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All Music Guide to Jazz (2nd
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Edited by Michael Erlewine… [et al] |
Miller Freeman, San Francisco, CA, 2003
ISBN: 978-0879304072 |
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no: R 781.65 AL51 |
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| The All
Music Guide to Jazz is a reference guide on jazz recordings and
performers. Designed for serious jazz fans and newcomers alike,
this guide profiles the lives and work of 1,440 key jazz
artists, reviewing and rating each one's best albums - more than
13,200 top recordings in all. Also rates the recordings by
best-of-genre, best-of-artist, and first pick. Features include:
an overview of jazz history; jazz styles; influential producers;
important record labels; music maps charting the evolution of
key instruments; and resources for further exploration. |
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Jazz: The Rough Guide |
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Written by Ian Carr, Digby
Fairweather and Brian Priestley |
Rough Guide, London, 1995
ISBN: 978-1858281377 |
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no: R 781.65 C23ja |
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Rough Guide to Jazz has more than 1600 critical biographies,
covering the spectrum from the legendary cornettist Buddy Bolden
to young players of the 1990s like Roy Hargrove and Julian
Joseph. Illustrated throughout with classic jazz shots and album
covers. |
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The New Grove Dictionary of
Jazz (3 volumes) |
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Edited by Barry Kernfield |
Oxford University Press, New York,
NY, 2002
ISBN: 978-1561592845 |
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no: R 781.65 NEW |
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| A
comprehensive single volume of jazz reference including:
performers, history, jazz terms, topics, instruments, styles,
festivals and clubs. It also includes record labels and much
more. |
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The Ultimate Jazz Fakebook |
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Compiled by Herb Wong |
H. Leonard Pub. Corp., Winona,
MN, 1988
ISBN: 978-0881889796 |
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no: R 781.65 UL83 |
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collection includes 635 songs spanning all jazz styles from more
than 9 decades - from traditional to swing to modern jazz,
carefully chosen chords with common practice chord
substitutions, lyrics to accommodate vocalists, easy-to-read
music, and composer and performer indexes. Songs include: Maple
Leaf Rag * Basin Street Blues * A Night in Tunisia * Lullaby of
Birdland * The Girl from Ipanema * Bag's Groove * I Can't Get
Started * All the Things You Are * and many more! |
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Louis Armstrong: An
Extravagant Life |
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By Laurence Bergreen |
Broadway Books, New York, NY, 1997
ISBN: 978-0553067682 |
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no: B ARM |
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| Drawing
on a vast, previously unexplored archive of Louis Armstrong's
writings and recordings, biographer Laurence Bergreen presents
an intimate, provocative, and definitive portrait of the
legendary founding father of jazz. The book chronicles Satchmo's
beginnings in the bordellos and honky-tonks of Storyville in New
Orleans, his early career days as a solo trumpeter in the
nightclub bands of Chicago and New York where he developed his
unique style of delivery, as well as his superb musicianship, to
his prodigious recordings, appearances, and international
stardom. Features a collection of black and white photographs. |
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Of Minnie the Moocher & Me |
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By Cab Calloway and Bryant Rollins |
Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York,
NY, 1976
ISBN: 978-0690010329 |
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no: B CAL |
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Autobiography written by Cab Calloway. It included his
complete Hepsters Dictionary as an appendix. |
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Spirit Catcher: The Life and
Art of John Coltrane |
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By John Fraim |
GreatHouse Company, West Liberty,
OH, 1996
ISBN: 978-0964556102 |
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no: B COL |
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| A look
at Coltrane's spiritual odyssey from his youth to his death.
Fraim traces Coltrane's musical roots with Dizzy Gillespie,
Johnny Hodges, Miles Davis, and Thelonious Monk and his search
for a universal sound. |
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Miles Davis: A Biography |
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By Ian Carr |
William Morrow and Company, Inc.,
New York, NY, 1982
ISBN: 978-0688013219 |
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no: B DAV |
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Ella Fitzgerald: Jazz Singer
Supreme |
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By Carolyn Wyman |
Frank Watts, New York, NY, 1993
ISBN: 978-0531130315 |
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no: B FIT |
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| In 1934
a shy fourteen-year-old girl made her singing debut at the
Harlem Opera House and walked away with the twenty-five dollar
prize. Neither she nor her audience could have guessed that Ella
Fitzgerald would become one of the greatest vocalists of all
time. Her versatility and talent have won her worldwide fame and
countless honors and awards. Chronicles the personal life and
singing career of the well-known jazz artist and discusses her
impact on contemporary music. |
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Dizzy: The Life and Times of
John Birks Gillespie |
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By Donald L. Maggin |
HarperEntertainment, New York, NY,
2005
ISBN: 978-0688170882 |
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no: B GIL |
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| Dizzy
Gillespie secured his place in the jazz pantheon as one of the
most expressive and virtuosic improvisers in the history of
music. More important is that he was one of its great
innovators. As a primary creator of the bebop and Afro-Cuban
revolutions, he twice changed the way improvisation was
fundamentally done. And by combining electrifying musicianship,
infectious warmth, and rare comedic skills, he achieved a
worldwide popularity few jazz musicians have ever enjoyed. A
chronicle of the rise of a jazz genius from the lowest rung of
the social order to the highest pinnacle of respect and ability
that brings Harlem's golden after-hours era, the raucous 52nd
Street scene, of the forties, the barrios of Havana and Rio, the
White House, and the world's great concert halls to glorious
life. |
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Billie’s Blues: The Billie
Holiday Story, 1933-1959 |
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By John Chilton |
Da Capo Press, New York, NY, 1975
ISBN: 978-0306803635 |
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no: B HOL |
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| Jazz
historian John Chilton has told the story of her short, tragic,
influential career with restraint, correcting many of the more
sensationalist tales she wrote about herself. |
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Celebrating Bird: The Triumph
of Charlie Parker |
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By Gary Giddins |
Beech Tree Books, New York, NY, 1987
ISBN: 978-0688059507 |
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no: B PAR |
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EBSCO Publications -
MasterFILE Premier |
Ebsco MasterFILE Premier is designed
specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary
database provides full text for more than 1,730 general
reference publications with full text information dating as far
back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general
interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text
reference books, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source
documents, and an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps and
flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
This database is available as part of the
TexShare Databases which are commercial database
subscriptions that are paid for by the Texas State Library and
Archives Commission (TSLAC) for use by registered patrons of
Texas public libraries.
Please ask your librarian for a login and password. |
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1,463 Academic Journal References
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19,492 Magazine References |
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4,270 Newspaper References |
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