The Listener's Guide to the Blues
Author : Peter Guralnick
Publisher :
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 14,62 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Music
ISBN :
The Blues CD Listener's Guide
Author : Howard J. Blumenthal
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,28 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Blues
ISBN : 9780823076109
Book Description
Presents biographies, reviews and linkages on over 100 key artists representing the vast spectrum of music known as Blues.
The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Blues
Author : David Evans
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 46,41 MB
Release : 2005-02-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780399530722
Book Description
Examining the changing face of the genre from its beginnings at the end of the 19th century to its international popularity today, this book traces the social climate that inspired the blues and takes a look at the unmistakable influences that blues had on 20th-century music. Includes information on performances from Muddy Waters to Eric Clapton.
The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to World Music
Author : Chris Nickson
Publisher : Perigee Trade
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,66 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780399530326
Book Description
Discover world music--for illumination, enlightenment, and inspiration. Like few other musical forms, world music encompasses hundreds of different traditions and cultures, many intoxicating moods, and a richly diverse catalogue of music and musicians. THE MUSICIANS, including: Paco de Lucia, King Sunny Ade, Ravi Shankar, The Gipsy Kings, Tito Puente, Bob Marley, Beny Moré, The Chieftains, Wu Man, Sheila Chandra, and Miriam Makeba THE STYLES, including: African reggae, Indonesian gamelan, Brazilian bossa nova, Hindu Carnatic, Chinese opera, Russian folk, Nordic fiddle and ballad, Argentine tango, Parisian bal-musette, Spanish flamenco, Greek rembetika, and Trinidad calypso
The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Jazz
Author : Loren Schoenberg
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 33,23 MB
Release : 2002-08-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780399527944
Book Description
A concise history of jazz The noteworthy composers and musicians, from Jelly Roll Morton and Thelonious Monk to Miles Davis and Charles Mingus Major performers from Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald to Nat King Cole and Duke Ellington Classic songs and compositions The most influential recordings of all time A complete guide to jazz terminology and lingo Valuable resources for the Curious Listener
All Music Guide to the Blues
Author : Vladimir Bogdanov
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 772 pages
File Size : 43,12 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780879307363
Book Description
Reviews and rates the best recordings of 8,900 blues artists in all styles.
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide
Author : John Swenson
Publisher : Random House (NY)
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 17,30 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Music
ISBN :
Book Description
The most comprehensive guide to jazz and blues recordings in print, including reviews of more than ten thousand albums. An essential book for any music fan's library.
Barrelhouse Words
Author : Stephen Calt
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 42,87 MB
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0252090713
Book Description
This fascinating compendium explains the most unusual, obscure, and curious words and expressions from vintage blues music. Utilizing both documentary evidence and invaluable interviews with a number of now-deceased musicians from the 1920s and '30s, blues scholar Stephen Calt unravels the nuances of more than twelve hundred idioms and proper or place names found on oft-overlooked "race records" recorded between 1923 and 1949. From "aggravatin' papa" to "yas-yas-yas" and everything in between, this truly unique, racy, and compelling resource decodes a neglected speech for general readers and researchers alike, offering invaluable information about black language and American slang.
Duke Ellington. [A Biography. With Portraits.].
Author : Eddie Lambert
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,40 MB
Release : 1959
Category : Jazz
ISBN :
Book Description
I Feel So Good
Author : Bob Riesman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 19,77 MB
Release : 2011-05-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0226717453
Book Description
He was one of the most celebrated blues artists of his era, a visionary Chicago singer-songwriter in the 1930s; his overseas tours in the 1950s ignited the British blues-rock explosion of the 1960s. But Big Bill Broonzy has been virtually forgotten by the popular culture he helped shape. Riesman details Big Bill's complicated personal saga, and provides a definitive account of his life and music.
