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Tommy Dorsey

Peter J. Levinson
Tommy Dorsey Book PDF

Author : Peter J. Levinson
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-25
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780786734948

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Tommy Dorsey by Peter J. Levinson Pdf

Swing has never gone out of style. It was the music the Greatest Generation danced to--and went to war to. And no musician evokes the Big Band era more strikingly than Tommy Dorsey, whose soaring trombone play and hit tunes influenced popular music for a generation. Tommy Dorsey (1905-1956) led a rich and complex life. Beginning with his childhood in the coal mining towns of Pennsylvania, we follow the young trombonist's journey to fame and fortune during the Jazz Age. Tommy, with his brother Jimmy, created one of the most popular bands of the era and played with such giants as Bing Crosby and Glenn Miller. They also launched the career of a skinny young singer named Frank Sinatra. But Tommy's volcanic personality eventually split the band and Tommy went off on his own. Drawing on exhaustive new research and scores of interviews with the musicians who knew him best, Levinson delves into Dorsey's famously eccentric lifestyle and his oversize appetite for drink, women, and perfection. The first biography on Dorsey in more than thirty years, Tommy Dorsey is a dazzling portrait of the Big Band's brightest star--his tumultuous life, his turbulent times, and the unforgettable music that made him a legend.

Tommy Dorsey

Peter J. Levinson
Tommy Dorsey Book PDF

Author : Peter J. Levinson
Publisher : Da Capo Press, Incorporated
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2005-10-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 0306811111

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Tommy Dorsey by Peter J. Levinson Pdf

Drawing on research and scores of interviews with those who knew him, the author delves into Tommy Dorsey's famously eccentric lifestyle and his oversized appetite for drink, women, and perfection.

The Dorsey Brothers: That's It!

Robert Stockdale
The Dorsey Brothers That s It Book PDF

Author : Robert Stockdale
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-07-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781435746879

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The Dorsey Brothers: That's It! by Robert Stockdale Pdf

A biodiscography updating two award-winning books about the big band-leading Dorsey Brothers by Robert L. Stockdale. Included are additions, corrections and deletions to the author's biodiscographies "Tommy Dorsey: On The Side" and "Jimmy Dorsey: A Study in Contrasts". Each entry is cross-referenced by page to either or both volumes.

The Story of Christian Music

Andrew Wilson-Dickson
The Story of Christian Music Book PDF

Author : Andrew Wilson-Dickson
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Music
ISBN : 0800634748

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The Story of Christian Music by Andrew Wilson-Dickson Pdf

Music has been at the heart of Christian worship since the beginning, and this lavishly illustrated and wonderfully written volume fully surveys the many centuries of creative Christian musical experimentation. From its roots in Jewish and Hellenistic music, through the rich tapestry of medieval chant to the full flowering of Christian music in the centuries after the Reformation and the many musical expressions of a now-global Christianity, Wilson-Dickson conveys 'a glimpse of the fecundity of imagination with which humanity has responded to the creator God.' Book jacket.

Tommy Dorsey

Robert Lee Stockdale
Tommy Dorsey Book PDF

Author : Robert Lee Stockdale
Publisher : [New Brunswick, N.J.] : Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers--The State University of New Jersey
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015043255770

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Tommy Dorsey by Robert Lee Stockdale Pdf

Tommy Dorsey was not only a bandleader, but one of the most prolific musicians of the century. Stockdale has compiled detailed discographical listings of nearly 3,000 recordings together with brief biographical information. Each recording is listed in chronological order and includes the studio, city, date of the session, the name of the recording group, its personnel and their instruments, plus the matrix number, song title, vocalist (if any), and all known worldwide releases. The listing even includes any known pseudonyms under which the recording may have been released. Complete indexes of the recording groups, individual musicians and singers, an index of all titles, composers, and lyricists.

Goldmine Record Album Price Guide

Martin Popoff
Goldmine Record Album Price Guide Book PDF

Author : Martin Popoff
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 4838 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-08
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781440229169

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Goldmine Record Album Price Guide by Martin Popoff Pdf

Whether you're cleaning out a closet, basement or attic full of records, or you're searching for hidden gems to build your collection, you can depend on Goldmine Record Album Price Guide to help you accurately identify and appraise your records in order to get the best price. • Knowledge is power, so power-up with Goldmine! • 70,000 vinyl LPs from 1948 to present • Hundreds of new artists • Detailed listings with current values • Various artist collections and original cast recordings from movies, televisions and Broadway • 400 photos • Updated state-of-the-market reports • New feature articles • Advice on buying and selling Goldmine Grading Guide - the industry standard

At the Jazz Band Ball

Nat Hentoff
At the Jazz Band Ball Book PDF

Author : Nat Hentoff
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-12
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780520269811

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At the Jazz Band Ball by Nat Hentoff Pdf

