Download or read book Jazz written by Toni Morrison and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-07-24 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner, a passionate, profound story of love and obsession that brings us back and forth in time, as a narrative is assembled from the emotions, hopes, fears, and deep realities of Black urban life. With a foreword by the author. “As rich in themes and poetic images as her Pulitzer Prize–winning Beloved.... Morrison conjures up the hand of slavery on Harlem’s jazz generation. The more you listen, the more you crave to hear.” —Glamour In the winter of 1926, when everybody everywhere sees nothing but good things ahead, Joe Trace, middle-aged door-to-door salesman of Cleopatra beauty products, shoots his teenage lover to death. At the funeral, Joe’s wife, Violet, attacks the girl’s corpse. This novel “transforms a familiar refrain of jilted love into a bold, sustaining time of self-knowledge and discovery. Its rhythms are infectious” (People). "The author conjures up worlds with complete authority and makes no secret of her angst at the injustices dealt to Black women.” —The New York Times Book Review

Download or read book Jazz For Dummies written by Dirk Sutro and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-04-20 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes a list of more than 100 recordings for your jazz collection The fun and easy way to explore the world of jazz Jazz is America's greatest music, but with over a century's worth of styles and artists, where do you begin? Relax! This hep cat's guide delivers the scoop on the masters and their music -- from Duke Ellington to Charlie Parker to Wynton Marsalis. It's just what you need to tune in to the history and musical structure of jazz and become a more savvy listener. Discover how to * Understand the traits and roots of jazz * Tune in to jazz styles, from big band to bebop * Listen to great jazz artists * Catch a live jazz performance * Succeed in a jazz ensemble Praise for Jazz For Dummies "Now you can finally know about one of . . . America's greatest contributions to world culture." --Jon Faddis, jazz trumpeter "Fun to read. . . . An important stepping stone to understanding this complex and profound music." --James Moody, jazz saxophonist "Dirk Sutro is madly in love with jazz and . . . he knows what he's talking about." --"Chubby" Jackson, jazz bassist

Download or read book The Old Grey Whistle Test Quiz Book written by and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bob Dylan. Tom Waits. Blondie. The Ramones. REM. The Who. Fleetwood Mac. Led Zeppelin. The list goes on and on. The Old Grey Whistle Test has played host to some of the biggest names in music and has assumed its rightful place at the pinnacle of rock history - but how much of a fan are you? Do you know your Bowie backlist? Could your knowledge of Lennon long-players stand up to scrutiny? And can you tell your glam rock from your hair metal? This collection delves deep into the Whistle Test archives to pose over 2,500 quiz questions on your favourite artists, from global megastars to obscure one-time guests on the show. Play in teams or test your own knowledge on questions covering a whole range of musical puzzles, from lost albums and banned songs to classic solos, one-hit wonders and more.

Download or read book Pub Quiz written by Eric Saunders and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 4000 questions, together with a 'how to run a pub quiz' introduction, provide you with everything to host the best quiz night ever! The questions cover a wide range of subjects to test the general knowledge of the most seasoned quiz fans.

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Download or read book Blue Notes written by Robert P. Vande Kappelle and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music, like romance, is the language of the soul. Music allows us to express ourselves, and in so doing makes us feel alive. Jazz music, the only art form created by Americans, reminds us that the genius of America is improvisation; a good beat, a contagious rhythm, an emotional ballad, creative improvisation, jazz has it all. Jazz is the story of extraordinary human beings, black and white, male and female, children of privilege and children of despair, who were able to do what most of us only dream of doing: create art on the spot. Their stories are told in Blue Notes. Blue Notes contains profiles of 365 jazz personalities, one for each day of the year. Each vignette tells a story, some heartwarming, others tragic, but all memorable. The daily entries also provide valuable information on jazz styles, jazz history, instruments and instrumentalists, and such related topics as jazz and religion, women in jazz, drug and alcohol abuse, and racism. These topics can be referenced through an extensive set of indexes. The book's appendix includes helpful background information, a concise overview of jazz music, and even a quiz on jazz biography. While Blue Notes is written for jazz fans in general, experts will value its comprehensive nature. So whether you are curious about jazz or simply love and appreciate music, Blue Notes will provide daily moments of discovery and help you recognize what the rest of the world already has, a music so compelling that it can be said to define the human being in the twentieth century.

