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Category : Jazz
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Discophile
Author: A Blues Bibliography
Author: Robert FordPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135865078
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 2397
Book Description
A Blues Bibliography, Second Edition is a revised and enlarged version of the definitive blues bibliography first published in 1999. Material previously omitted from the first edition has now been included, and the bibliography has been expanded to include works published since then. In addition to biographical references, this work includes entries on the history and background of the blues, instruments, record labels, reference sources, regional variations and lyric transcriptions and musical analysis. The Blues Bibliography is an invaluable guide to the enthusiastic market among libraries specializing in music and African-American culture and among individual blues scholars.
New York Magazine
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Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
More Important Than the Music
Author: Bruce D. EppersonPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022606767X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Today, jazz is considered high art, America’s national music, and the catalog of its recordings—its discography—is often taken for granted. But behind jazz discography is a fraught and highly colorful history of research, fanaticism, and the intense desire to know who played what, where, and when. This history gets its first full-length treatment in Bruce D. Epperson’s More Important Than the Music. Following the dedicated few who sought to keep jazz’s legacy organized, Epperson tells a fascinating story of archival pursuit in the face of negligence and deception, a tale that saw curses and threats regularly employed, with fisticuffs and lawsuits only slightly rarer. Epperson examines the documentation of recorded jazz from its casual origins as a novelty in the 1920s and ’30s, through the overwhelming deluge of 12-inch vinyl records in the middle of the twentieth century, to the use of computers by today’s discographers. Though he focuses much of his attention on comprehensive discographies, he also examines the development of a variety of related listings, such as buyer’s guides and library catalogs, and he closes with a look toward discography’s future. From the little black book to the full-featured online database, More Important Than the Music offers a history not just of jazz discography but of the profoundly human desire to preserve history itself.
International Discophile
Author: Two Guys Read the Obituaries
Author: Steve ChandlerPublisher: Author's Choice Publishing
ISBN: 9781931741798
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Each author combed the obituary pages for a calendar year. They wrote about the Reaper's usual harvest--the famous, the infamous and the fascinating.
Popular Music
Author: Roman IwaschkinPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317223446
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
This is a comprehensive guide to popular music literature, first published in 1986. Its main focus is on American and British works, but it includes significant works from other countries, making it truly international in scope.
Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound
Author: Frank HoffmannPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135949492
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 2611
Book Description
First Published in 2005. The Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound, 2nd edition, is an A to Z reference work covering the entire history of recorded sound from Edison discs to CDs and MP3. Entries range from technical terms (Acoustics; Back Tracking; Quadraphonic) to recording genres (blues, opera, spoken word) to histories of industry leaders and record labels to famed recording artists (focusing on their impact on recorded sound). Entries range in length from 25-word definitions of terms to 5000 word essays. Drawing on a panel of experts, the general editor has pulled together a wealth of information. The volume concludes with a complete reference bibliography and a deep index.
Jazz Music
Author: They Were Giants 2007
Author: Patrick YearlyPublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595428134
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Many people make significant contributions to society outside of the spotlight. Patrick Yearly profiles over 300 people whose names are not well known, but life's work has made a lasting impact. From the fields of business, medicine, science and sports to the arts, education and many more, he covers a wide range of accomplishments that have made a profound impact on everyday life.