“Nat Hentoff may very well be the foremost jazz historian in the world because he was there to witness firsthand the music’s evolution from big band and swing to fusion and bossa nova; and to dive into the souls of the men and women who created it from Ellington, Basie, Miles, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald and Dinah Washington, among many others. At the Jazz Band Ball: Sixty Years on the Jazz Scene is an invaluable archive of not only the musical influence of America’s only indigenous music on the world, but its enormous impact as an engine for social change as well. It is a book that should be read by every young musician, music fan, and educator in America.”—Quincy Jones "The very best witnesses in the worlds of the law, aesthetic evaluation, social contexts of imposing significance, and artistic public performance are those who accurately understand what they have seen or what they are seeing. Nat Hentoff has been and continues to be a star witness in every one of those arenas. One of the greatest contributions of his jazz writing is that he has never felt the need to condescend to black people or to let the dictates of sociology diminish the universal significance of what they do when they do it well. Nat knows that so many jazz musicians have done what they do superbly, quite often expressing themselves beyond the narrows of color. As sensitive to the Americana of jazz as he is to its transcendent revelations about the sound of the human heart, Nat Hentoff is part of our American luck."—Stanley Crouch “At the Jazz Band Ball is full of nuggets from Nat's rich lode of wit and wisdom, gleaned in a lifetime of fellowship with jazz and its makers.”—Dan Morgenstern, Director, Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University; author of Living With Jazz: A Reader

Radio Programs, 1924-1984

Vincent Terrace
Radio Programs 1924 1984 Book PDF

Author : Vincent Terrace
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786445134

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Radio Programs, 1924-1984 by Vincent Terrace Pdf

This is an encyclopedic reference work to 1,802 radio programs broadcast from the years 1924 through 1984. Entries include casts, character relationships, plots and storylines, announcers, musicians, producers, hosts, starting and ending dates of the programs, networks, running times, production information and, when appropriate, information on the radio show's adaptation to television. Many hundreds of program openings and closings are included.

The Encyclopedia of Musicians and Bands on Film

Melissa U. D. Goldsmith,Paige A. Willson,Anthony J. Fonseca
The Encyclopedia of Musicians and Bands on Film Book PDF

Author : Melissa U. D. Goldsmith,Paige A. Willson,Anthony J. Fonseca
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781442269873

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The Encyclopedia of Musicians and Bands on Film by Melissa U. D. Goldsmith,Paige A. Willson,Anthony J. Fonseca Pdf

Musicians, both fictional and real, have long been subjects of cinema. From biopics of composers Beethoven and Mozart to the rise (and often fall) of imaginary bands in The Commitments and Almost Famous, music of all types has inspired hundreds of films. The Encyclopedia of Musicians and Bands on Film features the most significant productions from around the world, including straightforward biographies, rockumentaries, and even the occasional mockumentary. The wide-ranging scope of this volume allows for the inclusion of films about fictional singers and bands, with emphasis on a variety of themes: songwriter–band relationships, the rise and fall of a career, music saving the day, the promoter’s point of view, band competitions, the traveling band, and rock-based absurdity. Among the films discussed in this book are Amadeus, The Blues Brothers, The Buddy Holly Story, The Commitments, Dreamgirls, The Glenn Miller Story, A Hard Day’s Night, I’m Not There, Jailhouse Rock, A Mighty Wind, Ray, ’Round Midnight, The Runaways, School of Rock, That Thing You Do!, and Walk the Line.With entries that span the decades and highlight a variety of music genres, The Encyclopedia of Musicians and Bands on Film is a valuable resource for moviegoers and music lovers alike, as well as scholars of both film and music.

Jazz Anecdotes

Bill Crow
Jazz Anecdotes Book PDF

Author : Bill Crow
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2005-10-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780199726486

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Jazz Anecdotes by Bill Crow Pdf

When jazz musicians get together, they often delight one another with stories about the great, or merely remarkable, players and singers they've worked with. One good story leads to another until someone says, "Somebody ought to wrie these down!" With Jazz Anecdotes, somebody finally has. Drawing on a rich verbal tradition, bassist and jazz writer Bill Crow has culled stories from a wide variety of sources, including interviews, biographies and a remarkable oral history collection, which resides at the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University, to paint fascinating and very human portraits of jazz musicians. Organized around general topics--teaching and learning, life on the road, prejudice and discrimination, and the importance of a good nickname--Jazz Anecdotes shows the jazz world as it really is. In this fully updated edition, which contains over 150 new anecdotes and new topics like Hiring and Firing, Crow regales us with new stories of such jazz greats as Benny Goodman, Chet Baker, Ravi Coltrane, Buddy Rich and Paul Desmond. He offers extended sections on old favorites--Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young, and the fabulous Eddie Condon, who seems to have lived his entire life with the anecdotist in mind. With its unique blend of sparkling dialogue and historical and social insight, Jazz Anecdotes will delight anyone who loves a good story. It offers a fresh perspective on the joys and hardships of a musician's life as well as a rare glimpse of the personalities who created America's most distinctive music.

