The Essential Glenn Miller

Download The Essential Glenn Miller full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online The Essential Glenn Miller ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

Glenn Miller Declassified

Author : Dennis M. Spragg
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 161234951X
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (123 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Glenn Miller Declassified by : Dennis M. Spragg

Download or read book Glenn Miller Declassified written by Dennis M. Spragg and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On December 15, 1944, Maj. Alton Glenn Miller, commanding officer of the Army Air Force Band (Special), boarded a plane in England bound for France with Lt. Col. Norman Francis Baessell. Somewhere over the English Channel the plane vanished. No trace of the aircraft or its occupants has ever been found. To this day Miller, Baessell, and the pilot, John Robert Stuart Morgan, are classified as missing in action. Weaving together cultural and military history, Glenn Miller Declassified tells the story of the musical legend Miller and his military career as commanding officer of the Army Air Force Band during World War II. After a brief assignment to the Army Specialist Corps, Miller was assigned to the Army Air Forces Training Command and soon thereafter to Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, in the UK. Later that year Miller and his band were to be transferred to Paris to expand the Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme, but Miller never made it. Miller's disappearance resulted in numerous conspiracy theories, especially since much of the information surrounding his military service had been classified, restricted, or, in some cases, lost. Dennis M. Spragg has gained unprecedented access to the Miller family archives as well as military and government documents to lay such theories to rest and to demonstrate the lasting legacy and importance of Miller's life, career, and service to his country.

When Swing was the Thing

Author : John R. Tumpak
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis When Swing was the Thing by : John R. Tumpak

Download or read book When Swing was the Thing written by John R. Tumpak and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen-piece swinging dance bands swept the country in popularity during the big band era of 1935-1946, the only time in America's history to-date when jazz was the most popular form of music. This book provides detailed profiles, many based on personal interviews, of the era's bandleaders, musicians, vocalists, arrangers, and contributors.--Publisher's information.

Glenn Miller Declassified

Author : Dennis M. Spragg
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1612348955
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (123 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Glenn Miller Declassified by : Dennis M. Spragg

Download or read book Glenn Miller Declassified written by Dennis M. Spragg and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On December 15, 1944, Maj. Alton Glenn Miller, commanding officer of the Army Air Force Band (Special), boarded a plane in England bound for France with Lt. Col. Norman Francis Baessell. Somewhere over the English Channel the plane vanished. No trace of the aircraft or its occupants has ever been found. To this day Miller, Baessell, and the pilot, John Robert Stuart Morgan, are classified as missing in action. Weaving together cultural and military history, Glenn Miller Declassified tells the story of the musical legend Miller and his military career as commanding officer of the Army Air Force Band during World War II. After a brief assignment to the Army Specialist Corps, Miller was assigned to the Army Air Forces Training Command and soon thereafter to Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, in the UK. Later that year Miller and his band were to be transferred to Paris to expand the Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme, but Miller never made it. Miller’s disappearance resulted in numerous conspiracy theories, especially since much of the information surrounding his military service had been classified, restricted, or, in some cases, lost. Dennis M. Spragg has gained unprecedented access to the Miller family archives as well as military and government documents to lay such theories to rest and to demonstrate the lasting legacy and importance of Miller’s life, career, and service to his country.

Salute to Glenn Miller

Author : Michael Story
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780757935213
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (352 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Salute to Glenn Miller by : Michael Story

Download or read book Salute to Glenn Miller written by Michael Story and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Playing Changes

Author : Nate Chinen
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1101873493
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Playing Changes by : Nate Chinen

Download or read book Playing Changes written by Nate Chinen and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, GQ, Billboard, JazzTimes In jazz parlance, “playing changes” refers to an improviser’s resourceful path through a chord progression. In this definitive guide to the jazz of our time, leading critic Nate Chinen boldly expands on that idea, taking us through the key changes, concepts, events, and people that have shaped jazz since the turn of the century—from Wayne Shorter and Henry Threadgill to Kamasi Washington and Esperanza Spalding; from the phrase “America’s classical music” to an explosion of new ideas and approaches; from claims of jazz’s demise to the living, breathing scene that exerts influence on mass culture, hip-hop, and R&B. Grounded in authority and brimming with style, packed with essential album lists and listening recommendations, Playing Changes takes the measure of this exhilarating moment—and the shimmering possibilities to come.

