Louis Jordan

Author : Stephen Koch
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625849687

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Louis Jordan by Stephen Koch Pdf

Though you may not know the man, you probably know his music. Arkansas-born Louis Jordan's songs like "Baby, It's Cold Outside," "Caldonia" and "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" can still be heard today, decades since Jordan ruled the charts. In his five-decade career, Jordan influenced American popular music, film and more and inspired the likes of James Brown, B.B. King, Chuck Berry and Ray Charles. Known as the "King of the Jukeboxes," he and his combo played a hybrid of jazz, swing, blues and comedy music during the big band era that became the start of R&B. In a stunning narrative portrait of Louis Jordan, author Stephen Koch contextualizes the great, forgotten musician among his musical peers, those he influenced and the musical present.

Author : John Chilton
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : African American musicians
ISBN : 047208478X

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Let the Good Times Roll by John Chilton Pdf

The first biography of the father of rhythm and blues

Author : Robert Ford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1401 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2008-03-31
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781135865085

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A Blues Bibliography by Robert Ford Pdf

This revised and updated definitive blues bibliography now includes 6,000-7,000 entries to cover the last decade’s writings and new figures to have emerged on the Country and modern blues to the R&B scene.

Author : Mark Cantor
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 2077 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476646428

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The Soundies by Mark Cantor Pdf

The 1940s saw a brief audacious experiment in mass entertainment: a jukebox with a screen. Patrons could insert a dime, then listen to and watch such popular entertainers as Nat "King" Cole, Gene Krupa, Cab Calloway or Les Paul. A number of companies offered these tuneful delights, but the most successful was the Mills Novelty Company and its three-minute musical shorts called Soundies. This book is a complete filmography of 1,880 Soundies: the musicians heard and seen on screen, recording and filming dates, arrangers, soloists, dancers, entertainment trade reviews and more. Additional filmographies cover more than 80 subjects produced by other companies. There are 125 photos taken on film sets, along with advertising images and production documents. More than 75 interviews narrate the firsthand experiences and recollections of Soundies directors and participants. Forty years before MTV, the Soundies were there for those who loved the popular music of the 1940s. This was truly "music for the eyes."

Author : James Lincoln Collier
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1985-10-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780195365078

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Louis Armstrong by James Lincoln Collier Pdf

Louis Armstrong. "Satchmo." To millions of fans, he was just a great entertainer. But to jazz aficionados, he was one of the most important musicians of our times--not only a key figure in the history of jazz but a formative influence on all of 20th-century popular music. Set against the backdrop of New Orleans, Chicago, and New York during the "jazz age", Collier re-creates the saga of an old-fashioned black man making it in a white world. He chronicles Armstrong's rise as a musician, his scrapes with the law, his relationships with four wives, and his frequent feuds with fellow musicians Earl Hines and Zutty Singleton. He also sheds new light on Armstrong's endless need for approval, his streak of jealousy, and perhaps most important, what some consider his betrayal of his gift as he opted for commercial success and stardom. A unique biography, knowledgeable, insightful, and packed with information, it ends with Armstrong's death in 1971 as one of the best-known figures in American entertainment.

Author : David Ake
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2002-01-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 052092696X

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Jazz Cultures by David Ake Pdf

From its beginning, jazz has presented a contradictory social world: jazz musicians have worked diligently to erase old boundaries, but they have just as resolutely constructed new ones. David Ake's vibrant and original book considers the diverse musics and related identities that jazz communities have shaped over the course of the twentieth century, exploring the many ways in which jazz musicians and audiences experience and understand themselves, their music, their communities, and the world at large. Writing as a professional pianist and composer, the author looks at evolving meanings, values, and ideals--as well as the sounds--that musicians, audiences, and critics carry to and from the various activities they call jazz. Among the compelling topics he discusses is the "visuality" of music: the relationship between performance demeanor and musical meaning. Focusing on pianists Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett, Ake investigates the ways in which musicians' postures and attitudes influence perceptions of them as profound and serious artists. In another essay, Ake examines the musical values and ideals promulgated by college jazz education programs through a consideration of saxophonist John Coltrane. He also discusses the concept of the jazz "standard" in the 1990s and the differing sense of tradition implied in recent recordings by Wynton Marsalis and Bill Frisell. Jazz Cultures shows how jazz history has not consisted simply of a smoothly evolving series of musical styles, but rather an array of individuals and communities engaging with disparate--and oftentimes conflicting--actions, ideals, and attitudes.

