The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Jazz

Author : Colin Larkin
Publisher : Virgin Books
Page : 1036 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Jazz
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119423544

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The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz by Colin Larkin Pdf

From boogie-woogie to bebop and beyond, the sounds and rhythms of Jazz is mercurial- always creative, seldom static, frequently cultish and often contentious. The latest edition of The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz is the essential companion to making an acquaintance with Jazz. It will inform you and it will not talk down to you. There are over 3,500 entries detailing every artist who has had an impact on the development of jazz since it headed out from New Orleans and spread to New York, London, Paris, Montreux, Munich and way beyond. Here are all the legends whose genius is evoked in a single name - Ella, Duke, Satchimo, Bird, Miles, Trane, the Hawk, Monk and Diz - together with all the younger talent - Brad mehidau, jacky terrasson, Nicholas Payton and the youngest phenomenon of them all, Norah Jones. They line up with modern-day giants of the genre such as John Schofield, Dave Holland, Joe Lovano and Keith Jarrett. All entries have a detailed album chronology, together with a five-star rating system.The text is non-pompous, non-judgemental yet friendly and constructive. All the text has been taken from the gigantic database of The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, first published in 1992. the EPM and its spin-off series swiftly and firmly established itself as the undisputed champion of all contemporary-music reference books.

Author : Muza UK Ltd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:852797070

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The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music by Muza UK Ltd Pdf

Author : Colin Larkin
Publisher : Virgin Books Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Popular music
ISBN : 1852278323

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The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music by Colin Larkin Pdf

Suitable for writers, researchers, musicologists and music industry professionals, this title includes hundreds of fresh entries covering fresh acts, breaking dance artists, urban R&B and the indie bands. It offers essential information - birth dates, career facts, and five-star album ratings to all of which are presented with a sense of context.

Author : Colin Larkin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Popular music
ISBN : UCSC:32106011283170

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The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music by Colin Larkin Pdf

All the facts and informed opinion that you need on the artists who made the history of this decade are contained in this single volume, distilled from The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music, universally acclaimed as the world's leading source of reference on rock and pop history.

Author : Colin Larkin
Publisher : Virgin Books Limited
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Music
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020358631

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The Virgin Encyclopedia of Seventies Music by Colin Larkin Pdf

The aim of this book is to provide a complete handbook of information and opinion about the history of the music of the 1970s. There are over 1000 entries on the bands, musicians, songwriters, producers and record labels of this decade, everyone who had any significant impact on the development of rock and pop music. From the stars who, unlike Hendrix, Joplin and Morrison, survived the sixties only to be dudded as dinosaurs, to the angry reactions of punk and the new wave and the sounds of glam rock and disco, this encylopaedia aims to answer any query about any aspect of seventies music. As well as the giants of the decade, such as Queen, Abba and Fleetwood Mac, the book also includes those artists who only flourished briefly.

Author : Colin Larkin
Publisher : Virgin Books Limited
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Music
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020358649

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The Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music by Colin Larkin Pdf

The aim of this book is to provide a complete handbook of information and opinion about the history of the music of the 1960s. There are over 1000 entries on the bands, musicians, songwriters, producers and record labels of this decade, everyone who had any significant impact on the development of rock and pop music. From the Beatles-led British invasion of America to the States' own pop figures such as the Beach Boys, from the rise of Motown and Atlantic, to the arrival of psychedelia, this encylopaedia aims to answer any query about any aspect of 60s music. As well as the giants of the decade, the book also includes those artists who flourished briefly such as Scott McKenzie and Annette Funicello.

Author : Colin Larkin
Publisher : Virgin Books Limited
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Music
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020358623

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The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music by Colin Larkin Pdf

Whatever you were doing and listening to during the eighties, THE VIRGIN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EIGHTIES MUSIC will bring it all back. All the facts and informed opinions on the artists who made that decade's musical history are contained in this single volume, distilled from THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POPULAR MUSIC, the world's leading reference on rock and pop history.

Author : Colin Larkin
Publisher : Random House
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781448132744

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The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues by Colin Larkin Pdf

The Virgin Encyclopaedia of the Blues is a complete handbook of information and opinion about the history of the most classically simple, enduring and inspiring genre in the history of popular music. All entries have been created from the massive database of The Encyclopaedia of Popular Music, which has swiftly and firmly established itself as the undisputed champion of contemporary music reference books. Brand new research ensures that the 1000 entries are bang up-to-date and cover everyone - the musicians, bands, songwriters, producers and record labels - who has made a significant impact on the development of the blues. It brings together pioneers like Robert Johnson and Blind Lemon Jefferson, the influence of Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon on the blues boom of the 1960s, and the most recent blues resurgence featuring Keb'Mo, Larry Garner and Jonny Lang. As well as the giants of the blues, this encyclopaedia has the range and depth to include performers who flew the blues flag during fallow periods, the 1980s band Roomful of Blues for example, or acts like Paul Butterfield, Chicken Shack, Stevie Ray Vaughan, who took the music to a wider, whiter, audience. Some blues musicians, including John Lee Hooker and Taj Mahal, seem to last forever. Others simply defined the genre, like Lead Belly, Bessie Smith and Howlin' Wolf. Whomever you remember or want to know more about, each entry gives the essential elements - dates, career facts, discography and album ratings - as well as a sense of context, striking a balance between the extremes of the self-opinionated and the bland.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Jazz
ISBN : OCLC:1410875714

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The Encyclopedia of Jazz by Anonim Pdf

Author : Colin Larkin
Publisher : Virgin Books Limited
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Music
ISBN : IND:30000067189070

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The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul by Colin Larkin Pdf

This is a complete handbook of information and opinion about the history of R&B and soul music. Based on the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, the book contains over 1000 entries covering musicians, bands, songwriters, producers and record labels which have made a significant impact on the development of R&B and soul music. It brings together people such as Otis Reading and Aretha Franklin with the great Philly groups of the 1970s, the mainstream soul of Will Downing and Anita Baker and the modern generation of artists such as Mary J. Blige, Babyface and Toni Braxton. As well as headline acts, the book also covers performers who flourished briefly. Each entry offers information such as dates, career facts, discography and album ratings.

Author : Leonard Feather
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Jazz
ISBN : OCLC:1033596941

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The Encyclopedia of Jazz by Leonard Feather Pdf

Author : Leonard Feather,Ira Gitler
Publisher : New York : Horizon Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:49015002902923

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The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Seventies by Leonard Feather,Ira Gitler Pdf

Surveys the entire field of jazz during the 1970s, with nearly fifteen hundred biographies providing information about and assessments of the musicians and composers who shaped the first half-decade's jazz world.

Author : Leonard Feather,Ira Gitler
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 739 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780195320008

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The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz by Leonard Feather,Ira Gitler Pdf

Offers more than 3,300 entries covering musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Thelonious Monk, and Wynton Marsalis.

Author : Colin Larkin
Publisher : Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Page : 922 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015066803274

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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music by Colin Larkin Pdf

Rev. ed. of: The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music. 2nd ed. 1995.

Author : Colin Larkin
Publisher : Virgin Books Limited
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Music
ISBN : IND:30000062257310

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The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music by Colin Larkin Pdf

The bands, producers, labels and remixers of the diverse dance music culture are listed here in this reference book. Dates, career facts, discographies and star ratings are given, along with considered opinion on the prime movers and shakers in the business.