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Birdland

Author : Leila Jeffreys
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780733631061
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Birdland written by Leila Jeffreys and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Birdland, Australian fine-art photographer Leila Jeffreys presents us with a bird-watching experience like no other, drawing birds out from their leafy shadows and airy territories and presenting them to us with the skill and intricate detail of a portrait painter. The result is a stunning encounter with some of the world's most beautiful birds. On display are fine feathers of all types-eagles in burnished battle armor, cotton candy-pink cockatoos, owls in spangled evening wear, and the finches and parrots who couldn't settle for just one or two colours, so chose the whole palette instead. Captured in a moment of stillness, Jeffreys's feathered sitters reveal qualities and features that invite human projection. Meet the sociable gang-gang cockatoos Commander and Mrs. Skyring, always up for a soir e; the dignified and kingly black kite Fenrick; and the adorably gamine Pepper, a southern boobook owl with impossibly huge eyes and irresistibly cute skinny legs. Sydney-based Jeffreys works with animal rescue and conservation groups to create her portraits. Her love and compassion for her subjects is evident throughout, and every bird has a story, which Jeffreys shares in a profile of nearly every species in the back of the book. There are working birds, like Soren, the wedge-tailed eagle, who patrols areas to prevent cockatoos from damaging buildings and lorikeets from overindulging on sugar on hotel balconies; Blue, the orange-bellied parrot who is part of a breeding program to increase the population of this critically endangered species; and Sirocco, New Zealand's kakapo conversation superstar. Birdland invites us to rediscover birds, to gaze unhindered, and to marvel at their many-splendored glory.

Birdland, the Jazz Corner of the World

Author : Leo T. Sullivan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780764355868
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book Birdland, the Jazz Corner of the World written by Leo T. Sullivan and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-28 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Birdland was a legendary nightclub in New York City and, from 1949-65, was the scene for the greatest jazz music and musicians in the world. This illustrated book offers a history of this legendary jazz club, and presents the greats who played its stage in capsule biographies, vintage photos, and rare memorabilia. Named after legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie "Yardbird" Parker, the club showcased memorable double and triple bills lasting until dawn. Many classic live recordings were made at "The Jazz Corner of the World," such as the "A Night at Birdland" by the Art Blakey Quintet, "Basie at Birdland," and "Coltrane, Live at Birdland." Birdland established itself as the one place that every jazz musician had to play. Greats such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Count Basie, John Coltrane, Art Tatum, Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Clifford Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz, Lester Young, Billie Holiday, Oscar Peterson, and Sonny Rollins, to name only a few, graced its stage.

Lullaby of Birdland

Author : George Shearing
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780826460158
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Lullaby of Birdland written by George Shearing and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2004-04-27 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pianist George Shearing is that rare thing, a European jazz musician who became a household name in the US, as a result of the "Shearing sound"—the recordings of his historic late 1940s quintet. Together with his unique "locked hands" approach to playing the piano, Shearing's quintet with guitar and vibraphone in close harmony to his own playing revolutionized small group jazz, and ensured that after seven years as Melody Maker's top British pianist, he achieved even greater success in America. His compositions have been recorded by everyone from Sarah Vaughan to Miles Davis, and his best known pieces include "Lullaby of Birdland", "She" and "Conception". His story is all the more remarkable because Shearing was born blind. His candid reminiscences include a behind the scenes experience of New York's 52nd Street in its heyday, as well as memories of a vast roll-call of professional colleagues that includes all the great names in jazz.

Birdland

Author : Simon Stephens
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1472587693
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Birdland written by Simon Stephens and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-05-29 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything can be quantified. All worth can be quantified. Artistic worth. Human worth. Material worth. Everything. Some food is simply better than other food. Isn't it? Some clothes are better than other clothes. Aren't they? The last week of a massive international tour and rock star Paul is at the height of his fame. Everybody knows his name. Whatever he wants he can have. He can screw anybody he wants to. He can buy anything he desires. He can eat anything. Drink anything. Smoke anything. Go anywhere. As the inevitability of the end of the road looms closer and a return home becomes a reality, for Paul the music is starting to jar. Birdland received its world premiere at the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs on 3 April 2014.

On the Way to Birdland

Author : Frank Morelli
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781947886056
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book On the Way to Birdland written by Frank Morelli and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Self-proclaimed teenage philosopher Cordell Wheaton lives in a sleepy, southern town where nothing ever happens; not since his hero, jazz musician John Coltrane, left some seventy years earlier to "follow the sound." Cordy's life has been unraveling since the night his father and his brother, Travis, exploded on each other. The night Travis's addiction transformed him from budding musician into something entirely different. The night Travis took his saxophone and disappeared. When Cordy's father falls ill, the sixteen-year-old vows to reunite the Wheaton family. He embarks on a modern-day odyssey with forty bucks in his pocket and a dream to find his brother and convince him to be Travis again--by taking him to a show at Birdland Jazz Club in New York City, and reminding him of the common bonds they share with their legendary hero. Cordy's journey is soon haunted by ghostly visions, traumatic dreams, and disembodied voices that echo through his mind. He starts to wonder if the voices are those of the fates, guiding him toward his destiny--or if he's losing his grip on reality.

