Born to Play

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Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810882655
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Book Synopsis Born to Play by : Thomas P. Hustad

Download or read book Born to Play written by Thomas P. Hustad and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2012-05-03 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jazz trombonist Jack Teagarden once referred to Ruby Braff as the “Ivy League'sLouis Armstrong.” That legacy of great trumpet performance and recording is brought to readers in Thomas Hustad’s Born to Play: The Ruby Braff Discography and Directory of Performances. Braff’s uncompromising standards, musical taste, and creative imagination informed his consummate artistry in creating music beautifully played. He achieved swiftly what few musicians accomplish in a lifetime by developing a unique and immediately recognizable style. For a reminder of that we need but play any of the more than 150 released recordings on which he appears. These records span a total of 54 years, from 1949 to 2002, a feat almost unmatched in jazz recording. This was five years longer than even Louis Armstrong. Although prepared in discographical style, capturing information about both commercial recordings and previously undocumented performances, Born to Play serves as a biography of the artist, detailing the path he paved as a performer and featuring personal recollections of his musical career with commentary from other figures. Images over the course of his half century of playing fill out this comprehensive survey of Braff's performing and recording career. This bio-discography of the man who jazz drumming legend Buddy Rich declared “one of my favorite trumpeters” and singing giant Tony Bennett described as “my great friend who now holds the reigning position of the best cornet player in the world” is sure to be of interest to jazz fans and scholars alike.

Without You

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ISBN 13 : 9780965712224
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (122 download)

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Book Synopsis Without You by : Dan Matovina

Download or read book Without You written by Dan Matovina and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book and CD. The story of Badfinger is among the most tragic in the history of rock'n'roll. They were championed by the Beatles, yet their two principal songwriters committed suicide. An expose of the music business, Without You also serves as a tribute to the band's work. This revised edition includes a CD of over 72 minutes of music and interviews, 300 photos, complete listing of studio dates and concerts, and a discography.

Guidebooks to Sin

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ISBN 13 : 9780917860737
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (67 download)

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Book Synopsis Guidebooks to Sin by : Pamela D. Arceneaux

Download or read book Guidebooks to Sin written by Pamela D. Arceneaux and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Between 1897 and 1917, a legal red-light district thrived at the edge of the French Quarter, helping establish the notorious reputation that adheres to New Orleans today. Though many scholars have written about Storyville, no thorough contemporary study of the blue books?directories of the neighborhood?s prostitutes, featuring advertisements for liquor, brothels, and venereal disease cures?has been available until now. Pamela D. Arceneaux?s examination of these rare guides invites readers into a version of Storyville created by its own entrepreneurs. A foreword by the historian Emily Epstein Landau places the blue books in the context of their time, concurrent with the rise of American consumer culture and modern advertising. Illustrated with hundreds of facsimile pages from the blue books in The Historic New Orleans Collection?s holdings, Guidebooks to Sin illuminates the intersection of race, commerce, and sex in this essential chapter of New Orleans history" --from the publisher.

Dave Brubeck and the Performance of Whiteness

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197525075
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)

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Book Synopsis Dave Brubeck and the Performance of Whiteness by : Kelsey Klotz

Download or read book Dave Brubeck and the Performance of Whiteness written by Kelsey Klotz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we--jazz fans, musicians, writers, and historians--understand the legacy and impact of a musician like Dave Brubeck? It is undeniable that Brubeck leveraged his fame as a jazz musician and status as a composer for social justice causes, and in doing so, held to a belief system that, during the civil rights movement, modeled a progressive approach to race and race relations. It is also true that it took Brubeck, like others, some time to understand the full spectrum of racial power dynamics at play in post-WWII, early Cold War, and civil rights-era America. Dave Brubeck and the Performance of Whiteness uses Brubeck's performances of whiteness across his professional, private, and political lives as a starting point to understand the ways in which whiteness, privilege, and white supremacy more fully manifested in mid-century America. How is whiteness performed and re-performed? How do particular traits become inscribed with whiteness, and further, how do those traits, now racialized in a listener's mind, filter the sounds a listener hears? To what extent was Brubeck's whiteness made by others? How did audiences and critics use Brubeck to craft their own identities centered in whiteness? Drawing on archival records, recordings, and previously conducted interviews, Dave Brubeck and the Performance of Whiteness listens closely for the complex and shifting frames of mid-century whiteness, and how they shaped the experiences of Brubeck's critics, audiences, and Brubeck himself. Throughout, author Kelsey Klotz asks what happens when a musician tries to intervene, using his privilege as a tool with which to disrupt structures of white supremacy, even as whiteness continues to retain its hold on its beneficiaries.

I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like

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Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 030682261X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (68 download)

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Book Synopsis I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like by : Todd Snider

Download or read book I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like written by Todd Snider and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For years, Todd Snider has been one of the most beloved country-folk singers in the United States. He had a Top 40 hit with “Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues,” which gave national audiences the first taste of his insightful songwriting, at once satirical and sincere. Hailed by critics as one of the top albums of 2004, East Nashville Skyline was followed by The Devil You Know and The Excitement Plan. Snider's songs took on George W. Bush and America's recent involvement in foreign war, along with a host of more intimate topics. As good as Snider's albums have been, his in-concert monologues are even better. His shows are a loose-limbed, informal experience: it's often just him and a guitar. He introduces songs with stories that can run as long as twenty minutes, always displaying his charm and wit. As he's allowed his storytelling to evolve along with his music, Snider has become not only a modern day Bob Dylan but a modern day Will Rogers as well—an everyman whose intelligence, self deprecation, experience, and, above all, humor make him a uniquely American character.

Storyville

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Storyville written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

All of Me

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Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810857308
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (573 download)

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Book Synopsis All of Me by : Jos Willems

Download or read book All of Me written by Jos Willems and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong was not only jazz's greatest musician and innovator but also the frontal figure in the development of contemporary popular music. Overcoming social and political obstacles, he established a long and impressive career with an enormous musical output, which is amassed and detailed in this discography-from professional commercial releases to amateur and unissued recordings.

Myself Among Others

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Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0786745185
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Book Synopsis Myself Among Others by : George Wein

Download or read book Myself Among Others written by George Wein and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2009-02-18 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one has had a better seat in the house than George Wein. The legendary impresario has known the most celebrated figures of music in general and jazz in particular--from Duke Ellington to Ella Fitzgerald to Miles Davis to Frank Sinatra. As a founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, the Newport Folk Festival, and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Wein has brought a dazzling spectrum of musicians to millions of fans, forever changing the musical landscape.In this highly praised memoir, Wein looks back on his life and career, describing his unforgettable relationships--sometimes smooth, sometimes tempestuous--with the great musicians he has known. From what really happened when Charlie Mingus visited the White House...to how Miles Davis and the ensemble that would eventually record the greatest jazz album of all time--Kind of Blue--came together at Wein's Storyville nightclub...to the day at Newport when Bob Dylan first "went electric," here are the personalities and forces that have shaped the past half-century of popular music.

Empire of Sin

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Publisher : Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN 13 : 0770437060
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)

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Book Synopsis Empire of Sin by : Gary Krist

Download or read book Empire of Sin written by Gary Krist and published by Crown Publishing Group (NY). This book was released on 2014 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the internal struggle in early-twentieth-century New Orleans between the city's upper crust and the underworld, focusing on the head of the red light district, who fought to keep his vice business at the top in a wicked city.

Pres:the Story of Lester Young (c)

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Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
ISBN 13 : 9781610753265
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (532 download)

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Book Synopsis Pres:the Story of Lester Young (c) by : Luc Delannoy

Download or read book Pres:the Story of Lester Young (c) written by Luc Delannoy and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Someone to Watch Over Me

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Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472025985
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (259 download)

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Book Synopsis Someone to Watch Over Me by : Frank Buchmann-Moller

Download or read book Someone to Watch Over Me written by Frank Buchmann-Moller and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2010-02-05 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a half century, Ben Webster, one of the "big three" of swing tenors-along with Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young-was one of the best-known and most popular saxophonists. Early in his career, Webster worked with many of the greatest orchestras of the time, including those led by Willie Bryant, Cab Calloway, Benny Carter, Fletcher Henderson, Andy Kirk, Bennie Moten, and Teddy Wilson. In 1940 Webster became Duke Ellington's first major tenor soloist, and during the next three years he played on many famous recordings, including "Cotton Tail." Someone to Watch Over Me tells, for the first time, the complete story of Ben Webster's brilliant and troubled career. For this comprehensive study of Webster, author Frank Büchmann-Møller interviewed more than fifty people in the United States and Europe, and he includes numerous translated excerpts from European periodicals and newspapers, none previously available in English. In addition, the author studies every known Webster recording and film, including many private recordings from Webster's home collection not available to the public. Exhaustively researched, this is a much needed and long overdue study of the life and music of one of jazz's most important artists.

The Truman and Eisenhower Blues

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Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780826456588
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (565 download)

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Book Synopsis The Truman and Eisenhower Blues by : Guido van Rijn

Download or read book The Truman and Eisenhower Blues written by Guido van Rijn and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guide van Rijn presents a fascinating and exhaustive account of the gospel and blues music of the immediate postwar period, shedding much light on the civil rights situation of the time and the experience of segregation as well as events such as the Atom Bomb, the Cold War, Korea and of course the Republican victory in 1956. He concentrates on songs that comment on contemporary political events and issues during this crucial time in the shaping of black consciousness in America. In doing so, he uncovers a hidden black history on the eve of the emergence of the civil rights movement--a deep insight into the lives and opinions of people who had few other outlets of expression. Also available, from the author's own website, is a CD containing recordings of the songs discussed in the text, such as Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb, I'm a Democrat Man, and The Alabama Bus.

