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Author : Steven D. Harris
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Kenton Kronicles written by Steven D. Harris and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Sparke
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1574412841
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (744 download)
Download or read book Stan Kenton written by Michael Sparke and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expert on Stan Kenton, Sparke delivers a comprehensive history of Kenton's activities as a bandleader and creative force in jazz. Based largely on interviews with Kenton and members of the various incarnations of his orchestra, the book shows how the "Kenton sound" evolved over four decades, focusing on the role that Kenton himself played in that development. While Sparke's style is sometimes a bit florid, his vast knowledge and enthusiasm for his subject is evident throughout the book. Likely to become the standard history of Kenton's orchestra, this book will be enjoyed by any reader interested in the history of big-band jazz. Annotation ♭2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Author : Michael P. Zirpolo
Publisher : Studies in Jazz
ISBN 13 : 9780810888746
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (887 download)
Download or read book Mr. Trumpet written by Michael P. Zirpolo and published by Studies in Jazz. This book was released on 2013-07-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of jazz trumpeter Roland Bernard "Bunny" Berigan (1908-1942) resembles nothing less than an ancient Greek tragedy: a heroic figure who rises from obscurity to dizzying heights, touches greatness, becomes ensnared by circumstances, and comes to a disastrous early end. Berigan was intimately involved in the commercial music business of the 1930s and 1940s in New York City. Berigan was a charismatic performer, one of the few musicians in the history of jazz to advance the art. His trumpet artistry made a deep and lasting impression on almost everyone who heard him play, while the body of recorded work he left continues to evoke a wide range of emotions in those who hear it. Too often writings about the Swing Era skip over the interrelationship between the music business and the music that the giants of jazz created. In Mr. Trumpet: The Trials, Tribulations, and Triumph of Bunny Berigan, Michael Zirpolo takes on this difficult task, exploring connections between the business of music and contemporary music makers and the culture of social dancing that drove it all. Through detailed research and insightful analysis, Zirpolo rectifies many heretofore misunderstood events in Berigan's life and in the Swing Era more generally. In this panoramic examination of Berigan's personal and professional lives, Mr. Trumpet maps the great musician's role in what was a truly golden age of American popular music and jazz, offering close looks at some of his greatest performances and film work, comprehensive listings of all known broadcast recordings made by Berigan and his bands, as well as numerous previously unpublished photos of the great jazz artist.
Author : Helene LaFaro-Fernandez
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1574412736
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (744 download)
Download or read book Jade Visions written by Helene LaFaro-Fernandez and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Best Book of 2009, Jazz Division, sponsored by AllAboutJazz-New York, 2009. Selected for "The Best of the Best" from University Presses, ALA Conference, 2010. Winner of the 2010 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research in Jazz, 2010. Jade Visions is the first biography of one of the twentieth century's most influential jazz musicians, bassist Scott LaFaro. Best known for his landmark recordings with Bill Evans, LaFaro played bass a mere seven years before his life and career were tragically cut short by an automobile accident when he was only 25 years old. Told by his sister, this book uniquely combines family history with insight into LaFaro's music by well-known jazz experts and musicians Gene Lees, Don Thompson, Jeff Campbell, Phil Palombi, Chuck Ralston, Barrie Kolstein, and Robert Wooley. Those interested in Bill Evans, the history of jazz, and the lives of working musicians of the time will appreciate this exploration of LaFaro’s life and music as well as the feeling they’ve been invited into the family circle as an intimate.
Author : Brian F. Wright
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472056816
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)
Download or read book The Bastard Instrument written by Brian F. Wright and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Centering the electric bass in popular music history
Author : Gabe Baltazar
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824865707
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)
Download or read book If It Swings, It's Music written by Gabe Baltazar and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2012-05-17 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hawai‘i’s legendary jazz musician Gabe Baltazar Jr. has thrilled audiences since the late 1940s with his powerful and passionate playing. In this, the first book on his life and career, Gabe takes readers through the highs, lows, and in-betweens on the long road to becoming one of the very few Asian Americans who has achieved worldwide acclaim as a jazz artist. At a young age Gabe was encouraged by his father, an accomplished musician, to take up the clarinet and saxophone. As a teenager during World War II, Gabe performed with the Royal Hawaiian Band but spent his weekends playing in swing bands. After establishing himself in the West Coast jazz scene, in 1960 he rose to prominence as lead alto saxophonist of the Stan Kenton Orchestra. Following a four-year stint with Kenton, Gabe worked as a valued studio musician, recording with Dizzy Gillespie, Oliver Nelson, and James Moody, among others. In 1969 he returned to Honolulu and went on to become Hawai‘i’s premier jazz artist, a role he admirably fulfilled for over forty years. Even into his eighties, Gabe remained active in jazz education and performed regularly. Gabe’s memorable encounters with some of the greatest names in jazz and popular entertainment will delight music fans, while readers of Hawai‘i and Asian-American life-writing will find in this work a fond record of days past told with humor and heart.
