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Classic Country: Legends of Country Music
ISBN: 9780415928274 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Long before Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, Faith Hill, and The Dixie Chicks, the original pioneers of country music - The Carter Family, Vernon Dalhart, The Monroe Brothers, The Louvin Brothers, and others - paved the way for future country artists, influencing musicians for generations to come. Here, country music authority Charles K. Wolfe gathers together his profiles of 50 legends of country music.
Long before Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, Faith Hill, and The Dixie Chicks, the original pioneers of country music - The Carter Family, Vernon Dalhart, ...
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195,86 |
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Duke Ellington and His World: A Biography
ISBN: 9780415930123 / Angielski / Twarda / 542 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on lengthy interviews with Ellington's bandmates, family, and friends, this work offers a look at this legendary composer. A biography of the composer written by a fellow musician and African-American, it traces Ellington's life and career in terms of the realities of his times.
Based on lengthy interviews with Ellington's bandmates, family, and friends, this work offers a look at this legendary composer. A biography of the co...
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563,24 |
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Blues with a Feeling: The Little Walter Story
ISBN: 9780415937108 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Blues researchers Glover, Gaines and Dirks have spent decades unearthing the truth about influential harmonica player, Little Walter. It can truly be said that, without Walter, there would be no modern blues harmonica style.
Blues researchers Glover, Gaines and Dirks have spent decades unearthing the truth about influential harmonica player, Little Walter. It can truly be ...
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685,68 |
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Brown Eyed Handsome Man: The Life and Hard Times of Chuck Berry
ISBN: 9780415937481 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Brown Eyed Handsome Man: The Life and Hard Times of Chuck Berry draws on dozens of interviews done by the author himself and voluminous public records to paint a complete picture of this complicated figure. Berry's own autobiography published in 1986 covers up as much as it reveals; and Berry himself has rarely been forthcoming in either documentary or print interviews. This biography uncovers the real Berry and provides us with a stirring, unvarnished portrait of both the man and the artist. Berry has long been one of pop music's most enigmatic personalities. Growing up in a middle-class,...
Brown Eyed Handsome Man: The Life and Hard Times of Chuck Berry draws on dozens of interviews done by the author himself and voluminous public records...
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636,71 |
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Brown Eyed Handsome Man : The Life and Hard Times of Chuck Berry
ISBN: 9780415937511 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on dozens of interviews and voluminous public records, Pegg paints a complete picture of this complicated figure. This biography uncovers the real Berry and provides a stirring, unvarnished portrait of both the man and the artist.
Drawing on dozens of interviews and voluminous public records, Pegg paints a complete picture of this complicated figure. This biography uncovers the ...
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156,68 |
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David Braham: The American Offenbach
ISBN: 9780415937696 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. David Braham (1838-1905) was the musical director for the famous vaudeville team of Harrigan and Hart, writing music for many of their comic songs, including The Mulligan Guards, Sallie Waters, Paddie Duffy's Cart, and many more. His long career as a theatrical composer in New York helped establish a new style of Broadway musical. He came from a family well-entrenched in the music and theater worlds, and his story touches upon nearly all aspects of the history of American musical theater and burlesque of this er
David Braham (1838-1905) was the musical director for the famous vaudeville team of Harrigan and Hart, writing music for many of their comic songs, in...
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426,05 |
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Josh White: Society Blues
ISBN: 9780415942041 / Angielski / Miękka / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This biography of the blues star traces his life in the context of the evolution of the blues and folk revival, and is a must read for anyone interested in the history of American popular culture.
This biography of the blues star traces his life in the context of the evolution of the blues and folk revival, and is a must read for anyone interest...
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176,27 |
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Ella Fitzgerald: A Biography of the First Lady of Jazz, Updated Edition
ISBN: 9780415971195 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Stuart Nicholson's biography of Ella Fitzgerald is considered a classic in jazz literature. Drawing on original documents, interviews, and new information, Nicholson draws a complete picture of Fitzgerald's professional and personal life. Along with Billie Holiday, she virtually defined the female voice in jazz, and countless others followed in her wake and acknowledged her enormous influence. Beginning as a singer with the Chick Webb band, Fitzgerald scored her first hits with jazzy novelties, and proved her mettle when Webb suddenly died and she found herself the band's de facto leader....
Stuart Nicholson's biography of Ella Fitzgerald is considered a classic in jazz literature. Drawing on original documents, interviews, and new informa...
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166,48 |
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Sounding Out: Pauline Oliveros and Lesbian Musicality
ISBN: 9780415973755 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sounding Out: Pauline Oliveros and Lesbian Musicality examines the musical career of the avant-garde composer, accordionist, whose radical innovations of the 1960s, 70s and 80s have redefined the aesthetic and formal parameters of American experimental music. While other scholars have studied Oliveros as a disciple of John Cage and a contemporary of composers Terry Riley, Lou Harrison, Gordon Mumma, and Robert Ashley, Sounding Out resituates Pauline Oliveros in a gynecentric network of feminist activists, writers, artists and musicians. This book shows how the women in Oliveross life...
Sounding Out: Pauline Oliveros and Lesbian Musicality examines the musical career of the avant-garde composer, accordionist, whose radical innov...
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759,15 |
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Jackie Wilson: Lonely Teardrops
ISBN: 9780415974301 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tony Douglas draws on reminiscences of Jackie Wilson's former wives and lovers, fellow musicians, bodyguards, and others to produce a gripping account and a superbly crafted portrayal of this remarkable talent.
Tony Douglas draws on reminiscences of Jackie Wilson's former wives and lovers, fellow musicians, bodyguards, and others to produce a gripping account...
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166,48 |
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Spreadin' Rhythm Around: Black Popular Songwriters, 1880-1930
ISBN: 9780415977043 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on new research, original interviews, and decades of archival work, "Spreadin' Rhythm Around" tells the story of the African-American songwriters who introduced new rhythms and subject matter into American popular song.
