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Studies in African Music by A.M. Jones

Posted on 08 January 2009

In the two videos below, from Pitchfork TV, Steve Reich talks about his music (along with lots of nice, but brief examples) - he mentions a book called Studies in African Music by A.M. Jones which was his first introduction to the complexity of rhythms in African music. I went to hunt for this book, and to my surprise although not available on Amazon, it is available complete online for free, at archive.org. Here are the links:

Volume 1 (41mb)
Volume 2 (24mb)

Here are the Reich videos:

COMMENTS

Mitya Matievich commenting on Studies in African Music by A.M. Jones:
18 July 2010 at 20:40

Hello! This book isnt available at archive.org in pdf format anymore as i get it, maybe you could send me it by email, for ive been huntin' it for a long time also without any success. cheers!

Santiago Auserón commenting on Studies in African Music by A.M. Jones:
01 November 2010 at 01:27

Thanks, Mr. Bruce, for sharing the link to the Studies in African Music by Arthur Morris Jones. After several decades looking for it in vain, my young sister found it today in your Blog. Great! It comes at the right time. Best wishes from a Spanish songwriter.