Author : Michael R. Pitts
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476636283

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Astor Pictures by Michael R. Pitts Pdf

Founded by Robert M. Savini in 1933, Astor Pictures Corporation distributed hundreds of films in its 32 years of operation. The company distributed over 150 first run features in addition to the numerous re-releases for which it became famous. Astor had great success in the fields of horror and western movies and was a pioneer in African-American film productions. While under Savini's management, Astor and its subsidiaries were highly successful, but after his death in 1956 the company was sold, leading to eventual bankruptcy and closure. This volume provides the first in-depth look at Astor Pictures Corporation with thorough coverage of its releases, including diverse titles like La Dolce Vita and Frankenstein's Daughter.

Author : Adam Green
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226306414

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Selling the Race by Adam Green Pdf

Black Chicagoans were at the centre of a national movement in the 1940s and '50s, when African Americans across the country first started to see themselves as part of a single culture. Green argues that this period engendered a unique cultural and commercial consciousness, fostering ideas of racial identity that remain influential.

Author : Richard Kostelanetz,Jesse Reiswig
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0634099272

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The B.B. King Reader by Richard Kostelanetz,Jesse Reiswig Pdf

B.B. King is a national treasure. For more than five decades, he has been the consummate blues performer. His unique guitar playing, powerful vocals, and repertoire of songs have taken him from tiny Itta Bena, Mississippi, to worldwide renown. In this comprehensive volume, the best articles, interviews and reviews about B.B. King's life and career have been gathered. Learn how he first made his mark as a disc jockey in Memphis hawking "Pepticon" elixir and taking the moniker of the "Beale Street Blues Boy"; trace his early tours and recordings; see him be swept up in the blues revival; and finally, enjoy his fame as the greatest living exponent of the blues style.

Author : Dan Dietz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781442272149

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The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals by Dan Dietz Pdf

In The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals, Dan Dietz examines in detail every musical that opened on Broadway during the 1990s. In addition to including every hit and flop that debuted during the decade, this book highlights revivals and personal-appearance revues. The 1990s saw major changes in the Broadway musical, most notably: the so-called Disneyfication of shows, with the debuts of long-running hits like Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King.

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105216466776

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Congressional Record by United States. Congress Pdf

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Author : Rebecca D. Clear
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Jazz
ISBN : 9780788114366

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Jazz on Film and Video in the Library of Congress by Rebecca D. Clear Pdf

Author : Gérard Herzhaft
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Blues (Music)
ISBN : 1610751396

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Encyclopedia of the Blues-2nd (p) by Gérard Herzhaft Pdf

Author : Colin Bratkovich
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 938 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781483645193

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Just Remember This by Colin Bratkovich Pdf

I have completed this manuscript Just Remember This, or as American Pop Singers 1900-1950+, about music before the 1950s in America. It perhaps offers knowledge and insights not previously found in other musical reference books. I have moreover been working on this book very meticulously over the past twelve-plus years. It started as a bit of fun and gradually became serious as I began to listen along with the vocalists of popular music, of the era before 1950, essentially just before the dawn of rock and roll. If you can call it that! Indeed genre and labeling of American music started here, and then from everywhere. While the old adage of always starting from somewhere could be noted in every century, the 1900s had produced the technology. Understanding the necessity, more so, finds a curiosity on the part of a general public hungry for entertainment, despite 6 day work weeks, World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II.

Author : Bruce Pollock
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781135462963

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Rock Song Index by Bruce Pollock Pdf

The Rock Song Index, Second Edition, is a new version of a well-received index to the classic songs of the rock canon, from the late '40s through the end of the 20th century. The study of the history of rock music has exploded over the last decade; all college music departments offer a basic rock-history course, covering the classic artists and their songs.