Based on new research, original interviews, and decades of archival work, "Spreadin' Rhythm Around" tells the story of the African-American songwriter...
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225,25 |
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Global Minstrels: Voices of World Music
ISBN: 9780415979290 / Angielski / Twarda / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Global Minstrels: The World of World Music" introduces today's leading performers from around the world. From urban nightclubbers dancing to salsa to suburbanites relaxing with Cuban and Brazilian melodies, to the host of pop and rock stars who have added international flavors to their music, "world" sounds have become part of the basic fabric of American life. At the same time, in every American city, immigrants have used musical gatherings as a way to bring their communities together. Including conversations with dozens of artists from five continents, "Global Minstrels" explores the...
"Global Minstrels: The World of World Music" introduces today's leading performers from around the world. From urban nightclubbers dancing to salsa to...
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710,17 |
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Global Minstrels: Voices of World Music
ISBN: 9780415979306 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the fastest growing sector of the U.S. music market, world music has embedded itself in the fabric of American life. Artists such as Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon and the Talking Heads have all utilized characteristics of the "world" sound in their music, while international performers are enjoying unexpected fame in the U.S. At the same time, in an era of unprecedented immigration and globalization, people all over the world are using music as way to preserve their local and ethnic identity. Global Minstrels: Voices of World Music is an accessible introduction to... As the fastest growing sector of the U.S. music market, world music has embedded itself in the fabric of American life. Artists such as Peter Gabri... |
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195,86 |
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Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll
ISBN: 9780425091036 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The New York Times bestseller that reveals the intimate story of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley, told by the woman who lived it.
Decades after his death, millions of fans continue to worship Elvis the legend. But very few knew him as Elvis the man. Here in her own words, Priscilla Presley tells the story of their love, revealing the details of their first meeting, their marriage, their affairs, their divorce, and the unbreakable bond that has remained long after his tragic death. A tribute to both the man and the legend, Elvis and Me gives Elvis fans the... The New York Times bestseller that reveals the intimate story of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley, told by the woman who lived it. |
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38,49 |
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Light My Fire: My Life with the Doors
ISBN: 9780425170458 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The best book yet about The Doors." --Booklist The inside story of the Doors, by cofounder and keyboard player Ray Manzarek. Includes 16 pages of photos. "A refreshingly candid read...a Doors bio worth opening." --Entertainment Weekly
No other band has ever sounded quite like the Doors, and no other frontman has ever transfixed an audience quite the way Jim Morrison did. Ray Manzarek, the band's co-founder and keyboard player, was there from the very start--and until the sad dissolution--of the Doors. In this heartfelt and colorfully detailed memoir, complete... "The best book yet about The Doors." --Booklist The inside story of the Doors, by cofounder and keyboard player Ray Manzarek. Includes 1...
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92,48 |
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I Lived to Tell It All
ISBN: 9780440223733 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In an account of his life and career, the country music superstar describes his turbulent, hard-living, hard-luck world, from his early east Texas recordings, through his troubled relationships and alcoholism, to his current acclaim.
In an account of his life and career, the country music superstar describes his turbulent, hard-living, hard-luck world, from his early east Texas rec...
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38,49 |
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Unforgettable Fire: Past, Present, and Future - The Definitive Biography of U2
ISBN: 9780446389747 / Angielski / Miękka / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. U2 has always been a band shrouded in mystery. Now, for the first time ever, comes a painstakingly detailed and honest account of the remarkable band from Ireland whose political, spiritual and personal music has touched the hearts and minds of its countless fans.
U2 has always been a band shrouded in mystery. Now, for the first time ever, comes a painstakingly detailed and honest account of the remarkable band ...
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84,74 |
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Hendrix
ISBN: 9780446394314 / Angielski / Miękka / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here's the first complete, definitive account of the career, music, and legacy of Jimi Hendrix, based entirely on first-person recollections and new, exclusive interviews with musicians and key figures in the Hendrix inner circle. Authors John McDermott and Eddie Kramer (Jimi's longtime producer) take readers inside the studio and on tour to reveal the creative process of a true rock pioneer. Two 8-page inserts.
Here's the first complete, definitive account of the career, music, and legacy of Jimi Hendrix, based entirely on first-person recollections and new, ...
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141,12 |
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Waylon: Autobiography
ISBN: 9780446518659 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Born dirt-poor (his family had the dirt floor to prove it), Waylon Jennings took all the grit of his hometown of Littlefield, Texas, into his soul and his sound. From childhood, this son of a farm laborer considered nothing else but playing music. Stubborn enough never to lose sight of his goal, dumb enough not to realize how long and hard the road, he started as a country disc jockey in Lubbock, then signed on as a protege of fellow Texan Buddy Holly, missing the plane crash that claimed Holly's life by an accident of fate. Cut in the mode of Hank Williams and Carl Smith, yet determined to...
Born dirt-poor (his family had the dirt floor to prove it), Waylon Jennings took all the grit of his hometown of Littlefield, Texas, into his soul and...
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145,67 |
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Out of Tune: David Helfgott and the Myth of Shine
ISBN: 9780446523837 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Academy Award winning film Shine made pianist David Helfgott a household name. While purporting to be a true story, the movie is actually full of fabrications. Now for the first time, Margaret, David Helfgott's eldest sister, who knows him better than anyone from their early years, sets the record straight. Dispelling the many untruths propogated by the movie, Margaret tells the real story of her extraordinary brother, of a life, a career, and a legacy that will remain foever...Out Of Tune.
The Academy Award winning film Shine made pianist David Helfgott a household name. While purporting to be a true story, the movie is actually full of ...
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174,79 |
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