Author: Drew Page
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807124963
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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“Congratulations on a much needed book on the Big Band era, especially from the viewpoint of the ‘side man’. Having been one for about eight years before becoming a ‘leader’ I can really appreciate your approach. A bandleader is no better than the men behind him and I have had some great ones, including of course Drew Page.” —Freddy Martin Having lived behind the scenes during the Big Band era of the thirties and forties, Page invites us to share that era with him. An instrumentalist or sideman, in many touring bands, he recounts friendships with now-famous as well as unknown musicians who made American dance music. Like them, Drew Page loved his music and the road. He did not want to stay in one place and one job for thirty years, repeating one year or experience thirty times. He wanted to see things, to observe people and places. After a lifetime of traveling and music, “every town began to seem like home.” Page’s life was touched with humor, disappointment, triumph, and some tragedy. “ Perhaps it’s the variety of my experiences, none seeming to relate to the others, that has given my life its discontinuity.” Certainly, discontinuity characterized his daily life, but continuity–his music–characterized its essence. Brought together by their art, the traveling bandmembers were apt to encounter each other any place, any time, and so they avoided goodbyes. “I’ll be seeing you.’ That’s the way I left Harry James and the boys in the band,” recalls Page. In this well-illustrated autobiography, he tells us what it was like to travel in the days before paved roads, and how the Great Depression, the death of vaudeville, and World War II affected the music business. He gives us anecdotes about the famous musicians he worked with–Harry James, Red Nichols, Freddy Martin among others–and he talks about his fellow sidemen. His narrative unrolls like a scroll inscribed with the names of those who made American dance music and jazz famous. Every music lover, nostalgia seeker, and student of American culture will want to own this book.
Author: Drew Hayden Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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German developers propose a Native theme park for the "Otter Lake Reserve." Cast of 3 women and 3 men.
Author: Carolyn Keene
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481414712
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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In this Nancy Drew and the Clew Crew adventure, Nancy and her friends must track down a beautiful—and very rare—butterfly when it goes missing from the new butterfly museum. Nancy, Bess, and George can’t wait to check out Flutter House, an awesome new museum that’s all about butterflies! The girls are thrilled when they get to see the beautiful creatures up close and personal. But soon after their class leaves, the rarest butterfly, a Blue Morpho, goes missing! It’s up to the Clue Crew to get the valuable butterfly back safely. But with a long suspect list and not many clues, it’s going to be a tough case for Nancy and her friends.
Author: Drew Hayden Taylor
Publisher: Burnaby, B.C. : Talonbooks
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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A highly wrought farce of patrimony among fancy dancers" on the powwow trail. Cast of 3 women and 3 men.
Author: Max Harrison
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780720118223
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 924
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Following the same format as the acclaimed first volume, this selection of the best 250 modern jazz records and CDs places each in its musical context and reviews it in depth. Additionally, full details of personnel, recording dates, and locations are given. Indexes of album titles, track titles, and musicians are included.
Author: Stefan Petrucha
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9781597070768
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Contemporary detective, Nancy Drew, teams with her friends to solve new mysteries.
Author: Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822218104
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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THE STORY: Nobel Prize-winning author Abel Znorko lives as a recluse on a remote island in the Norwegian Seas. For fifteen years, his one friend and soulmate has been Helen, from whom he has been physically separated for the majority of their affai
Author: Katey Lovell
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504073983
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 239
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A witty, emotional tale of a baby, a bride-to-be, and a band of friends who are there for each other when things don’t go as planned . . . New mum Sophie Drew is planning her wedding to Max—who is proving to be an attentive and devoted dad to their baby girl. If only Sophie had as much energy. Motherhood—along with shopping for a bridal gown and other wedding-planning demands—is draining the life out of her. Fortunately her friends are by her side, and when she has an emotional meltdown, the troops rally around her . A trip to the doctor reveals she has postnatal depression—and soon some big decisions will need to be made. Can Sophie juggle it all without dropping some balls? This follow-up to Nothing New for Sophie Drew and When’s It Due, Sophie Drew? is a funny, heartwarming story of friendship, partnership, and the challenges of modern womanhood. Praise for the novels of Katey Lovell “Utterly lovely.” —Sunday Times–bestselling author Miranda Dickinson “Delightful.” —Phillipa Ashley, bestselling author of Summer at the Cornish Café
Author: Kathi Appelt
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060532335
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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The good ol' days are over. It's official, it's the news! With my brand-new baby brother came the brand-new baby blues! When a new baby wears her old pajamas, sleeps in her old bed, and seems to get all her parents' attention, a girl's bound to sing the blues. Is there anything a baby brother can do to change her tune?
Author: Persia Walker
Publisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 1936070901
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
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"Lanie Price, a 1920s Harlem society columnist, witnesses the brutal nightclub kidnapping of the "Black Orchid," a sultry, seductive singer with a mysterious past. When hours pass without a word from the kidnapper, puzzlement grows as to his motive. After a gruesome package arrives at Price's doorstep, the questions change. Just what does the kidnapper want--and how many people is he willing to kill to get it?" -- Publisher.
