Author: Edward MammattPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Some Other Blues
Author: Jean-Philippe MarcouxPublisher:
ISBN: 9780814257845
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Drawing from both scholars and friends of Amiri Baraka, this collection reassesses Baraka's multilayered creative output.
Little Blues Book
Author: Brian RobertsonPublisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 9781565121379
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This little book transcends geographical, social, and economic boundaries to search the heart and soul of the blues, looking for rules to live by, hope for the downtrodden, cautionary tales for the good times, and truths that "hurt so good". Sometimes, you just gotta be blue. But, as this book goes to show, that's okay--because you're never alone.
Another Good Loving Blues
Author: A. R. FlowersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Finally a story from a black man who goes beneath the surface and lets his characters scat across the page! The journey is magical and funky. I applaud him.' - Terry Macmillan'
John Coltrane Plays "Coltrane Changes" (Songbook)
Author: John ColtranePublisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1476885850
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
(Artist Transcriptions). In the late 1950s, John Coltrane composed or arranged a series of tunes that used chord progressions based on a series of key center movements by thirds, rather than the usual fourths and fifths of standard progressions. This sound is so aurally identifiable and has received so much attention from jazz musicians that it has become known as "Coltrane's Changes." This book presents an exploration of his changes by studying 13 of his arrangements, each containing Coltrane's unique harmonic formula. It includes complete solo transcriptions with extensive performance notes for each. Titles include: Body and Soul * But Not for Me * Central Park West * Countdown * Fifth House * Giant Steps * Summertime * and more.
The Analyst
Author: Edward MammattThe Entomologist
Author: Federal Register
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Delegated legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Mods, Rockers, and the Music of the British Invasion
Author: James E. PeronePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0275998614
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Musical floodgates were opened after the Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964. Suddenly, the U.S. record charts, radio, and television were overrun with British rock and pop musicians. Although this British Invasion was the first exposure many Americans had to popular music from the United Kingdom, British pop — and more specifically British rock and roll — had been developing since the middle of the 1950s. Author James Perone here chronicles the development of British rock, from the 1950s imitators of Elvis Presley and other American rockabilly artists, to the new blends of rockabilly, R&B, Motown, and electric blues that defined the British Invasion as we recognize it today. Die-hard fans of the Beatles, the Who, and the Kinks will all want a copy, as will anyone interested in the 1960s more generally. May 1964 saw major gang-style battles break out in British resort communities between the Mods and the Rockers. The tensions between the two groups had been developing for several years, with each group claiming their own sense of culture and style. The Mods wore designer clothing, rode Vespa motor scooters, and shared an affinity for black American soul music, while the Rockers favored powerful motorcycles, greased-back hair, and 1950s American rock and roll. It was within this context that the sounds of the British Invasion developed. Mods, Rockers, and the Music of the British Invasion chronicles the development of British rock through the iconic artists who inspired the movement, as well as through the bands who later found incredible success overseas. In addition to analyzing the music in the context of the British youth culture of the early 1960s, Perone analyzes the reasons that the British bands came to so thoroughly dominate the record charts and airwaves in the United States. The contributions of Cliff Richard, Billy Fury, Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, Tommy Steele, the Tornados, Tony Sheridan, Blues Incorporated, and others to the development of British rock and roll are examined, as are the contributions and commercial and artistic impact of major British Invasion artists such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Dave Clark Five, the Yardbirds, Manfred Mann, the Who, the Kinks, and others. After investigating these groups and their influences upon one another, Perone concludes by examining the commercial and stylistic impact British rock musicians had on the American music of the time.
Living the Blues
Author: Adolfo De LaPublisher: eBookIt.com
ISBN: 1456603329
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Canned Heat's Story of Music, Drugs, Death, Sex and Survival
Long Steel Rail
Author: Norm CohenPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252068812
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
Impeccable scholarship and lavish illustration mark this landmark study of American railroad folksong. Norm Cohen provides a sweeping discussion of the human aspects of railroad history, railroad folklore, and the evolution of the American folksong. The heart of the book is a detailed analysis of eighty-five songs, from "John Henry" and "The Wabash Cannonball" to "Hell-Bound Train" and "Casey Jones," with their music, sources, history, and variations, and discographies. A substantial new introduction updates this edition.