Birdland

Author : Tracy Mack
Publisher : Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9780439535915
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book Birdland written by Tracy Mack and published by Scholastic Paperbacks. This book was released on 2005-08-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen-year-old, tongue-tied Jed spends Christmas break working on a school project filming a documentary about his East Village, New York City, neighborhood, where he is continually reminded of his older brother, Zeke, a promising poet who died the year before. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Reprint.

Nights in Birdland

Author : Carole Reiff
Publisher : Fireside
ISBN 13 : 9780671632816
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (328 download)

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Download or read book Nights in Birdland written by Carole Reiff and published by Fireside. This book was released on 1987 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects photographs of jazz musicians including Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, and Ornette Coleman

Birdland

Author : Eric Adams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780340640180
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Birdland written by Eric Adams and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Birdland

Author : Gilbert Hernandez
Publisher : Eros Comics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Birdland written by Gilbert Hernandez and published by Eros Comics. This book was released on 2000-10 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gilbert Hernandez' sensationally semen-drenched fantasia is still the hottest Eros comic of them all. With a delightfully deviant cast featuring driping exploits of two spunky strippers, an oversexed psychiatrist and her philandering husband.

Bird Land

Author : J. M. White
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1524592374
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (245 download)

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Download or read book Bird Land written by J. M. White and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They had been in space a long time. They had examined every planet within their trajectory as ordered. There had been six planets in their path that they examined as possible sites for colonization and a nebula off in the distance. The nebula was very beautiful, kind of purple and dark blue. But, their orders were not to examine nebulas, but to fi nd a class M planet that could be adaptable to humans. This was defi antly a class M planet all the readings were perfect. But, with all the experts on board no one could fi nd the source of the intelligence it took to make these amazing gardens that circled the planet. Some fairly large birds had been seen. But, there were no land animals with brains large enough to make these gardens. They had to be gardens, gardens with uniformed rows of growing crops. There were uniformed rows of trees as well and lines of shrubs or hedge which divided the garden areas. This planet was placed between three suns just right so as to have one side always warm. The temperature was around 70 to 80 degrees and at night near 50 degrees. The suns were orbiting in a slightly arched line with this small planet. The planet and its two moons orbited around the larger sun. The smaller suns being further away gave little light and a small amount of warmth just enough so the other sides of the planet were not in total darkness at any time. It had water and oxygen, breathable oxygen that meant no suits or helmets. This planet was just what they were looking for. It was a small green pearl in the vast darkness of space.

Penguin Millionaire

Author : Len Hill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Penguin Millionaire written by Len Hill and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

From Birdland to Broadway

Author : Bill Crow
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199879737
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book From Birdland to Broadway written by Bill Crow and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1993-09-09 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1950s, New York City's Birdland was the center of the world of modern jazz--and a revelation to Bill Crow, a wet-behind-the-ears twenty-two-year-old from Washington State. Located on Broadway between 52nd and 53rd streets, the club named for the incomparable Charlie "Bird" Parker boasted lifesize photo murals of modern jazzmen like Dizzy Gillespie, Lennie Tristano, and, of course, Bird himself, looming large against jet black walls. Exotic live birds perched in cages behind the bar. The midget master of ceremonies, 3'9" Pee Wee Marquette, dressed in a zoot suit and loud tie, smoked huge cigars and screeched mispronounced introductions into the microphone. And the jazz-struck young Crow would park in the bleachers till 4 am, blissfully enveloped by the heady music of Bird, Bud Powell, Max Roach, and a host of other jazz giants. From Birdland to Broadway is an enthralling insider's account of four decades of a life in jazz. Bill Crow, journeyman bass player, superb storyteller, and author of the successful Jazz Anecdotes, here narrates many moving and delightful tales of the pioneers of modern jazz he played with and was befriended by. We find Dizzy Gillespie, with whom Crow, because of prior commitments, regretfully declined steady work, dancing at the Royal Roost, Stan Getz sadly teetering on the brink of losing himself to drugs, and Harry Belafonte (known then as "the Cinderella Gentleman") running a lunch counter in New York's Sheridan Square between music dates. And we also witness many of the highlights of Crow's career, such as in 1955 when the Marian McPartland Trio (with Crow on bass) was named "Small Group of the Year" by Metronome; Crow playing with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet at venues like Storyville in Boston and Harlem's Apollo Theater (where they appeared with Dinah Washington); and the tour of the Soviet Union with Benny Goodman, a journey that might have been a high point of Crow's travels abroad but was marred by Goodman's legendary mistreatment of his band. Moving beyond jazz clubs to the Broadway concert pit and a variety of studio gigs in the '60s, Crow encounters actors such as Yul Brynner and pop-rock acts like Simon and Garfunkel. From the great to the near-great, from Billie Holiday to Judy Holliday, Bill Crow's wealth of personal anecdotes takes the reader from Birdland, to the Half Note, to the Playboy Club, to the footlights of Broadway. This revealing book is a marvelous portrait of the jazz world, told by someone who's been there.

