation and transcendence at Louisiana State Penitentiary

International Journal of Community Music

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-76

  Harbert, Benjamin J ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

gospel; jazz; Louisiana; Prisons; R B; transcendence

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049408625     PISSN: 17526299     EISSN: 17526302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1386/ijcm.3.1.65/1     Document Type: Article

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