Eubie Blake
Rags, Rhythm, and Race
Richard Carlin and Ken Bloom
Reviews and Awards
Winner, Best History in category of Best Historical Research in Recorded Popular Music, Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence
"Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers." -- K. R. Dietrich, CHOICE
"Carlin and Bloom have created an all embracing and unique musical chronicle of Eubie Blake that is compelling, heartbreaking and ultimately joyous thanks to his late life rediscovery. With the use of voluminous first hand research artifacts, they have created a multi faceted account of Blake's life and in the process, have given us one of the truest depictions of the endemic racism and cut throat culture of 20th Century show business." -- Michael Feinstein
"well-written ... a significant achievement." -- Steve Ramm, The Antique Phonograph
"Authors and music specialists Richard Carlin and Ken Bloom present a densely packed, meticulously researched, and painstakingly incisive portrait of a jazz icon and his times." -- Deb Miller, DC Metro Theater Arts
"Blake, in his ten decades of life, persevered through some highs and many lows, only to be truly celebrated for his remarkable talents when he reached his nineties.ÂThat we never, ever really know a person is a much-said truism. And yet, Carlin and Bloom, through their extensive and exhaustive research, will make a reader feel and believe that he indeed does know Eubie Blake." -- Peter Filichia, critic emeritus of The Newark Star-Ledger
"Along with many others, I have been waiting for a new, scholarly, thorough, and insightful biography of this one-of-a-kind American figure. Finally, we have one, nicely-illustrated and carefully documented." -- John Edward Hasse, author of Beyond Category: The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington