Tabla de Contenidos: “…Lindsay Baker -- Giving honor to God, the joy and salvation in my life : the appreciation service in song / Jan Rosenberg -- From gumbo to Grammys : the development of Zydeco music in Houston / Lorenzo Thomas -- From Bebop to hard bop and beyond : the Texas jazz connection / Dave Oliphant -- African-American blacksmithing in east Texas / Richard Allen Burns -- Musical traditions of twentieth century African-American cowboys / Alan Govenar -- John Biggers, artist : traditional folkways of the black community / Alvia J. …”