How Long to Read The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson

How Long Does it Take to Read The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 3 minutes to read The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson by Julia Simon

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Lonnie Johnson is a blues legend. His virtuosity on the blues guitar is second to none, and his influence on artists from T-Bone Walker and B. B. King to Eric Clapton is well established. Yet Johnson mastered multiple instruments. He recorded with jazz icons such as Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong, and he played vaudeville music, ballads, and popular songs. In this book, Julia Simon takes a closer look at Johnson’s musical legacy. Considering the full body of his work, Simon presents detailed analyses of Johnson’s music—his lyrics, technique, and styles—with particular attention to its sociohistorical context. Born in 1894 in New Orleans, Johnson's early experiences were shaped by French colonial understandings of race that challenge the Black-white binary. His performances call into question not only conventional understandings of race but also fixed notions of identity. Johnson was able to cross generic, stylistic, and other boundaries almost effortlessly, displaying astonishing adaptability across a corpus of music produced over six decades. Simon introduces us to a musical innovator and a performer keenly aware of his audience and the social categories of race, class, and gender that conditioned the music of his time. Lonnie Johnson’s music challenges us to think about not only what we recognize and value in “the blues” but also what we leave unexamined, cannot account for, or choose not to hear. The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson provides a reassessment of Johnson’s musical legacy and complicates basic assumptions about the blues, its production, and its reception.

How long is The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson?

The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson by Julia Simon is 237 pages long, and a total of 60,909 words.

This makes it 80% the length of the average book. It also has 74% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 32 minutes to read The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson aloud.

What Reading Level is The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson?

The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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