Music in the 20th Century (3 Vol Set)

Author : Dave DiMartino
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131746429X
Total Pages : 2298 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Music in the 20th Century (3 Vol Set) by : Dave DiMartino

Download or read book Music in the 20th Century (3 Vol Set) written by Dave DiMartino and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 2298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an examination of the crucial formative period of Chinese attitudes toward nuclear weapons, the immediate post-Hiroshima/Nagasaki period and the Korean War. It also provides an account of US actions and attitudes during this period and China's response.

Under Occupation

Author : Alan Furst
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0399592318
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Under Occupation by : Alan Furst

Download or read book Under Occupation written by Alan Furst and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From “America’s preeminent spy novelist” (The New York Times) comes a fast-paced, mesmerizing thriller of the French resistance fighters working secretly and bravely to defeat Hitler. Occupied Paris, 1942. Just before he dies, a man being chased by the Gestapo hands off a strange-looking document to the unsuspecting novelist Paul Ricard. It looks like a blueprint of a part for a military weapon, one that might have important information for the Allied forces. Ricard realizes he must try to get the diagram into the hands of members of the resistance network. As Ricard finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into anti-Nazi efforts and increasingly dangerous espionage assignments, he travels to Germany and along the escape routes of underground resistance safe houses to spy on Nazi maneuvers. When he meets the mysterious and beautiful Leila, a professional spy, they begin to work together to get crucial information out of France and into the hands of the Allied forces in London.

Essential Windows Workflow Foundation

Author : Dharma Shukla
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Professional
ISBN 13 : 0132797534
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (327 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Essential Windows Workflow Foundation by : Dharma Shukla

Download or read book Essential Windows Workflow Foundation written by Dharma Shukla and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2006-10-05 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Essential Windows Workflow Foundation, two WF lead architects–Dharma Shukla and Bob Schmidt–offer an under-the-hood look at the technology, explaining the why and not just the how of WF’s key concepts and architecture. Serious WF developers seeking details about how to effectively utilize and extend the framework by writing activities will find cogent explanations and answers here. With simple and illustrative examples, the authors demonstrate exactly how to leverage WF’s extensible programming model to craft domain-specific programs. Drawing on their unique vantage point in designing and developing WF, Shukla and Schmidt deliver authoritative coverage of The core concepts and ideas that form the heart of WF’s programming model The execution model for activities, with details of the activity automaton, bookmarking, scheduling, and the threading model of the WF runtime Advanced execution concepts, including activity execution contexts, transactions, persistence points, passivation, fault handling, cancellation, compensation, and synchronization Hosting the WF runtime in applications The activity component model, with details of validation, compilation, serialization, and visualization Databinding, XAML, dependency properties, and WF program metadata Declarative conditions and rules, activity designers, and designer hosting Custom control flow patterns ranging from simple sequencing and iteration to more complex graphs and state machines Dynamic editing of running WF program instances Essential Windows Workflow Foundation is the definitive resource for developers seeking an in-depth understanding of this novel technology.

