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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A one-hundredth birthday tribute to the late jazz artist explores his observations about humanity's discriminatory and violent behaviors as well as his efforts to forge world peace through music with the Sun Ra Arkestra.
27) Jazz
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Documentary exploring the history of jazz from its beginnings through the 1990s, including the stories of many of its creators and performers. Includes archival video, still photographs, historical performances, and newly recorded interviews and musical performances.
Episode 1, Gumbo. Jazz is born in New Orleans at the turn of the century, emerging from several forms of music including ragtime, marching bands, work songs, spirituals, creole music,...
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
His angular melodies and dissonant harmonies shook the jazz world to its foundations, ushering in the birth of "bebop" and establishing Monk as one of America's greatest composers. Yet throughout much of his life, his musical contribution took a backseat to tales of his reputed behavior. Writers tended to obsess over Monk's hats or his proclivity to dance on stage. To his fans, he was the ultimate hipster; to his detractors, he was temperamental,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Legendary singer Billie Holiday comes alive in this first-ever collection of interviews from throughout her career. Included is her last interview, given from her deathbed in a New York City hospital, where police were standing by ready to arrest her for a parole violation should she recover. Also included: The transcript of an interrogation by a US Customs official questioning about whether she'd violated her parole by using drugs on a foreign tour....
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
This comprehensive guide tells the story of more than 250 key jazz songs and includes a listening guide to more than 2,000 recordings. The author draws on his deep personal experience with jazz music to outline the history and significance of the compositions and tell how they have been performed by different generations of jazz artists.
37) Miles Davis
Author
Series
Publisher
Mitchell Lane Publishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Profiles the life and career of jazz legend Miles Davis.
40) Louis Armstrong
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
Examines the personal life and musical career of the famous jazz trumpeter and singer known as Satchmo.
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