Author: Lewis Porter
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
This book retrieves long-out-of-print previously unpublished biographical and critical essays, as well as a complete and authoritative collection of Young's interviews and a selection of rare photographs. Together these materials form a record of the life and music of the man Billie Holiday nicknamed "the President." Outstanding in this symposium are contributions by Nat Henthoff, Barry Ulanov, Loren Schoenberg, Whitney Balliett, Bobby Scott, Allan Morrison, Frank Büchmann-Møller and notably Martin Williams.
LESTER YOUNG RDR PB
Author: Lewis Porter
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
This book retrieves long-out-of-print previously unpublished biographical and critical essays, as well as a complete and authoritative collection of Young's interviews and a selection of rare photographs. Together these materials form a record of the life and music of the man Billie Holiday nicknamed "the President." Outstanding in this symposium are contributions by Nat Henthoff, Barry Ulanov, Loren Schoenberg, Whitney Balliett, Bobby Scott, Allan Morrison, Frank Büchmann-Møller and notably Martin Williams.
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
This book retrieves long-out-of-print previously unpublished biographical and critical essays, as well as a complete and authoritative collection of Young's interviews and a selection of rare photographs. Together these materials form a record of the life and music of the man Billie Holiday nicknamed "the President." Outstanding in this symposium are contributions by Nat Henthoff, Barry Ulanov, Loren Schoenberg, Whitney Balliett, Bobby Scott, Allan Morrison, Frank Büchmann-Møller and notably Martin Williams.
Ellingtonia
Author: W. E. Timner
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0585040842
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
More than a discography, this book compiles the complete recorded music of Duke Ellington and his sidemen, including studio recordings, movie soundtracks, concerts, dance dates, radio broadcasts, telecasts, and private recordings, creating an easy to use reference source for Jazz collectors and scholars.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0585040842
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
More than a discography, this book compiles the complete recorded music of Duke Ellington and his sidemen, including studio recordings, movie soundtracks, concerts, dance dates, radio broadcasts, telecasts, and private recordings, creating an easy to use reference source for Jazz collectors and scholars.
You Got to Be Original, Man!
Author: Frank Büchmann-Møller
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Lester Young, the legendary tenor sax player known as Pres, created earth-shattering music for nearly 25 years. Now for the first time, the many Presophiles around the globe and kindred jazz aficionados will have access to a complete guide to Young's recorded legacy in this exhaustive discography. This companion volume to Buchmann-Moller's You Just Fight for Your Life, the longest and most accurate biography of Young's life to date, details 251 recording sessions. Listed chronologically, each session has its own introduction that contains title, personnel, date and place of recording, record label, discographical information with matrix numbers, the number of the newest or most complete release of the actual session, and, where applicable, whether recording is from concert, radio, or TV. The solography lists every solo played by Young, published or unpublished, and contains some newly discovered items including critical assessments of the solos, in many cases illustrated by the author's own transcriptions of the improvisations. Each solo analysis contains song title, form, and the number of takes followed by a listing of the personnel and individual soloists. Included here are notations for over 80 great Young solos and excerpts for many more written for a B flat instrument so that musicians can play along with their Lester Young recordings. Access to musicians and song titles is facilitated by a song index and a name index that keys items to the numbered sessions, and an index of the transcribed solos refer to the page(s) where the solos are to be found. Musicians, fans, students, and scholars of music and jazz, as well as the general reader with an interest in jazz will find You Got to be Original, Man! with its complete solography and companion biography, You Just Fight for Your Life to be the most comprehensive introduction of the man and his music available.
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Lester Young, the legendary tenor sax player known as Pres, created earth-shattering music for nearly 25 years. Now for the first time, the many Presophiles around the globe and kindred jazz aficionados will have access to a complete guide to Young's recorded legacy in this exhaustive discography. This companion volume to Buchmann-Moller's You Just Fight for Your Life, the longest and most accurate biography of Young's life to date, details 251 recording sessions. Listed chronologically, each session has its own introduction that contains title, personnel, date and place of recording, record label, discographical information with matrix numbers, the number of the newest or most complete release of the actual session, and, where applicable, whether recording is from concert, radio, or TV. The solography lists every solo played by Young, published or unpublished, and contains some newly discovered items including critical assessments of the solos, in many cases illustrated by the author's own transcriptions of the improvisations. Each solo analysis contains song title, form, and the number of takes followed by a listing of the personnel and individual soloists. Included here are notations for over 80 great Young solos and excerpts for many more written for a B flat instrument so that musicians can play along with their Lester Young recordings. Access to musicians and song titles is facilitated by a song index and a name index that keys items to the numbered sessions, and an index of the transcribed solos refer to the page(s) where the solos are to be found. Musicians, fans, students, and scholars of music and jazz, as well as the general reader with an interest in jazz will find You Got to be Original, Man! with its complete solography and companion biography, You Just Fight for Your Life to be the most comprehensive introduction of the man and his music available.
The Lancet
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1956
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1956
Book Description
Ellingtonia
Author:
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Institute of Jazz Studies : Scarecrow Press
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Compiles the recorded music of Ellington and his sidemen, including studio recordings, soundtracks, concerts, radio broadcasts, and private recordings as well as those made with other bands.
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Institute of Jazz Studies : Scarecrow Press
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Compiles the recorded music of Ellington and his sidemen, including studio recordings, soundtracks, concerts, radio broadcasts, and private recordings as well as those made with other bands.
Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriations for 1975
Author: U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1272
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1272
Book Description
Aerial Age Weekly
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
The Child
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child care
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child care
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Annual Report of the American Bible Society
Author: American Bible Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1070
Book Description
Together with a list of auxiliary and cooperating societies, their officers, and other data.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1070
Book Description
Together with a list of auxiliary and cooperating societies, their officers, and other data.
Journal of the American Medical Association
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 976
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 976
Book Description