Tommy Dorsey

Author : Peter J. Levinson
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0786734949
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Tommy Dorsey by : Peter J. Levinson

Download or read book Tommy Dorsey written by Peter J. Levinson and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2009-03-25 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swing has never gone out of style. It was the music the Greatest Generation danced to--and went to war to. And no musician evokes the Big Band era more strikingly than Tommy Dorsey, whose soaring trombone play and hit tunes influenced popular music for a generation. Tommy Dorsey (1905-1956) led a rich and complex life. Beginning with his childhood in the coal mining towns of Pennsylvania, we follow the young trombonist's journey to fame and fortune during the Jazz Age. Tommy, with his brother Jimmy, created one of the most popular bands of the era and played with such giants as Bing Crosby and Glenn Miller. They also launched the career of a skinny young singer named Frank Sinatra. But Tommy's volcanic personality eventually split the band and Tommy went off on his own. Drawing on exhaustive new research and scores of interviews with the musicians who knew him best, Levinson delves into Dorsey's famously eccentric lifestyle and his oversize appetite for drink, women, and perfection. The first biography on Dorsey in more than thirty years, Tommy Dorsey is a dazzling portrait of the Big Band's brightest star--his tumultuous life, his turbulent times, and the unforgettable music that made him a legend.

The Spell Book for New Witches

Author : Ambrosia Hawthorn
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 164611065X
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (461 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Spell Book for New Witches by : Ambrosia Hawthorn

Download or read book The Spell Book for New Witches written by Ambrosia Hawthorn and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlock your magic with simple spells for new witches There's magic in all of us, just waiting to be tapped. If you're ready to access and channel your power, The Spell Book for New Witches will be your guide. Inside, you'll learn what it means to create and cast a spell, the central philosophies of witchcraft, and how spellwork can help you feel more powerful and connected to the world around you. The Spell Book for New Witches offers: Guidance for new witches—This beginner witchcraft book is your introduction to spellcasting that covers key terms, the different forms of magic, and step-by-step guidance for successful spells. Love, prosperity, and healing—Try 130 spells that can impact every part of your life, like a Rose Attraction Potion, a Friendship Repair Knot Spell, or Healing Full Moon Water. Helpful instructions and illustrations—Enchanting illustrations and a cookbook-style format make it easy to find your favorite spells, and hone your craft over time. Empower the witch within as you explore the ultimate choice in witch books for beginners.

Ancient Herbs, Modern Medicine

Author : Henry Han, O.M.D.
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0307481492
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Ancient Herbs, Modern Medicine by : Henry Han, O.M.D.

Download or read book Ancient Herbs, Modern Medicine written by Henry Han, O.M.D. and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best of Eastern and Western medicine in an integrative healing system for the mind, body, and spirit. Now, for the first time, a Western physician and a doctor of Oriental medicine combine the unparalleled technological advances of the West with the unmatched wisdom and healing touch Chinese herbal medicine provides for many diseases and conditions that elude modern medicine. Ancient Herbs, Modern Medicine demonstrates the many important, highly effective ways Chinese medicine and Western medicine can complement each other in treating everything from allergies and insomnia to mental illness and cancer. This accessible, comprehensive guide offers many informative and enlightening case studies and up-to-the-minute information on: • How integrative medicine combines the best of Western pharmacology and Eastern herbology • How integrative medicine helps fight the diseases and illnesses of our time, including allergies, asthma, and chronic fatigue syndrome, and eases and even reverses symptoms of arthritis, diabetes, depression, osteoporosis, AIDS, heart disease, and cancer--often without side effects • How Chinese medicine can help you recognize signs before an illness becomes a crisis • The importance of Western techniques in diagnosing serious diseases • Why Chinese medicine offers the most effective treatment for many chronic/recurrent illnesses • Restoring essential balance to the Five Energetic Systems--the Heart, Lung, Spleen, Liver, and Kidney Energies • The Eight Strategies of Herbal Therapy--how herbs work in your body Plus illuminating discussions of the basic principles of Chinese medicine, as well as food remedy recipes, diagrams, glossaries of medical terms and herbs, resource listings, and much more to help you tailor an integrative health regimen that is right for you.

