The Beiderbecke Affair

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1844577325
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (445 download)

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Book Synopsis The Beiderbecke Affair by : William Gallagher

Download or read book The Beiderbecke Affair written by William Gallagher and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-06 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With as little plot as its creator Alan Plater could get away with and as much jazz as he could manage, the 1985 television drama The Beiderbecke Affair had a far-reaching impact, inspiring sequels, novels, albums and even jazz tours. Much like its Bix Beiderbecke-style soundtrack, Plater's quietly joyous drama was unconventional, free: its narrative following the lives and relationships of its leading characters – teachers-turned-amateur detectives Trevor Chaplin (James Bolam) and Jill Swinburne (Barbara Flynn) – with a gentle, whimsical humour. William Gallagher's illuminating study is the first critical account of this much-loved series. Drawing on interviews with cast members and musicians, the production team and Yorkshire TV executives, as well as on insights from Plater himself, Gallagher explores Beiderbecke's origins in Plater's 1981 tv drama Get Lost! before moving on to an in-depth analysis of the series itself, to reveal why such an unassuming series remains one of the best-loved examples of British television drama. The book also includes a previously unpublished BBC Radio 4 short story featuring the character of Jill Swinburne, 'A Brief Encounter with Richard Wagner'.

The Beiderbecke Trilogy

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (139 download)

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1929

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Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1582433097
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (824 download)

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Book Synopsis 1929 by : Frederick Turner

Download or read book 1929 written by Frederick Turner and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2004-04-21 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By 1929, the brief, brilliant career of Bix Beiderbecke––self–taught cornetist, pianist, and composer––had already become legend. From the summer of '26 at Hudson Lake, Indiana, when his genius blazed forth with a strange, doomed incandescence, Bix's career tragically reflected the chaotic impulses of a country suddenly awash in wealth, power, and a profound cynicism. Shy, elusive, inarticulate, Bix was beloved by both the raccoon–coated campus crowd and the men who nightly played alongside him. He is still celebrated in a yearly festival in his hometown of Davenport, Iowa.And that is where the novel begins, Davenport and the Bix Fest. Then it travels back in time to focus on the highlights of a meteoric career: a Capone–controlled nightclub in 1926; the grueling cross–country tours with Paul Whiteman's Symphonic Jazz orchestra; the disastrous Whiteman trip to California to make the first all–color talkie musical; the stock market crash of 1929 that finds Bix in an asylum, victim of the era's signature product, bootleg gin; and finally, Bix's dying efforts to combine his piano compositions into a suite that would be the pinnacle of his life's work and his evocation of his time and place.Colored by some of the age's most popular characters––Maurice Ravel, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Clara Bow–– 1929 brilliantly illuminates a period in history, personified in the gifted, compelling, and melancholy figure of Bix Beiderbecke.

Death and Croissants

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Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 172827057X
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (282 download)

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Book Synopsis Death and Croissants by : Ian Moore

Download or read book Death and Croissants written by Ian Moore and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Laugh-out-loud caper." —Shelf Awareness, Starred Review "A fast-paced, witty story for those who enjoy dry British humor." —Library Journal Meet Richard Ainsworth: an almost divorced part time B&B owner, part time film historian, full time self-deprecator. Hoping to continue running his B&B in the quiet Val de Follet, he has no idea of its hidden intrigue, from the mafia to swingers, to the peddling of (il)legal grape seeds. His quiet has flown the coop on a fateful afternoon with a bloody handprint, a missing guest, and one dead Ava Gardner (beloved hen). Death and Croissants is an unputdownable, hilarious mystery perfect for fans of Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club. What readers are saying: "Richard Osman meets Sherlock Holmes rampaging through the charming Loire Valley in this raucously funny book. I loved it." "A light, very funny mystery with appealing characters in a wonderful French countryside." "Oh wow, this was funny. This one just knocks it out of the park." "A story full of interesting and diverse characters told with lots of humor." "The author gives you everything you want in a humorous, witty mystery that chases you through all the twists and turns with murder, mafia, and mayhem."

