It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives its most distinctive characteristic.

James Weldon Johnson

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Johnson, James Weldon. Black Manhattan. Alfred A. Knopf, 1930, ch. 11.

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A quote by James Weldon Johnson about American music: “It is from the blues that all that may be called American music…”

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A quote by James Weldon Johnson about American music: “It is from the blues that all that may be called American music…”