Rhythm Is Our Business

Author : Eddy Determeyer
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780472026302

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In the 1930s, swing music reigned, and the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra was the hottest and hippest attraction on the black dance circuits. Known for its impeccable appearance and infectious rhythms, Lunceford's group was able to out-swing and outdraw any band. For ten consecutive years, they were the best-loved attraction at Harlem's famed Apollo Theater. The group's hit recordings sold in the hundreds of thousands, and Jimmie Lunceford's band rivaled Ellington's for popularity in the African American community. Jimmie Lunceford was also an innovator, elevating big-band showmanship to an art and introducing such novel instruments as the electric guitar and bass. The band's arrangements, written by Sy Oliver, Edwin Wilcox, Gerald Wilson, Billy Moore, Jr., and Tadd Dameron, were daring and forward looking, influencing generations of big-band writers. Rhythm Is Our Business traces the development of the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra from its infant days as a high school band in Memphis to its record-breaking tours across the United States, Canada, and Europe. The book also unveils Lunceford's romantic yet ill-fated involvement with Yolande Du Bois, daughter of famous writer and opinion leader W.E.B. Du Bois. And by reconstructing Lunceford's last day, the book offers a glimpse into the mysteries surrounding the leader's untimely death. This is essential reading for anyone interested in the history and legacy of swing. Eddy Determeyer has been a freelance music journalist for more than three decades. In 1984 Determeyer wrote a seven-part series on Jimmie Lunceford for the Dutch magazine Jazz Nu. Determeyer has written thousands of articles on music for a variety of Dutch publications and is the author of several books. He currently produces the Holiday for Hipsters radio show for Dutch station Concertzender. Cover image: Lunceford brass section, ca. late 1936. Left to right: Paul Webster, Eddie Durham, Sy Oliver, Elmer Crumbley, Eddie Tompkins, Russell Bowles. (Bertil Lyttkens Collection)

Author : David Rottenberg,Jeffrey C. Shuman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136013058

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The Rhythm of Business by David Rottenberg,Jeffrey C. Shuman Pdf

The Rhythm of Business identifies and describes the natural development process which all successful business people use intuitively when starting and running a business. Once you understand The Rhythm of Business, you will never feel lost or out of sync, no matter what business you are in, because The Rhythm of Business incorporates a process with concrete steps to attain business success applicable for any business. A lot of business books deal in `tips.' This book deals with the most fundamental principles in business. Fundamental principles might not sound interesting to someone who is trained to think in terms of the practicalities of daily business life, but, in fact, The Rhythm of Business is the most practical, down-to-earth business book you will ever read! Jeffrey C. Shuman has crafted a unique career as an entrepreneur, consultant, business professor, and author. He is considered a leading expert in the emerging field of entrepreneurial studies. His courses in entrepreneurship at Bentley College tap state-of-the-art knowledge about business creation. His writings include dozens of articles and a book on entrepreneurs and the business creation process.

Author : Patrick Thean
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781626340800

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Rhythm by Patrick Thean Pdf

From USA Today & Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author! Want to achieve breakthroughs and get exceptional results? Discover the system that successful growth companies have used to achieve their results. All growing companies encounter ceilings of complexity, usually when they hit certain employee or revenue milestones. In order to burst through ceiling after ceiling and innovate with growth, a company must develop a reliable system that prompts leaders to be proactive and pivot when the need arises. You also need to learn simple systems to empower everyone in your company to become and stay focused, aligned, and accountable. In Rhythm, you’ll discover all this and more, including: • How to identify potential setbacks and avoid them; • Think-Plan-Do rhythm to fire up and maintain great execution; • The inside scoop from growth companies showing you how they turned their potential setbacks into opportunities; • Practical tools that you can use immediately; • The habits you should start building to achieve your own breakthroughs. Patrick Thean’s process applies to any growing business and ensures that your organization gets into the habit of achieving success, week after week, quarter after quarter, year after year. Get your copy now and start leading your business towards successful growth today!