Author : John S. Davis
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538128152
Total Pages : 559 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Jazz written by John S. Davis and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jazz is a music born in the United States and formed by a combination of influences. In its infancy, jazz was a melting pot of military brass bands, work songs and field hollers of the United States slaves during the 19th century, European harmonies and forms, and the rhythms of Africa and the Caribbean. Later, the blues and the influence of Spanish and French Creoles with European classical training nudged jazz further along in its development. As it moved through the swing era of the 1930s, bebop of the 1940s, and cool jazz of the 1950s, jazz continued to serve as a reflection of societal changes. During the turbulent 1960s, freedom and unrest were expressed through Free Jazz and the Avant Garde. Popular and world music have been incorporated and continue to expand the impact and reach of jazz. Today, jazz is truly an international art form. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Jazz contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,500 cross-referenced entries on musicians, styles of jazz, instruments, recording labels, bands and band leaders, and more. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Jazz.
Author : Michael Sparke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Stan Kenton written by Michael Sparke and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Infinity Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0741423057
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (414 download)
Download or read book The Saxophone Reed written by and published by Infinity Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive book on adjusting single reeds to achieve optimum performance. Includes over 200 high tech pages of text, illustrations, professional trade secrets, and a photo gallery. A must own reference for all reed musicians.
Author : Jeff Sultanof
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442242434
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Experiencing Big Band Jazz written by Jeff Sultanof and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-11-08 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The era of popular music from about 1917 onward saw an explosion of creative songwriting that converged with a new sound from reed, brass, and rhythm instruments. Jazz was born, and the musical sophistication that accompanied this original sound set the stage for the prominence of arrangers, whose role in big band orchestrations became as important as jazz musicians and composers themselves. The Big Band evolved as a unique phenomenon in American music history. With both studio and live vintage recordings readily available, an investigation of how to listen and experience Big Band music is overdue. In Experiencing Big Band Jazz: A Listener’s Companion, composer/arranger, music historian, and music editor Jeff Sultanof takes a fresh look at Big Band music, examining why the Big Band era started when it did; how pop music changed to meet the needs of Big Bands and the reverse; the role played by well-known band leaders and the bands they led, the jazz soloists who became legendary, and the stories of several ensembles previously unexamined. Lists of must-hear recordings and videos drawn from studio as well as live sources are also included to make the book an invaluable resource for music lovers of every age.
Author : Frank R. Hayde
Publisher : Santa Monica Press
ISBN 13 : 1595808108
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (958 download)
Download or read book Stan Levey written by Frank R. Hayde and published by Santa Monica Press. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stan Levey is widely considered to be one of the most influential drummers in the history of modern jazz. During his extraordinary career, the self-taught Levey played alongside a who’s who of twentieth century jazz artists: Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins, Art Tatum, Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, Lester Young, Thelonius Monk, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Ella Fitzgerald—the remarkable list goes on and on, and includes dozens of the most distinguished names in the annals of jazz and popular music. Jazz Heavyweight follows the prolific and colorful life of Levey, from his childhood days in rough-and-tumble North Philadelphia as the son of a boxing promoter and manager with ties to the mob, to his first gig as a drummer for Dizzy Gillespie at the tender age of 16, through his meteoric rise as one of the most sought after sidemen in the world of bebop, to his membership in the Lighthouse All-Stars and his prominent role in the creation of West Coast Jazz. Coinciding with his years anchoring the Lighthouse All-Stars, Levey recorded over two thousand tracks while doing session work with such vocalists as Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, and Barbra Streisand. Levey ended his music career as a prolific player on literally thousands of motion picture and television show soundtracks under the direction of such legendary composers as Lalo Schifrin, Henry Mancini, Nelson Riddle, and Andre Previn. Jazz aficionados will relish Jazz Heavyweight for its new, never-before-published information about such hugely influential musicians as Parker, Gillespie, and Davis, while jazz neophytes will find a fast-paced, colorful encapsulation of the entire history of modern jazz. Indeed, Jazz Heavyweight is essential reading for anyone seeking an up-close-and-personal look at jazz in the latter half of the twentieth century.
Author : Lee Carroll
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1401930034
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Indigo Celebration written by Lee Carroll and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By now, tens of thousands of readers have enjoyed our book The Indigo Children. The book not only stirred the interest of many people throughout the world with respect to the profound change in consciousness being manifest in these special kids, but it also taught parents, teachers, and caregivers how to interact with these very special Indigo children. So, what do you do with thousands of letters and comments from parents and others about their Indigo experiences? Well . . . you write another book! An Indigo Celebration is a group of stories, articles, and additional insights into the Indigo child phenomenon. Although we will undoubtedly be writing more academically oriented Indigo books down the line, we wanted to stop for a moment and celebrate these kids—how they think, how they act, and what they’re bringing to our lives. This book is not only meant to entertain, but also to inspire, teach, and provide meaningful insights. Indigo children are part of the positive transformation and shift of the new millennium—and this celebration of them is one we hope you will share in.
Author : Carol Easton
Publisher : New York : William Morrow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Straight Ahead: the Story of Stan Kenton written by Carol Easton and published by New York : William Morrow. This book was released on 1973 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Straight Ahead is the story of Stan Kenton's career as a musician, brom his first Artistry in Rhythm band in 1941, through his becoming "the greatest box-office attraction in the nation," through Progressive Jazz, the Innovations Orchestra, his becoming only the third musician elected to Down Beat's Hall of Fame (following Louis Armstrong and Glenn Miller), through the Mellophonium Band, up to the present, his twelfth band"--
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
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Author : William Russo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 866 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Jazz Composition and Orchestration written by William Russo and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
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Author : Nora Roberts
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780515116069
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
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