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Concerts to honor legacy of legendary choral conductor
![Reflecting on Paul Oliver on the occasion of his death by listening to The Story of The Blues [J Columbia G 30008], the 1970 double LP released as a companion to his 1969 book of the same name. Turn sound on to hear a snippet of a recording Oliver made on a 1964 visit to northern Ghana of Fra-Fra musicians performing Yarum praise songs. #pauloliver #thestoryoftheblues #frafra #millsmusiclibrary](https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s150x150/e15/c0.90.720.720/20838545_1518775051499643_8576038770774638592_n.jpg)
![Paul Oliver, British scholar of the blues, died August 15. He was 90. He first heard African-American music as a teenager, and it changed his life. He researched it, wrote about it, and traveled the world interviewing, recording, and photographing musicians. Books of his in our memorial include Blues Fell This Morning [ML3561 J3 O4 2], Screening The Blues [ML3561 J3 O45], Songsters and Saints [ML3556 O466 1984], and Conversation with the Blues [ML3521 O445 1997]. The Story of The Blues [J Columbia G 30008] is a 1970 double LP released as a companion to his 1969 book of the same name. #pauloliver #thestoryoftheblues #conversationwiththeblues #millsmusiclibrary](https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s150x150/e35/c135.0.809.809/20968528_1677180875650230_6070771672569348096_n.jpg)