Author : Norman Kelley
Publisher : Akashic Books
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1888451688

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R&B, Rhythm and Business by Norman Kelley Pdf

Given than hip hop music alone has generated more than a billion dollars in sales, the absence of a major black record company is disturbing. Even Motown is now a subsidiary of the Universal Music Group. Nonetheless, little has been written about the economic relationship between African-Americans and the music industry. This anthology dissects contemporary trends in the music industry and explores how blacks have historically interacted with the business as artists, business-people and consumers.

Author : Alfred Green
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781442242470

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Rhythm Is My Beat by Alfred Green Pdf

In Rhythm Is My Beat: Jazz Guitar Great Freddie Green and the Count Basie Sound, Alfred Green tells the story of his father, rhythm guitarist Freddie Green, whose guitar work served as the pulse of the Count Basie Band. A quiet but key figure in big band jazz, Freddie Green took a distinct pride in his role as Basie’s rhythm guitarist, redefining the outer limits of acoustic rhythm guitar and morphing it into an art form. So distinct was Green’s style that it would eventually give birth to notations on guitar charts that read: “Play in the style of Freddie Green.” This American jazz icon, much like his inimitable sound, achieved stardom as a sideman, both in and out of Basie’s band. Green’s signature sound provided lift to soloists like Lester Young and vocalist Lil’ Jimmy Rushing, a reflection of Green’s sophisticated technique, that produced, in Green’s words, his “rhythm wave.” Billie Holiday, Ruby Braff, Benny Goodman, Gerry Mulligan, Teddy Wilson, Ray Charles, Judy Carmichael, Joe Williams and other recording artists all benefited from the relentless fours of the man who came to be known as Mr. Rhythm. The mystique surrounding Freddie Green’s technique is illuminated through generous commentary by insightful interviews with other musicians, guitar professionals and scholars, all of whom offer their ideas on Freddie Green’s sound. Alfred Green throughout demystifies the man behind the legend. This work will interest jazz fans, students, and scholars; guitar enthusiasts and professionals; music historians and anyone interested not only in the history of jazz but of the African American experience in jazz.

Author : Tom Lord
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Jazz
ISBN : UVA:X004731875

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The Jazz Discography by Tom Lord Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433036426132

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Commercial Broadcasting Incorporating Broadcasting Business by Anonim Pdf

Author : Sammy Cahn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Musicians
ISBN : 0515039012

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I Should Care by Sammy Cahn Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Shoe industry
ISBN : NYPL:33433063453041

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American Shoemaking by Anonim Pdf

Author : Walter Bruyninckx
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Jazz
ISBN : UCSD:31822006805238

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Swing, 1920-1985: Th-Wi by Walter Bruyninckx Pdf

Author : Phil Hardy,Dave Laing
Publisher : Da Capo Press, Incorporated
Page : 1232 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1995-08-21
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015038131614

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The Da Capo Companion To 20th-century Popular Music by Phil Hardy,Dave Laing Pdf

Author : Don Tyler
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-16
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015069328089

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Hit Songs, 1900-1955 by Don Tyler Pdf

"The top hits for each year are described, including song origin, artist(s), and chart information. The author includes any web/library holdings of sheet music covers, musical scores, and free listenable audio files. Biographical sketches follow, providing performing credits, relevant professional awards, and brief biographies for hundreds of the era's most popular performers, lyricists, and composers"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Colin Larkin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 750 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Popular music
ISBN : UOM:39015066803241

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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Indexes by Colin Larkin Pdf

Provides information on a range of popular music genres, including rock, pop, jazz, folk, blues, heavy metal, techno, R & B, reggae, and hip-hop. This biographical encyclopedia contains a name index, an index of song titles, and bibliographies by artist and subject. Expanded to ten volumes, the new edition contains 6,000 new entries and extensive revisions and updates throughout, yielding 50% more material than the 1998 Third Edition. In addition to a fully revised 10 volume hardcover edition, The Encyclopedia of Popular Music will go online in 2007 as a regularly updated subscription product that will be interactive with Grove Music Online.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 890 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : African Americans
ISBN : UOM:39015035341687

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Jet by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ken Bloom
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1070 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Musicals
ISBN : UOM:49015002903624

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American Song: Songwriters, The complete companion to Tin Pan Alley Song by Ken Bloom Pdf