A Very British Coup

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Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1847652271
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)

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Book Synopsis A Very British Coup by : Chris Mullin

Download or read book A Very British Coup written by Chris Mullin and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Against the odds, former steel worker Harry Perkins has led the Labour party to a stunning victory. Now he's going to dismantle Britain's nuclear warheads, bring finance under public control and dismantle the media empires. But the establishment isn't going down without a fight. As MI5 conspires with the city and press barons to bring Perkins down, he finds himself caught up in a no-holds-barred battle for survival. Described as 'the political novel of the decade' when it was first published, A Very British Coup is as fresh and relevant now as it ever has been.

Doggin' Around

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ISBN 13 : 9780955090806
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (98 download)

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Book Synopsis Doggin' Around by : Alan Plater

Download or read book Doggin' Around written by Alan Plater and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Described by the author as: 'memoirs of a jazz-crazed playwright - some of the stories are autobiographical and some of them are true.' A very, very, readable book, Michael Parkinson. Rich throughout with smart lines and offbeat observations, Guardian. Terrific price, terrific read. It kept me turning pages like mad, Campbell Burnap. Masterly in its knowledge and poetic communication. . . Don't hang about, go out and buy it, Jazz Journal Illustrated by some extremely funny cartoons. . . and imbued with the humane wisdom that has made him famous, www.vortexjazz.co.uk

Snowblind

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Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802197655
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Book Synopsis Snowblind by : Robert Sabbag

Download or read book Snowblind written by Robert Sabbag and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2010-06-08 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the supercharged life of American drug smuggler Zachary Swan. “An extremely rare cut of dry wit, poetry, rock-hard fact and relentless insight” (Rolling Stone). Robbert Sabbag’s Snowblind, the true story of an American smuggler whose intricate, ingenious scams made him a legendary figure in the cocaine world of the late sixties and early seventies, is a modern classic. In this “witty, intelligent, fiercely stylish, drug-induced exemplary tale” (Los Angeles Times), Sabbag masterfully traces Zachary Swan’s Roman-candle career, from his first forays into smuggling marijuana to his jaunts to Colombia to buy pure cocaine, and his ever more elaborate plans to outwit the police and customs officials. Updated by the author, this captivating portrait of a dashing antihero and enthralling look at a turbulent age is sure to reach a new generation of readers. “A flat-out ball buster. It moves like a threshing machine with a fuel tank of ether.” —Hunter S. Thompson

Tree of Smoke

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780374279127
Total Pages : 638 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (791 download)

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Book Synopsis Tree of Smoke by : Denis Johnson

Download or read book Tree of Smoke written by Denis Johnson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-09-04 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time there was a war . . . and a young American who thought of himself as the Quiet American and the Ugly American, and who wished to be neither, who wanted instead to be the Wise American, or the Good American, but who eventually came to witness himself as the Real American and finally as simply the Fucking American. That’s me. This is the story of Skip Sands—spy-in-training, engaged in Psychological Operations against the Vietcong—and the disasters that befall him thanks to his famous uncle, a war hero known in intelligence circles simply as the Colonel. This is also the story of the Houston brothers, Bill and James, young men who drift out of the Arizona desert into a war in which the line between disinformation and delusion has blurred away. In its vision of human folly, and its gritty, sympathetic portraits of men and women desperate for an end to their loneliness, whether in sex or death or by the grace of God, this is a story like nothing in our literature. Tree of Smoke is Denis Johnson’s first full-length novel in nine years, and his most gripping, beautiful, and powerful work to date. Tree of Smoke is the 2007 National Book Award Winner for Fiction.

David Bowie Made Me Gay

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Publisher : ABRAMS
ISBN 13 : 1468316257
Total Pages : 471 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (683 download)

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Download or read book David Bowie Made Me Gay written by Darryl W. Bullock and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LGBT musicians have shaped the development of music over the last century, with a sexually progressive soundtrack in the background of the gay community’s struggle for acceptance. With the advent of recording technology, LGBT messages were for the first time brought to the forefront of popular music. David Bowie Made Me Gay is the first book to cover the breadth of history of recorded music by and for the LGBT community and how those records influenced the evolution of the music we listen to today.