Club Storyville

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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781499645385
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (453 download)

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Book Synopsis Club Storyville by : Riley LaShea

Download or read book Club Storyville written by Riley LaShea and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-04-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elizabeth has been raised in propriety, and in 1944 Richmond there are things a lady simply doesn't do. Her grandmother Mary - Nan to those close to her - does them all. She drinks what she wants, speaks when she wants, and doesn't hesitate to help a colored boy on the street with no concern for who might see. When Nan gets sick and needs full-time care, she invites Yankee nurse Ariel Brandt into their lives. Smart, funny and beautiful, Ariel is a lot like Nan in a lot of ways, and Elizabeth is drawn to her at once. As her feelings for Ariel grow out of her control, Elizabeth finds herself torn between her own desires and the deeply-ingrained rules of the society in which she lives. Her brother at war, a new suitor trying to court her, and Ariel keeping a safe distance, Elizabeth is charged with an errand. Nan wants her to travel to New Orleans to find someone she once knew and pass along a wooden box that holds an important letter. Can the unexpected journey into Nan's past help Elizabeth find her future?

Jazz Musicians of the Early Years, to 1945

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Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786485566
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Book Synopsis Jazz Musicians of the Early Years, to 1945 by : David Dicaire

Download or read book Jazz Musicians of the Early Years, to 1945 written by David Dicaire and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-10-22 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the first roughly half century of jazz is really the story of some of the greatest musicians of all time. Scott Joplin, Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, and Ella Fitzgerald all made tremendous contributions, influencing countless jazz musicians and singers. This work provides biographical sketches of the aforementioned artists and many others who made jazz so popular in the first half of the twentieth century. Biographies cover the pioneers of jazz in New Orleans in the late 1890s and early 1900s; the soloists who fueled the Jazz Age in the 1920s; the musicians and bandleaders of the big band and swing era of the late 1920s and early 1930s; and icons from the height of jazz's popularity on through the end of the war. A discography is provided for each artist.

The Evolution of Jazz in Britain, 1880-1935

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351544756
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Book Synopsis The Evolution of Jazz in Britain, 1880-1935 by : Catherine Tackley (nee Parsonage)

Download or read book The Evolution of Jazz in Britain, 1880-1935 written by Catherine Tackley (nee Parsonage) and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a popular music, the evolution of jazz is tied to the contemporary sociological situation. Jazz was brought from America into a very different environment in Britain and resulted in the establishment of parallel worlds of jazz by the end of the 1920s: within the realms of institutionalized culture and within the subversive underworld. Tackley (nParsonage) demonstrates the importance of image and racial stereotyping in shaping perceptions of jazz, and leads to the significant conclusion that the evolution of jazz in Britain was so much more than merely an extension or reflection of that in America. The book examines the cultural and musical antecedents of the genre, including minstrel shows and black musical theatre, within the context of musical life in Britain in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Tackley is particularly concerned with the public perception of jazz in Britain and provides close analysis of the early European critical writing on the subject. The processes through which an evolution took place are considered by looking at the methods of introducing jazz in Britain, through imported revue shows, sheet music, and visits by American musicians. Subsequent developments are analysed through the consideration of modernism and the Jazz Age as theoretical constructs and through the detailed study of dance music on the BBC and jazz in the underworld of London. The book concludes in the 1930s by which time the availability of records enabled the spread of 'hot' music, affecting the live repertoire in Britain. Tackley therefore sheds entirely new light on the development of jazz in Britain, and provides a deep social and cultural understanding of the early history of the genre.

Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1148 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 by : United States. Internal Revenue Service

Download or read book Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 written by United States. Internal Revenue Service and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 1148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Louis Armstrong

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Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786418572
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (185 download)

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Book Synopsis Louis Armstrong by : Scott Allen Nollen

Download or read book Louis Armstrong written by Scott Allen Nollen and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louis Armstrong was not only a virtuoso musician, singer, composer and actor, but also a dedicated writer who typed hundreds of letters and reminiscences, carrying a typewriter with him on his constant travels around the globe. The man never stopped creating, and constantly communicated with friends and acquaintances. His unique verbal, musical and visual content and style permeated everything he touched. Included in this extensive career biography are the major events of his life, his artistic innovations and cultural achievements, a detailed survey of his recordings and live performances, and in-depth discussions of his screen performances--not only his Hollywood feature film appearances, but his performances in short films, European concert films, and dozens of television shows broadcast from Hollywood, New York and Europe.