Albert Murray, author portrait
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Albert Murray

Albert Murray is the author of The Omni-Americans, Stomping the Blues, The Hero and the Blues, South to a Very Old Place, Conjugations and Reiterations, and From the Briarpatch File. He is the coauthor of Good Morning Blues: The Autobiography of Count Basie and the coeditor of Trading Twelves: The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray. He lives in New York City.
The Magic Keys
Trading Twelves
The Blue Devils of Nada
The Seven League Boots
The Hero And the Blues
The Spyglass Tree
South to a Very Old Place

Books

The Magic Keys
Trading Twelves
The Blue Devils of Nada
The Seven League Boots
The Hero And the Blues
The Spyglass Tree
South to a Very Old Place

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