Jazz Musicians of the Early Years, to 1945

David Dicaire
Jazz Musicians of the Early Years to 1945 Book PDF

Author : David Dicaire
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780786485567

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Jazz Musicians of the Early Years, to 1945 by David Dicaire Pdf

The story of the first roughly half century of jazz is really the story of some of the greatest musicians of all time. Scott Joplin, Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, and Ella Fitzgerald all made tremendous contributions, influencing countless jazz musicians and singers. This work provides biographical sketches of the aforementioned artists and many others who made jazz so popular in the first half of the twentieth century. Biographies cover the pioneers of jazz in New Orleans in the late 1890s and early 1900s; the soloists who fueled the Jazz Age in the 1920s; the musicians and bandleaders of the big band and swing era of the late 1920s and early 1930s; and icons from the height of jazz's popularity on through the end of the war. A discography is provided for each artist.

His Way

Kitty Kelley
His Way Book PDF

Author : Kitty Kelley
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780553386189

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His Way by Kitty Kelley Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • With a new afterword by the author in honor of Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday This is the book that Frank Sinatra tried—but failed—to keep from publication, and it’s easy to understand why. This unauthorized biography goes behind the iconic myth of Sinatra to expose the well-hidden side of one of the most celebrated—and elusive—public figures of our time. Celebrated journalist Kitty Kelley spent three years researching government documents (Mafia-related material, wiretaps, and secret testimony) and interviewing more than 800 people in Sinatra’s life (family, colleagues, law-enforcement officers, friends). The result is a stunning, often shocking exposé of a man as tortured as he was talented, as driven to self-destruction as he was to success. Featuring a new afterword by the author, this fully documented, highly detailed biography—filled with revealing anecdotes—is the penetrating story of the explosively controversial and undeniably multitalented legend who ruled the entertainment industry for fifty years and continues to fascinate to this day. Praise for His Way “The most eye-opening celebrity biography of our time.”—The New York Times “A compelling page-turner . . . Kitty Kelley’s book has made all future Sinatra biographies virtually redundant.”—Los Angeles Herald Examiner

Sinatra

James Kaplan
Sinatra Book PDF

Author : James Kaplan
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 994 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307946935

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Sinatra by James Kaplan Pdf

One of the Best Books of the Year The Washington Post • Los Angeles Times • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The story of Frank Sinatra’s second act, Sinatra finds the Chairman on top of the world, riding high after an Oscar victory—and firmly reestablished as the top recording artist of his day. Following Sinatra from the mid-1950s to his death in 1998, Kaplan uncovers the man behind the myth, revealing by turns the peerless singer, the (sometimes) powerful actor, the business mogul, the tireless lover, and—of course—the close associate of the powerful and infamous. It was in these decades that the enduring legacy of Frank Sinatra was forged, and Kaplan vividly captures “Ol’ Blue Eyes” in his later years. The sequel to the New York Times best-selling Frank, here is the concluding volume of the definitive biography of "The Entertainer of the Century."

Ireland and the Americas [3 volumes]

Philip Coleman,James Byrne,Jason King
Ireland and the Americas 3 volumes Book PDF

Author : Philip Coleman,James Byrne,Jason King
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1025 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781851096190

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Ireland and the Americas [3 volumes] by Philip Coleman,James Byrne,Jason King Pdf

This work is a distinctive, multidisciplinary encyclopedia covering the cultural, political, economic, musical, and literary impact that Ireland and the nations of the Americas have had on one another since the time of Brendan the Navigator. Ireland and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History aims to broaden the traditional notion of 'Irish-American' beyond Boston, New York, and Chicago. In additional to full coverage of Irish culture in those settings, it reveals the pervasive Irish influence in everything from the settling of the American West, to the spread of Christianity throughout the hemisphere, to Irish involvement in revolutionary movements from the American colonies to Mexico to South America. In addition, the encyclopedia shows the profound impact of Irish Americans on their homeland, in everything from art and literature informed by the emigrant experience, to efforts by Irish Americans to influence Irish politics. Ranging from colonial times to the present, and informed by the surge of academic interest in the past 30 years, Ireland and the Americas is the definitive resource on the profound ties that bind the cultures of Ireland, the United States, Canada, and Latin America.

Jukebox Saturday Night

Richard Grudens
Jukebox Saturday Night Book PDF

Author : Richard Grudens
Publisher : celebrity profiles publilshing
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1575791420

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Jukebox Saturday Night by Richard Grudens Pdf

This book looks at the anatomy of a big band radio station with the broadcasters and the songwriters. Chapters cover the early dance bands of Paul Whiteman, Leo Reisman, Fred Waring, Casa Loma, Coon-Sanders Nighthawks, Fletcher Henderson, Vincent Lopez, Wayne King and covers vignettes about the ballrooms and pavillions where the bands performed the music of America's Golden Age. Max Wirz of Swiss radio recalls the big bands of Europe, from Syd Lawrence and Ted Heath, right up to today's exciting Thilo Wolf and Andy Prior. A special section covers vocalists Beryl Davis and Carmel Quin, the Wizard of the guitar Les Paul, and magical radio journalist Sally Bennett. The book concludes with Honourable Mentions of bands and vocalists you may or may not know. Richard Grudens again provides a special insight into the lives of the performers who lived within the Jukebox of our lives in this book with over 60 exceptional photos provided by most of the books subjects themselves.