Pops

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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780151010899
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)

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Book Synopsis Pops by : Terry Teachout

Download or read book Pops written by Terry Teachout and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2009 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Certain to be the definitive word on Louis Armstrong, "Pops" paints a gripping portrait of the man, his world, and his music. Drawing on a cache of new sources, the author has crafted a sweeping new narrative biography of this towering figure.

The Beiderbecke Connection

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis The Beiderbecke Connection by : Alan Plater

Download or read book The Beiderbecke Connection written by Alan Plater and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detective duo Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinburne are back, complete now with First-Born, a collection of cuddly toys and a child-minder called Yvonne. This third Beiderbecke novel follows The Beiderbecke Affair and The Beiderbecke Tapes.

Classic Jazz

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Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520234634
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Book Synopsis Classic Jazz by : Floyd Levin

Download or read book Classic Jazz written by Floyd Levin and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2002-04-30 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Floyd Levin's half-century collection of reportage, reviews and recollections are an irreplaceable and totally enjoyable trove of writing about the vibrancy, past and still-present, of traditional American jazz."—Charles Champlin, author of Back There Where the Past Was "I've known Floyd and his wife Lucille for more than fifty years. Floyd's book is a colorful, intimate account of his lifelong love affair with jazz. I'm especially fascinated when he writes about his personal encounters with some of the jazz legends of the Century. This book is essential reading for anyone concerned about jazz - its present, its past, and his evolution."—Milt Hinton "Floyd Levin's dedicated and unselfish life-long work for the cause of jazz has illuminated many a corner that would otherwise have remained in the dark. All who care about the music are in his debt. Classic Jazz, like Floyd himself, is a classic."—Dan Morgenstern, Director, Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University "What a rich, passionate and human book this is! Drawing on fifty years of devotion to classic, New Orleans jazz and the artists who performed it, Floyd Levin brilliantly weaves anecdotal material, primary research, intimate personal observations, and analyses to create an historical goldmine of the music's evolution in New Orleans and on the West Coast. In rendering portraits of legendary musicians in such a beautifully moving, honest way, he offers not just standard history, but a strong sense of the emotional core of the music as well."—Steve Isoardi, co-author of Central Avenue Sounds

Oliver's Travels

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Publisher : Sphere
ISBN 13 : 9780751510379
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (13 download)

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Book Synopsis Oliver's Travels by : Plater

Download or read book Oliver's Travels written by Plater and published by Sphere. This book was released on 1995-04 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the author of The Beiderbecke Affair. When Oliver is made redundant by the college where he teaches Comparative Religion, he decides to go on a pilgrimage to find the world's number one crossword compiler, known as Aristotle.

Shall We Play That One Together?

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312558031
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Shall We Play That One Together? written by Paul de Barros and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in the UK as Margaret Marian Turner, she was trained in classical piano, yet was passionately attracted to jazz. During World War II she met jazz trumpeter Jimmy McPartland, protege of Biederbecke, married him, and together they made jazz history.

Really the Blues

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Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590179455
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Really the Blues written by Mezz Mezzrow and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailed as an “American counter-culture classic,” this “funny” and candid musical memoir offers a delicious glimpse into the 1930s jazz scene (The Wall Street Journal) Mezz Mezzrow was a boy from Chicago who learned to play the sax in reform school and pursued a life in music and a life of crime. He moved from Chicago to New Orleans to New York, working in brothels and bars, bootlegging, dealing drugs, getting hooked, doing time, producing records, and playing with the greats, among them Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, and Fats Waller. Really the Blues—the jive-talking memoir that Mezzrow wrote at the insistence of, and with the help of, the novelist Bernard Wolfe—is the story of an unusual and unusually American life, and a portrait of a man who moved freely across racial boundaries when few could or did, “the odyssey of an individualist . . . the saga of a guy who wanted to make friends in a jungle where everyone was too busy making money.”

Beiderbecke Affair

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Publisher : Stacey International
ISBN 13 : 9781858480589
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Beiderbecke Affair written by Alan Plater and published by Stacey International. This book was released on 1989-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Misterioso

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Misterioso written by Alan Plater and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: