Jazz and Justice, by Gerald Horne (2019) This is one of the jazz history books that explore how jazz and its musicians flourished regardless of the rampant cultural exploitation. Jazz arose based on African music traditions and slavery freedom. The genre was grounded in the “blues,” the typ...
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Judges’ comments: Working within the genre, Theorin evokes place and social history as well as character, while mastering the balance of clues and plot-twists. Fred Vargas, The Chalk Circle Man, translated from the French by Siân Reynolds Harvill Secker 2009 [1996] ...
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A sensitive pianist, a canny bandleader and, of course, one of the best jazz composers in history. So let’s take a closer look at those covering the life and times ofEdward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington. Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington ...
The article reviews several books including "America on the Ropes: A Pictorial History of the Johnson-Jeffries Fight," by Wayne Rozen, "African Americans on Martha's Vineyard," by Robert Hayden, "Yellow Black" by Haki Madhubuti, "Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling, and a World ...
of Arabic music in jazz. The mood is reflective and poignantly unresolved, the story never finished so long as it’s still being told. Scree tell it the way the best history books do: rich in tradition with a flair for melodrama and plenty of time to take in the scenery. –Anna Gaca...
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean Read 4 The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York ...
The Penguin jazz guide : the history of the music in the 1,001 best albums Brian Morton and Richard Cook (Penguin books, . Music/reference) Penguin, 2010 : pbk B Morton - Penguin 被引量: 0发表: 2011年 Australian Jazz Bell Award - Best Australian Contemporary Jazz Album Prestigious nationa...