Encyclopedia of Music in the 20th Century

Author : Lol Henderson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113592953X
Total Pages : 2182 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Music in the 20th Century by : Lol Henderson

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Music in the 20th Century written by Lol Henderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-27 with total page 2182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Music in the 20th Century is an alphabetically arranged encyclopedia of all aspects of music in various parts of the world during the 20th century. It covers the major musical styles--concert music, jazz, pop, rock, etc., and such key genres as opera, orchestral music, be-bop, blues, country, etc. Articles on individuals provide biographical information on their life and works, and explore the contribution each has made in the field. Illustrated and fully cross-referenced, the Encyclopedia of Music in the 20th Century also provides Suggested Listening and Further Reading information. A good first point of reference for students, librarians, and music scholars--as well as for the general reader.

All Music Guide

Author : Vladimir Bogdanov
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780879306274
Total Pages : 1508 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (62 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis All Music Guide by : Vladimir Bogdanov

Download or read book All Music Guide written by Vladimir Bogdanov and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2001 with total page 1508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arranged in sixteen musical categories, provides entries for twenty thousand releases from four thousand artists, and includes a history of each musical genre.

My Windows 8

Author : Katherine Murray
Publisher : Que Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0133012360
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (33 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis My Windows 8 by : Katherine Murray

Download or read book My Windows 8 written by Katherine Murray and published by Que Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Step-by-step instructions with callouts to Windows 8 that show you exactly what to do. Help when you run into Windows 8 problems or limitations. Tips and Notes to help you get the most from Windows 8. Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping Windows 8 working just the way you want. Learn how to Quickly master Windows 8’s fluid, colorful interface--and leave yesterday’s Windows behind! Get super-productive fast with the latest touch and mouse techniques Tweak your Start screen to get easy access to tasks you do every day Get up-to-this-instant information with Live Tiles Browse the web with the sleek, streamlined Internet Explorer 10 Use Windows 8’s great built-in apps and get more at the new Windows Store Secure your computer with custom Lock screens, picture passwords, PIN logons, and location privacy Copy, move, and share files through the revamped File Explorer View, organize, and share all your photos on your PC, photo sites, and favorite social media accounts Work with Windows 7 programs through the Windows 8 desktop Keep your files safely backed up and Windows 8 safely updated Improve computer performance with Windows 8’s updated system tools Stream media and share files easily with your PCs, your Xbox 360, tablets, and phones

Supreme City

Author : Donald L. Miller
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416550208
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Supreme City by : Donald L. Miller

Download or read book Supreme City written by Donald L. Miller and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning historian surveys the astonishing cast of characters who helped turn Manhattan into the world capital of commerce, communication and entertainment --

Swing

Author : Scott Yanow
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781617744761
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (447 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Swing by : Scott Yanow

Download or read book Swing written by Scott Yanow and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incorporating history along with the many reviews, this guide covers every era of swing music, from the classic age of Ellington, to the retro-swing of groups like Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Profiles of over 500 swing musicians, arranged by specialty such as trumpeters, drummers, and vocalists, are combined with reviews of 1500 plus recordings on a 10 point scale. Yanow is a long-time writer and editor for a variety of jazz publications, including, Downbeat, Cadence, and Strictly Jazz. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Voicing the Popular

Author : Richard Middleton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113609282X
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (36 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Voicing the Popular by : Richard Middleton

Download or read book Voicing the Popular written by Richard Middleton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does popular music produce its subject? How does it produce us as subjects? More specifically, how does it do this through voice--through "giving voice"? And how should we understand this subject--"the people"--that it voices into existence? Is it singular or plural? What is its history and what is its future? Voicing the Popular draws on approaches from musical interpretation, cultural history, social theory and psychoanalysis to explore key topics in the field, including race, gender, authenticity and repetition. Taking most of his examples from across the past hundred years of popular music development--but relating them to the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century "pre-history"--Richard Middleton constructs an argument that relates "the popular" to the unfolding of modernity itself. Voicing the Popular renews the case for ambitious theory in musical and cultural studies, and, against the grain of much contemporary thought, insists on the progressive potential of a politics of the Low.