The Mulberry Bird

Author : Anne Braff Brodzinsky
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1849059330
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book The Mulberry Bird written by Anne Braff Brodzinsky and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although she loves her baby very much, a young mother bird gives him up for adoption because she is unable to give him the home which he needs.

Bird Lands, River Nights and Other Melancholies

Author : Jose Marte A. Abueg
Publisher : UP Press
ISBN 13 : 9715426166
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Bird Lands, River Nights and Other Melancholies written by Jose Marte A. Abueg and published by UP Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Real Vocal Book - Volume I Songbook

Author : Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1476804672
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (768 download)

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Download or read book The Real Vocal Book - Volume I Songbook written by Hal Leonard Corp. and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Fake Book). The Real Vocal Book has many of the selections from Volumes 1 and 2 of the instrumental Real Books, but now with complete lyrics added to the pre-existing melody line. This edition features 300 essential songs arranged for low voice, including: Alfie * All of Me * Autumn Leaves * Bewitched * Bluesette * Don't Get Around Much Anymore * Fever * Georgia on My Mind * Misty * Moon River * My Funny Valentine * Satin Doll * and more.

The Life of the Skies

Author : Jonathan Rosen
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780374186302
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (863 download)

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Download or read book The Life of the Skies written by Jonathan Rosen and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-02-19 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aerial delights: A history of America as seen through the eyes of a bird-watcher John James Audubon arrived in America in 1803, when Thomas Jefferson was president, and lived long enough to see his friend Samuel Morse send a telegraphic message from his house in New York City in the 1840s. As a boy, Teddy Roosevelt learned taxidermy from a man who had sailed up the Missouri River with Audubon, and yet as president presided over America’s entry into the twentieth century, in which our ability to destroy ourselves and the natural world was no longer metaphorical. Roosevelt, an avid birder, was born a hunter and died a conservationist. Today, forty-six million Americans are bird-watchers. The Life of the Skies is a genre-bending journey into the meaning of a pursuit born out of the tangled history of industrialization and nature longing. Jonathan Rosen set out on a quest not merely to see birds but to fathom their centrality—historical and literary, spiritual and scientific—to a culture torn between the desire both to conquer and to conserve. Rosen argues that bird-watching is nothing less than the real national pastime—indeed it is more than that, because the field of play is the earth itself. We are the players and the spectators, and the outcome—since bird and watcher are intimately connected—is literally a matter of life and death.

The Bird-Friendly City

Author : Timothy Beatley
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 164283047X
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (428 download)

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Download or read book The Bird-Friendly City written by Timothy Beatley and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does a bird experience a city? A backyard? A park? As the world has become more urban, noisier from increased traffic, and brighter from streetlights and office buildings, it has also become more dangerous for countless species of birds. Warblers become disoriented by nighttime lights and collide with buildings. Ground-feeding sparrows fall prey to feral cats. Hawks and other birds-of-prey are sickened by rat poison. These name just a few of the myriad hazards. How do our cities need to change in order to reduce the threats, often created unintentionally, that have resulted in nearly three billion birds lost in North America alone since the 1970s? In The Bird-Friendly City, Timothy Beatley, a longtime advocate for intertwining the built and natural environments, takes readers on a global tour of cities that are reinventing the status quo with birds in mind. Efforts span a fascinating breadth of approaches: public education, urban planning and design, habitat restoration, architecture, art, civil disobedience, and more. Beatley shares empowering examples, including: advocates for “catios,” enclosed outdoor spaces that allow cats to enjoy backyards without being able to catch birds; a public relations campaign for vultures; and innovations in building design that balance aesthetics with preventing bird strikes. Through these changes and the others Beatley describes, it is possible to make our urban environments more welcoming to many bird species. Readers will come away motivated to implement and advocate for bird-friendly changes, with inspiring examples to draw from. Whether birds are migrating and need a temporary shelter or are taking up permanent residence in a backyard, when the environment is safer for birds, humans are happier as well.