The Magic Keys

Name: The Magic Keys
Author: Albert Murray

by Albert Murray

Sequel exploring identity and artistic transformation through music and travel

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Albert Murray

Albert Murray was a major theorist of African American culture and an accomplished novelist whose Train Whistle Guitar is a lyrical account of a Black boy's coming of age in Alabama informed by the blues aesthetic. He was a central figure in the later career of Ralph Ellison.

More by Albert Murray

Train Whistle GuitarBlues musician and storyteller reflects on boyhood, love, and manhood
The Spyglass TreeComing-of-age novel set in the American South following a young musician
The Seven League BootsNovel tracing a young man's journey through jazz and personal discovery
South to a Very Old PlaceMemoir of a return to the American South exploring culture and heritage
The Omni-AmericansEssays on blues music, American culture, and the African American experience
Stomping the BluesCritical study of blues as an art form expressing the American struggle