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Tokyo Blues

Author : Franz Wiegand
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595178812
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Tokyo Blues written by Franz Wiegand and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-05-25 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karl has been living a loveless existence with his drug-addicted wife and has reached the point where he needs to get away if he is to retain his mental balance. But his sense of responsibility to his wife and children has kept him chained to his situation creating a seemingly insoluble impasse.On a business trip to Japan he unexpectedly falls in love with a woman, Michiko, who has unresolved problems of her own, being bound to an unloving fiancé as a result of an arrangement between their parents. Two victims of circumstances, they desperately seek happiness and find it in this romantic, bittersweet tale of love set in modern Japan. In the knowledge that they cannot abdicate their responsibilities and must return to their previous ways of life, they attempt to make the most of their brief time together. Ephemeral as the flash of a firefly their intense passion flares brightly igniting a passionate affair that almost destroys one of them .

Norwegian Wood

Author : Haruki Murakami
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307762718
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Norwegian Wood written by Haruki Murakami and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-08-11 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Kafka on the Shore: A magnificent coming-of-age story steeped in nostalgia, “a masterly novel” (The New York Times Book Review) blending the music, the mood, and the ethos that were the sixties with a young man’s hopeless and heroic first love. Now with a new introduction by the author. Toru, a serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years before. As Naoko retreats further into her own world, Toru finds himself drawn to a fiercely independent and sexually liberated young woman. Stunning and elegiac, Norwegian Wood first propelled Haruki Murakami into the forefront of the literary scene.

Blue Nippon

Author : E. Taylor Atkins
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 082238003X
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Blue Nippon written by E. Taylor Atkins and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2001-09-06 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan’s jazz community—both musicians and audience—has been begrudgingly recognized in the United States for its talent, knowledge, and level of appreciation. Underpinning this tentative admiration, however, has been a tacit agreement that, for cultural reasons, Japanese jazz “can’t swing.” In Blue Nippon E. Taylor Atkins shows how, strangely, Japan’s own attitude toward jazz is founded on this same ambivalence about its authenticity. Engagingly told through the voices of many musicians, Blue Nippon explores the true and legitimate nature of Japanese jazz. Atkins peers into 1920s dancehalls to examine the Japanese Jazz Age and reveal the origins of urban modernism with its new set of social mores, gender relations, and consumer practices. He shows how the interwar jazz period then became a troubling symbol of Japan’s intimacy with the West—but how, even during the Pacific war, the roots of jazz had taken hold too deeply for the “total jazz ban” that some nationalists desired. While the allied occupation was a setback in the search for an indigenous jazz sound, Japanese musicians again sought American validation. Atkins closes out his cultural history with an examination of the contemporary jazz scene that rose up out of Japan’s spectacular economic prominence in the 1960s and 1970s but then leveled off by the 1990s, as tensions over authenticity and identity persisted. With its depiction of jazz as a transforming global phenomenon, Blue Nippon will make enjoyable reading not only for jazz fans worldwide but also for ethnomusicologists, and students of cultural studies, Asian studies, and modernism.

San'ya Blues

Author : Edward Fowler
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801485701
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (857 download)

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Download or read book San'ya Blues written by Edward Fowler and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the years, Edward Fowler, an American academic, became a familiar presence in San'ya, a run-down neighborhood in northeastern Tokyo. Working as a day laborer himself, Fowler kept a diary of his experiences. The resulting oral histories, juxtaposed with Fowler's narrative and diary entries, bring to life a community on the margins of contemporary Japan.

Let's Get to the Nitty Gritty

Author : Horace Silver
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520253922
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Let's Get to the Nitty Gritty written by Horace Silver and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silver details the economic forces that persuaded him to put Silveto to rest and to return to the studios of such major jazz recording labels as Columbia, Impulse, and Verve, where he continued expanding his catalogue of new compositions and making recordings that are at least as impressive as his earlier work. Silver's irrepressible sense of humor combined with his distinctive spirituality make his account, which is well seasoned with anecdotes about the music, the musicians, and the milieu in which he worked and prospered, both entertaining and inspiring."--Jacket.

Blue Note

Author : Graham Marsh
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 0811800369
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (118 download)

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Download or read book Blue Note written by Graham Marsh and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 1991 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music lovers have been attracted to the distinct style and sleek sound of jazz since its birth at the turn of the century. The album covers collected in this comprehensive volume under the well-known Blue Note record label embody classic design and pioneering typography. Two hundred color photographs of the album sleeves, an informative history of the Blue Note record company, and a portrait of Reid Miles, who designed nearly 500 album covers, capture the integrity of this distinctive record label. Sophisticated jazz connoisseurs and young listeners alike, as well as those with an interest in style and graphic design, will enjoy this exciting book of jazz memorabilia.