Download or read book Popular Music written by Roman Iwaschkin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive guide to popular music literature, first published in 1986. Its main focus is on American and British works, but it includes significant works from other countries, making it truly international in scope.

Download or read book The Greatest Music Quiz Book written by Kevin Snelgrove and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2019-02-07 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has music played an important role in your life? Do you enjoy listening to many different genres of music? Can you recall songs and tunes from your childhood? If you answered yes to any of these questions The Greatest Music Quiz Book has been compiled with you in mind. In what year was the word ‘Pop' first used to describe a piece of music having popular appeal? Which John Lennon song did Beyoncé Knowles sing to win a school concert in 1988? Kim, Debbie, Joni and Kathy are better known as which US group formed in 1972? These are just a taster of the 1,000 questions to be found in this book. Written and researched by experienced quiz writer Kevin Snelgrove with a fitting foreword by Gareth Jones, this book covers several genres of music, spanning several decades. There is something for everyone with questions suitable for all ages. This is a must-have book for anyone who enjoys popular music whether you are testing yourself, family and friends or researching material for a quiz night.

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Download or read book In Pursuit of a Melody written by Joan Cartwright and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-09-30 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the hard cover edition of Joan Cartwright's first book of memoirs, poetry, songs, and lectures.

Download or read book Blue Rhythm Fantasy written by John Wriggle and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behind the iconic jazz orchestras, vocalists, and stage productions of the Swing Era lay the talents of popular music's unsung heroes: the arrangers. John Wriggle takes you behind the scenes of New York City's vibrant entertainment industry of the 1930s and 1940s to uncover the lives and work of jazz arrangers, both black and white, who left an indelible mark on American music and culture. Blue Rhythm Fantasy traces the extraordinary career of arranger Chappie Willet--a collaborator of Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Gene Krupa, and many others--to revisit legendary Swing Era venues and performers from Harlem to Times Square. Wriggle's insightful music analyses of big band arranging techniques explore representations of cultural modernism, discourses on art and commercialism, conceptions of race and cultural identity, music industry marketing strategies, and stage entertainment variety genres. Drawing on archives, obscure recordings, untapped sources in the African American press, and interviews with participants, Blue Rhythm Fantasy is a long-overdue study of the arranger during this dynamic era of American music history.

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Download or read book Jazz Improvisation Revised written by David Baker and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2005-05-03 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jazz Improvisation focuses on the communicative and technical aspects of improvisation and makes an excellent resource for both pros and aspiring improvisers. Assimilate and execute chord progressions, substitutions, turn arounds and construct a melody and jazz chorus.

Download or read book 1 000 Curious Questions written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-10-15 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children ask the best questions—and this book has the answers! This timeless encyclopedia covers children's favorite topics, all in a friendly, easy-to-read Q&A format, perfect to dip into and browse. If your child is always asking questions, from "how do airplanes fly?" to "why do zebras have stripes?" and everything in between, this is the book for them. Shaped by children's interests and their insatiable curiosity, this is a book that children will read again and again. Alongside the children's questions and the expert answers are beautiful illustrations, photographs, and diagrams to bring every topic to life in rich detail and with perfect clarity. Question Everything! is essential reading to encourage curious kids to keep questioning the world around them.

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Download or read book The Round Britain Quiz Book written by Paul Bajoria and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-10-17 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘The nerdiest and longest-running quiz around’ The Spectator Have you got what it takes to tackle Radio 4's most fiendish quiz? Question: A fictional criminal psychologist, a former Conservative minister, and the eponymous protagonist of a Peter Hedges novel, might all serve on the board alongside some big cheeses. Can you explain?* The Round Britain Quiz is the oldest broadcast quiz anywhere in the world. Created in 1947 it has built and maintained a cult following from across the generations. Each series sees six teams from around the UK competing against each other to solve a series of seriously cryptic clues, with a chairman giving a steer on how to get to the answer. Compiled by long-serving series producer, Paul Bajoria, and with an introduction from the Chairman, BBC journalist Tom Sutcliffe, The Round Britain Quiz Book features 250 of the toughest and most challenging questions from the last 70 years as well as many new and exclusive conundrums, drawing on unpredictable fields of knowledge, to truly test the nation. *Answer: They might all be found on a cheeseboard, as accompaniments to the cheese. The psychologist referred to is ‘Fitz’ in the TV series Cracker, the former MP is Eric Pickles, and Gilbert Grape is Peter Hedges’ creation.