Jumptown

Author : Robert Dietsche
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : UOM:39015057552559

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Jumptown by Robert Dietsche Pdf

A fascinating blend of music, politics, and social history, Jumptown sheds light on a time and place overlooked by histories of Portland and jazz. For a golden decade following World War II, jazz talent and musical activity flourished in Portland. A thriving African American neighborhood--that would soon be bulldozed for urban renewal--spawned a jazz heyday rarely rivaled on the West Coast. Such luminaries as Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Oscar Peterson, Dave Brubeck, and Wardell Gray headlined Portland clubs and traded chops with the up-and-coming local talent. The Dude Ranch. Lil' Sandy's McClendon's Rhythm Room. The Frat Hall. The Chicken Coop. The Uptown Ballroom. Jazz historian Bob Dietsche leads a guided tour of the main jazz spots--from supper club to dance hall--capturing the emotion, excitement, and energy of an evening on the town. His book for the first time collects hundreds of pieces of local jazz history--photographs, personal recollections, reviews, maps, handbills--to create "an anatomy of a jazz village." Dietsche's compendium of stories and moments brings to life the citizens of the jazz village--the musicians and dancers, the disc jockeys and promoters, the critics and music teachers, the club owners and patrons. Jumptown celebrates and preserves this rich cultural past and showcases its continuing influence. In an afterword, Lynn Darroch recaps the highlights in Portland jazz since 1968 and shows how "Portland's twenty-first-century jazz scene reflects the city's original golden age, and the spirit of the Avenue remains in the sounds of today."

Author : K. R. Krishna
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000088618

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Aerial Robotics in Agriculture by K. R. Krishna Pdf

This important volume provides a plethora of information on aerial vehicles and their possible roles in revolutionizing agricultural procedures through spectral analysis of terrains, soils, crops, water resources, diseases, floods, drought, and farm activities. There are several semi-autonomous and autonomous (robotic) aerial vehicles that are examined for their efficiency in offering detailed spectral data about agrarian regions and individual farms. Among them, small drone aircrafts such as fixed-winged and copter models have already caught the imagination of farmers. They are spreading fast in every nook and corner of the farm world. However, there are many more aerial robots that are utilized in greater detail during farming. In this volume, the focus is on aerial vehicles such as parafoils, blimps, aerostats, and kites, and how they are being evaluated for use in experimental farms and fields. A few aerial vehicles, such as robotic parafoils, have been adopted to procure aerial spectral data and visual imagery to aid agronomic procedures. These and other aerial robots are expected to change and improve the use of the sky in agricultural endeavors and the way we conduct agronomic procedures in the very near future. This volume is a timely resource for agricultural researchers, professors and students, and the general public who are interested in aerial vehicles.

Author : Oregon Historical Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Northwest, Pacific
ISBN : UCSD:31822041195868

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Oregon Historical Quarterly by Oregon Historical Society Pdf

Author : Tom Wolsky
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-26
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781136062063

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Final Cut Pro 4 Editing Essentials by Tom Wolsky Pdf

'Tom Wolsky's years of practical experience in editing shine through in page after page. Essentials will get you up and running quickly and you'll share some of Tom's deep industry experience and editorial insight.' —Philip Hodgetts, 'The Softw

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Computer graphics
ISBN : CORNELL:31924089443471

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Final Cut Pro 3 User's Manual: Getting started, input, and output by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1048 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Advertising
ISBN : IOWA:31858045085754

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Tide by Anonim Pdf

Author : William Winfield Scott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : Clifton (N.J.)
ISBN : WISC:89066012436

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History of Passaic and Its Environs ... by William Winfield Scott Pdf

Author : Episcopal Church. Diocese of Easton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Anglican Communion
ISBN : UIUC:30112104290587

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Journal of the ... Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Easton ... by Episcopal Church. Diocese of Easton Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Anglican Communion
ISBN : NYPL:33433070791052

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Journal of the ... Annual Convention, Diocese of Easton by Anonim Pdf

Author : Marcia Glassman-Jaffe
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-04
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780762762934

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Fun with the Family Massachusetts, 7th by Marcia Glassman-Jaffe Pdf

Geared towards parents with children between the ages of two and twelve, Fun with the Family Massachusetts features interesting facts and sidebars as well as practical tips about traveling with your little ones.

Author : Sarah Hill
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-24
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781501368431

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One-Hit Wonders by Sarah Hill Pdf

The one-hit wonder has a long and storied history in popular music, exhorting listeners to dance, to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony, to ponder mortality, to get a job, to bask in the sunshine, or just to get up and dance again. Catchy, memorable, irritating, or simply ubiquitous, one-hit wonders capture something of the mood of a time. This collection provides a series of short, sharp chapters focusing on one-hit wonders from the 1950s to the present day, with a view toward understanding both the mechanics of success and the socio-musical contexts within which such songs became hits. Some artists included here might have aspired to success but only managed one hit, while others enjoyed lengthy, if unremarkable, careers after their initial chart success. Put together, these chapters provide not only a capsule history of popular music tastes, but also ruminations on the changing nature of the music industry and the mechanics of fame.