African American Jazz and Rap

Author : James L. Conyers, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786462388
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book African American Jazz and Rap written by James L. Conyers, Jr. and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music is an expressive voice of a culture, often more so than literature. While jazz and rap are musical genres popular among people of numerous racial and social backgrounds, they are truly important historically for their representation of and impact upon African American culture and traditions. Essays offer interdisciplinary study of jazz and rap as they relate to black culture in America. The essays are grouped under sections. One examines an Afrocentric approach to understanding jazz and rap; another, the history, culture, performers, instruments, and political role of jazz and rap. There are sections on the expressions of jazz in dance and literature; rap music as art, social commentary, and commodity; and the future. Each essay offers insight and thoughtful discourse on these popular musical styles and their roles within the black community and in American culture as a whole. References are included for each essay.

Whose Blues?

Author : Adam Gussow
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469660377
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Whose Blues? written by Adam Gussow and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mamie Smith's pathbreaking 1920 recording of "Crazy Blues" set the pop music world on fire, inaugurating a new African American market for "race records." Not long after, such records also brought black blues performance to an expanding international audience. A century later, the mainstream blues world has transformed into a multicultural and transnational melting pot, taking the music far beyond the black southern world of its origins. But not everybody is happy about that. If there's "No black. No white. Just the blues," as one familiar meme suggests, why do some blues people hear such pronouncements as an aggressive attempt at cultural appropriation and an erasure of traumatic histories that lie deep in the heart of the music? Then again, if "blues is black music," as some performers and critics insist, what should we make of the vibrant global blues scene, with its all-comers mix of nationalities and ethnicities? In Whose Blues?, award-winning blues scholar and performer Adam Gussow confronts these challenging questions head-on. Using blues literature and history as a cultural anchor, Gussow defines, interprets, and makes sense of the blues for the new millennium. Drawing on the blues tradition's major writers including W. C. Handy, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Amiri Baraka, and grounded in his first-person knowledge of the blues performance scene, Gussow's thought-provoking book kickstarts a long overdue conversation.

Popular Music in Japan

Author : Toru Mitsui
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501363875
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Popular Music in Japan written by Toru Mitsui and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-07-09 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular music in Japan has been under the overwhelming influence of American, Latin American and European popular music remarkably since 1945, when Japan was defeated in World War II. Beginning with gunka and enka at the turn of the century, tracing the birth of hit songs in the record industry in the years preceding the War, and ranging to the adoption of Western genres after the War--the rise of Japanese folk and rock, domestic exoticism as a new trend and J-Pop--Popular Music in Japan is a comprehensive discussion of the evolution of popular music in Japan. In eight revised and updated essays written in English by renowned Japanese scholar Toru Mitsui, this book tells the story of popular music in Japan since the late 19th century when Japan began positively embracing the West.

Twenty Years of the Journal of Historical Sociology

Author : Yoke-Sum Wong
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444309730
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book Twenty Years of the Journal of Historical Sociology written by Yoke-Sum Wong and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-03-23 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last twenty years the Journal of HistoricalSociology has redefined what historical sociology can be. Theseessays by internationally distinguished historians, sociologists,anthropologists and geographers bring together the very best of theJHS. Volume 1 focuses on the British state, Volume 2 on thejournal’s wider interdisciplinary challenges. The second in a two-volume anthology representing the bestarticles published in The Journal of Historical Sociologyover the last twenty years. Includes essays, debates and responses written byinternationally distinguished historians, sociologists,anthropologists and geographers as well as by pioneering newerscholars have been influential in challenging and redefining thefield of historical sociology. Spans a range of issues and topics that combine rich empiricalscholarship with sophisticated theoretical engagement, bringingtogether the very best of the JHS. Challenges the nature of undertaking interdisciplinary workwithin history and the social sciences. A wide exploration of the historiographical, taking us beyondEurope and often highlighting unconventional approaches to thedisciplines.

The Blues Piano Collection

Author : Wise Publications
Publisher : Wise Publications
ISBN 13 : 1783236914
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book The Blues Piano Collection written by Wise Publications and published by Wise Publications. This book was released on 2008-06-16 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Blues Piano Collection combines classic songs, well-known favourites and contemporary works with an abundant variety of styles to enjoy, including rich chords, contouring melodies, smooth sounds, funky rhythms and much more. Each piece is carefully arranged for solo piano, suitable for intermediate players. Song List: - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man [Muddy Waters] - Back Door Man [Howlin' Wolf] - Black Coffee [Sarah Vaughan] - Blind Willie McTell [Bob Dylan] - Blue Monk [Thelonious Monk] - Blue Suede Shoes [Elvis Presley] - Blueberry Hill [Fats Domino] - Boogie Chillen [John Lee Hooker] - Crazy Blues [Perry Bradford] - Creole Love Call (Creole Love Song) [Duke Ellington] - Fever [Peggy Lee] - God Bless' The Child [Arthur Herzog] [Billie Holliday] - Hit The Road Jack [Ray Charles] - Hound Dog [Elvis Presley] - How Long How Long Blues [Leroy Carr] - I Believe To My Soul [Ray Charles] - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free [Nina Simone] - I'm Just A Lucky So And So [Diana Krall] - I'm Ready [Winwood, Steve] [Jools Holland] - I've Got To See You Again [Norah Jones] - Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues [Bob Dylan] - Learnin' The Blues [Katie Melua] - Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be) [Billie Holiday] - Lush Life [John Coltrane] - Monk's Mood [Thelonious Monk] - Peter Gunn Theme [The Blues Brothers] - Prelude To A Kiss [Duke Ellington] - Sweet Home Chicago [Robert Johnson] - The Lady Sings The Blues [Billie Holiday] [Herbie Nichols] - The Memphis Blues [W.C.Handy] [George A. Norton] - The Tokyo Blues [Horace Silver] - Watermelon Man [Herbie Hancock]

