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Duke Ellington and his world
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A. H Lawrence |
"Based on lengthy interviews with Ellington's bandmates, family, and friends, Duke Ellington and His World offers a new look at this legendary composer. The first biography of the composer written by… |
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Giants of jazz ; sketches by Robert Galster
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Studs Terkel |
Brief biographies of thirteen jazz musicians who have made major contributions to the development of this form of music. |
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Duke Ellington's America
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Harvey G. Cohen |
A cultural and musical biography of Duke Ellington. |
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The Glass Enclosure
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Alyn Shipton |
"Bud Powell revolutionized jazz piano in the 1940s by developing a rapidity of thought and execution hitherto matched only by pioneer bebop trumpeters and saxophonists. He combined the harmonic innov… |
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Jazz in the bittersweet blues of life
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Carl Vigeland,Wynton Marsalis |
As Carl Vigeland went on tour with Wynton Marsalis and his septet, he witnessed "their relationships with their audiences, their art, and each other. At the same time, Marsalis takes us into the hear… |
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John Coltrane
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John Selfridge |
Summary: Traces the life of the innovative jazz saxophonist and the evolution of his music. |
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Pops
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Terry Teachout |
Draws on previously unavailable sources, including hundreds of private recordings made throughout the second half of the jazz master's life, to assess his artistic achievements and personal life. |
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Kansas City lightning
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Stanley Crouch |
The first installment in the long-awaited portrait of one of the most talented and influential musicians of the twentieth century. Charlie Parker personified the tortured American artist: a revolutio… |
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Bowie's piano man
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Clifford Slapper |
"Pianist Mike Garson was David Bowie's most frequent musician, on record and onstage throughout Bowie's life. They played over a thousand shows together between 1972 and 2004, and Garson is featured … |
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The Stardust Road
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Hoagy Carmichael |
Composer, singer, lyricist, and actor Hoagy Carmichael (1899–1981) was one of America's most versatile songwriters, crossing the boundaries of jazz, Tin Pan Alley, blues, and film. His classic songs … |
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Low down
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A. J. Albany |
A.J. Albany's recollection of life with her father, the jazz pianist Joe Albany, is the story of one girl's unsentimental education. Joe played with the likes of Charles Mingus, Lester Young, and Cha… |
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Strayhorn
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A. Alyce Claerbaut,David Schlesinger |
Collection of essays, photographs, and ephemera celebrating Billy Strayhorn and released in commemoration of his centennial, this coffee-table book offers details of the composer's life from musician… |
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I Didn't Make a Million
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Whitey Smith |
First published in 1956 in Manila.
Article about the book "Jazz Bandleader Whitey Smith, “The Man Who Taught China to Dance” in Shanghai, 1920s-1930s"
http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2017/5/19/t… |
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Black bottom stomp
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David A. Jasen |
"Black Bottom Stomp: Eight Masters of Ragtime and Early Jazz tells the compelling stories of the lives and times of eight seminal figures in American music, including Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong, a… |
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Bassically speaking
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Edward Berger |
xi, 483 p. : 23 cm |
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Brother Ray
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Ray Charles |
Ray Charles has led one of the most extraordinary lives of any popular musician. Overcoming poverty, blindness, the loss of his parents, and the prevailing racism of the time, by the age of thirty-tw… |
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Lester Leaps In
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Douglas Henry Daniels |
"He was jazz's first hipster. He performed in sunglasses and coined and popularized phrases like "that's cool" and "you dig?" He always wore a suit and his trademark porkpie hat. He influenced everyo… |
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The King of All, Sir Duke
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Peter Lavezzoli |
"This book is both study and appreciation. It begins by recounting Ellington's life as well as his musical work, secular and sacred.
A year after Ellington's death, Stevie Wonder's groundbreaking LP… |
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Castles Made of Sound
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Larry Hicock |
"Gil Evans was once described by Miles Davis as "the greatest musician in the world," yet for decades he remained an industry secret, one of the least publicized revolutionaries in jazz. Behind the s… |
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It's All in the Music
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Derek Ansell |
Book was never ever published. Vehicule Press, in Canada, accepted it for publication but never printed it and put it on the market. they have been in breach of contract for six years now.
Now tho… |
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