wyszukanych pozycji: 9
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Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World
ISBN: 9780143120735 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The definitive biography of Alan Lomax-from John Szwed,"the best music biographer in the business" (L.A. Weekly).
One of the most remarkable figures of the twentieth century, Alan Lomax was best known for bringing legendary musicians like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, and Burl Ives to the radio and introducing folk music to a mass audience. Now John Szwed, the acclaimed biographer of Miles Davis and Sun Ra, presents the first biography of Lomax, a man who was as influential as he was controversial-trailed for years by the FBI, criticized for his folk-... The definitive biography of Alan Lomax-from John Szwed,"the best music biographer in the business" (L.A. Weekly).
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98,78 zł |
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Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith
ISBN: 9781250338105 / Angielski / Miękka / 20-08-2024 / 416 str. Książka dostępna od: 20-08-2024 |
Planowany termin premiery książki: 20-08-2024
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86,02 zł |
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Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth
ISBN: 9780143107965 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Revelatory . . . one of the most briskly revealing pieces of jazz biography that I ve read. Richard Brody, The New Yorker
When Billie Holiday first stepped into a recording studio in November 1933, it marked the beginning of what is arguably the most remarkable and influential career in twentieth-century popular music. Her voice weathered countless shifts in popular taste, and today new reincarnations of her continue to arrive, most recently in the form of singers like Amy Winehouse and Adele. Most of the writing on Holiday has focused on the tragic details of her... Revelatory . . . one of the most briskly revealing pieces of jazz biography that I ve read. Richard Brody, The New Yorker
When Bil... |
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98,78 zł |
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Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith
ISBN: 9780374282240 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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144,06 zł |
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Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra
ISBN: 9781478008415 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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102,69 zł |
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Crossovers: Essays on Race, Music, and American Culture
ISBN: 9780812219722 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Crossovers Essays on Race, Music, and American Culture John Szwed "In this collection of thirty-one short articles, essays, and reviews written over a thirty-six-year period, John Szwed consistently displays the extraordinary imagination and ingenuity that have made him one of the most respected scholars in African-American and Afro-diasporic Studies. Crossovers is both a revealing intellectual history of Szwed's development as a scholar and critic, and a unified and integrated argument on behalf of the aesthetic, moral, and political genius of the African diaspora."--George Lipsitz,...
Crossovers Essays on Race, Music, and American Culture John Szwed "In this collection of thirty-one short articles, essays, and reviews written over a...
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129,43 zł |
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So What: The Life of Miles Davis
ISBN: 9780684859835 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Musical genius, visionary artist, enigma -- more than ten years after his death, Miles Davis still looms large as a cultural icon. In this, the first new biography since Davis' death, John Szwed draws on various archives and never-before-published interviews with those who knew him to produce the richest and most revealing portrait of Miles Davis to date.
The shy son of a dentist from Illinois, Miles Dewey Davis III would go through several transformations before becoming the image of cool. Change, says Szwed, was the driving force in both Davis' life and music -- as quickly as he... Musical genius, visionary artist, enigma -- more than ten years after his death, Miles Davis still looms large as a cultural icon. In this, the first ...
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127,39 zł |
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Jazz 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Jazz
ISBN: 9780786884964 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Anyone interested in learning about a distinct music--jazz--will welcome this newest addition to the popular 101 reference series. Noted anthropologist, critic, and musical scholar John F. Szwed takes readers on a tour of the music's tangled history, and explores how it developed from an ethnic music to become North America's most popular music and then part of the avant garde in less than fifty years. Jazz 101 presents the key figures, history, theory, and controversies that shaped its development, along with a discussion of some of its most important recordings.
Anyone interested in learning about a distinct music--jazz--will welcome this newest addition to the popular 101 reference series. Noted anthropologis...
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114,04 zł |
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Folksongs and Their Makers
ISBN: 9780879720063 / Angielski / Miękka / 1979 / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Three prominent folklorists wrote these essays in the 1970s about Dorrance Weir of upstate New York and his song "Take that Night Train to Selma," Joe Scott of Maine and his song "The Plain Golden Band," and Paul Hall of Newfoundland and "The Bachelor's Song." Three prominent folklorists wrote these essays in the 1970s about Dorrance Weir of upstate New York and his song "Take that Night Train to Selma," ... |
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150,08 zł |