Jazz Musicians, 1945 to the Present

Author : David Dicaire
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786485574
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Jazz Musicians, 1945 to the Present written by David Dicaire and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its very beginnings, the nature of jazz has been to reinvent itself. As the musical genre evolved from its roots--blues, European music, Voodoo ceremonies, and brass bands that played at funerals, parades and celebrations--the sound reflected the tenor of the times, from the citified strains of the Roaring '20s to the Big Band swing of pre-World War II to the bop revolution that grew out of the minimalist sound the war forced upon the art form. That the music continued to develop and evolve is a tribute to the power and creativity of its musicians. Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Sarah Vaughan, Art Blakey, Dave Brubeck, Sun Ra, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Diana Krall, Archie Shepp, Chick Corea, Branford Marsalis, Larry Coryell, and Kenny Kirkland are just some of the jazz greats profiled here. The five major periods of jazz--the bop revolution, hard bop and cool jazz, the avant-garde, fusion, and contemporary--form the basis for the sections in this reference work, with a brief history of each period provided. The artists who were integral to the evolution of each period are then profiled. Each biographical entry focuses on the artist's life and his or her influence on jazz and on music as a whole. A complete discography for each musician is also provided.

JazzTimes

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book JazzTimes written by and published by . This book was released on 1995-09 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JazzTimes has been published continuously since 1970 and is the recipient of numerous awards for journalisim and graphic design. A large crossection of music afficionados and fans alike view JazzTimes as America's premier jazz magazine.In addition to insightful profiles of emerging and iconic stars, each issue contains over 100 reviews of the latest CDs, Books and DVDs. Published ten times annually, JazzTimes provides uncompromising coverage of the American jazz scene.

Catalog of Copyright Entries

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1386 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries written by and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 1386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Visions of Jazz

Author : Gary Giddins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780195132410
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (324 download)

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Download or read book Visions of Jazz written by Gary Giddins and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On jazz and jazz players

Whose Master's Voice?

Author : Fouli T. Papageorgiou
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313029318
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Whose Master's Voice? written by Fouli T. Papageorgiou and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1997-02-19 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the interactions between transnational communication and national cultures? This work attempts to answer this critical question in the study of culture and communication. It takes as its vehicle of study the music industry and music making in 13 different cultures, presenting an insider's view of a global cultural experience. Of interest to musicologists and sociologists alike, plus anyone fascinated by distant cultures and how they are affected by external as well as internal communication systems. The chapters are a collection of research findings produced for the International Communications and Youth Cultures Consortium (ICYC), an informal group of international scholars in many disciplines who are committed to understanding the economic and social factors that influence cultures and youth. Their point of view in this work is their individual country and the tensions that arise from the development of international communication systems. Each view is from inside the country; external influences are not subjects of study in themselves but are viewed as part of a complex scene along with other variables operating in various national situations.

Urban Spaces in Japan

Author : Christoph Brumann
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415695457
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book Urban Spaces in Japan written by Christoph Brumann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban Spaces in Japan explores the workings of power, money and the public interest in the planning and design of Japanese space. Through a set of vivid case studies of well-known Japanese cities including Tokyo, Kobe, and Kyoto, this book examines the potential of civil society in contemporary planning debates. Further, it addresses the implications of Japan's biggest social problem - the demographic decline - for Japanese cities, and demonstrates the serious challenges and exciting possibilities that result from the impending end of Japan's urban growth. Presenting a synthetic approach that reflects both the physical aspects and the social significance of urban spaces, this book scrutinizes the precise patterns of urban expansion and shrinkage. In doing so, it also summarizes current theories of public space, urban space, and the body in space which are relevant to both Japan and the wider international debate. With detailed case studies and more general reflections from a broad range of disciplines, this collection of essays demonstrates the value of cross-disciplinary cooperation. As such, it is of interest to students and scholars of geography and urban planning as well as history, anthropology and cultural studies.