Author : Episcopal Church. Diocese of Easton (Md.). Convention
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Anglican Communion
ISBN : WISC:89072967417

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Journal of the ... Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Easton by Episcopal Church. Diocese of Easton (Md.). Convention Pdf

Author : Will Bagley
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806187778

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With Golden Visions Bright Before Them by Will Bagley Pdf

During the mid-nineteenth century, a quarter of a million travelers—men, women, and children—followed the “road across the plains” to gold rush California. This magnificent chronicle—the second installment of Will Bagley’s sweeping Overland West series—captures the danger, excitement, and heartbreak of America’s first great rush for riches and its enduring consequences. With narrative scope and detail unmatched by earlier histories, With Golden Visions Bright Before Them retells this classic American saga through the voices of the people whose eyewitness testimonies vividly evoke the most dramatic era of westward migration. Traditional histories of the overland roads paint the gold rush migration as a heroic epic of progress that opened new lands and a continental treasure house for the advancement of civilization. Yet, according to Bagley, the transformation of the American West during this period is more complex and contentious than legend pretends. The gold rush epoch witnessed untold suffering and sacrifice, and the trails and their trials were enough to make many people turn back. For America’s Native peoples, the effect of the massive migration was no less than ruinous. The impact that tens of thousands of intruders had on Native peoples and their homelands is at the center of this story, not on its margins. Beautifully written and richly illustrated with photographs and maps, With Golden Visions Bright Before Them continues the saga that began with Bagley’s highly acclaimed, award-winning So Rugged and Mountainous: Blazing the Trails to Oregon and California, 1812–1848, hailed by critics as a classic of western history.

Author : William G. Robbins,Katrine Barber
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780816529599

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Nature's Northwest by William G. Robbins,Katrine Barber Pdf

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the greater Northwest was ablaze with change and seemingly obsessed with progress. The promotional literature of the time praising railroads, population increases, and the growing sophistication of urban living, however, ignored the reality of poverty and ethnic and gender discrimination. During the course of the next century, even with dramatic changes in the region, one constant remainedÑ inequality. With an emphasis on the regionÕs political economy, its environmental history, and its cultural and social heritage, this lively and colorful history of the Pacific NorthwestÑdefined here as Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and southern British ColumbiaÑplaces the narrative of this dynamic region within a national and international context. Embracing both Canadian and American stories in looking at the larger region, renowned historian William Robbins and Katrine Barber offer us a fascinating regional history through the lens of both the environment and society. Understanding the physical landscape of the greater Pacific NorthwestÑand the watersheds of the Columbia, Fraser, Snake, and Klamath riversÑsets the stage for understanding the development of the area. Examining how this landscape spawned sawmills, fish canneries, railroads, logging camps, agriculture, and shared immigrant and ethnic traditions reveals an intricate portrait of the twentieth-century Northwest. Impressive in its synthesis of myriad historical facts, this first-rate regional history will be of interest to historians studying the region from a variety of perspectives and an informative read for anyone fascinated by the story of a landscape rich in diversity, natural resources, and Native culture.

Author : Bruce Bastin
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781617032776

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The Melody Man by Bruce Bastin Pdf

Joe Davis, the focus of The Melody Man, enjoyed a 50-year career in the music industry, which covered nearly every aspect of the business. He hustled sheet music in the 1920s, copyrighted compositions by artists as diverse as Fats Waller, Carson Robison, Otis Blackwell, and Rudy Vallee, oversaw hundreds of recording session, and operated several record companies beginning in the 1940s. Davis also worked fearlessly to help insure that black recording artists and song writers gained equal treatment for their work. Much more than a biography, this book is an investigation of the role played by music publishers during much of the twentieth century. Joe Davis was not a music “great” but he was one of those individuals who enabled “greats” to emerge. A musician, manager, and publisher, his long career reveals much about the nature of the music industry and offers insight into how the industry changed from the 1920s to the 1970s. By the summer of 1924, when Davis was handling the “Race talent” for Ajax records, he had already worked in the music business for most of a decade and there was more than five decades of musical career ahead of him. The fact that his fascinating life has gone so long under-appreciated is remedied by the publication of Never Sell A Copyright. Originally published in England, in 1990, Never Sell a Copyright: Joe Davis and His Role in the New York Music Scene, 1916-1978 was never released in the United States and available in a very limited print run in England. The author, noted blues scholar and folklorist Bruce Bastin, has worked with fellow music scholar Kip Lornell to completely update, condense, and improve the book for this first-ever American edition.