Race, Rock, and Elvis
ISBN: 9780252072703 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Race, Rock, and Elvis, Michael T. Bertrand contends that popular music, specifically Elvis Presley's brand of rock 'n' roll, helped revise racial attitudes after World War II. Observing that youthful fans of rhythm and blues, rock 'n' roll, and other black-inspired music seemed more inclined than their segregationist elders to ignore the color line, Bertrand links popular music with a more general relaxation, led by white youths, of the historical denigration of blacks in the South. The tradition of southern racism, successfully communicated to previous generations, failed for the first...
In Race, Rock, and Elvis, Michael T. Bertrand contends that popular music, specifically Elvis Presley's brand of rock 'n' roll, helped revise racial a...
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91,34 zł |
Only the Strong Survive: Memoirs of a Soul Survivor
ISBN: 9780253217042 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ..". Butler s recollections of the racially segregated chitlin circuit, the early days of the civil rights movement and fellow performers like Dinah Washington, Little Willie John and Dionne Warwick are fascinating and insightful.... Only the Strong Survive makes one wish it came with a soundtrack." The New York Times Book Review " Only the Strong Survive] presents a portrait of a remarkable performer, as well as an up-close and personal look at the world of rhythm and blues from the perspective of an insider.... A moving chronicle of one of America s music pioneers." Chicago... ..". Butler s recollections of the racially segregated chitlin circuit, the early days of the civil rights movement and fellow performers like Dina... |
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111,65 zł |
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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152,27 zł |
California Soul: Music of African Americans in the Westvolume 1
ISBN: 9780520206281 / Angielski / Miękka / 462 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new series, co-sponsored with The Center for Black Music Research of Columbia College, seeks to increase our understanding of black music genres and their importance to the cultures of the Atlantic world, including their influence on African musical styles. Books in the series will examine the wide-ranging music of the African diaspora--including the folk-derived musical styles of the Americas as well as European-influenced concert hall music of the entire black Atlantic world--by analyzing issues critical to our interpretation of the music itself and exploring the relationships between...
This new series, co-sponsored with The Center for Black Music Research of Columbia College, seeks to increase our understanding of black music genres ...
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240,48 zł |
Rhythm & Blues Guitar [With CD]
ISBN: 9780634001499 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Guitar Educational). Renowned R&B, blues and funk ace Cornell Dupree was a guitarist of legendary proportion, with more than 2,500 albums as a sideman to his credit In this authoritative book/audio pack, he reveals his playing secrets, covering: R&B, blues and funk styles; double-stops, vamps, scales and playing tips; common progressions and riffs; his equipment set-up; and much more. The audio features 10 songs written and performed by Cornell with full-band backing. The book also includes a foreword by blues expert Dave Rubin, a biography, Cornell's reminiscences, great photos, and...
(Guitar Educational). Renowned R&B, blues and funk ace Cornell Dupree was a guitarist of legendary proportion, with more than 2,500 albums as a sidema...
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98,73 zł |
Alicia Keys, Ashanti, Beyonce, Destiny's Child, Jennifer Lopez & Mya: Divas of the New Millennium
ISBN: 9780974977966 / Angielski / Miękka / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Divas of the New Millennium is an intimate look into the lives of five beautiful soloists and one amazing trio who have become today's most influential female musicians by following the music within their hearts. Through the struggles they've faced in today's music industry, these women have continued to show that it is most rewarding to treasure their dignity and individuality above all else.... If you are a fan.
Divas of the New Millennium is an intimate look into the lives of five beautiful soloists and one amazing trio who have become today's most influentia...
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81,52 zł |
The Confessions of Rick James: "Memoirs of a Super Freak"
ISBN: 9780979097638 / Angielski / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To fans of sassy and savvy urban music, the name Rick James will forever be associated with the mainstream emergence of funk--that bottom-heavy blend of rock and soul that sparked a multiracial musical revolution in the 1970s and 1980s and has since influenced everything from rap to raves, punk to progressive rock. Along with the fame, the Grammy Award, and superstardom came drug abuse and even felony convictions, all of which are chronicled in this gripping, posthumous tell-all of the funk revolution.
To fans of sassy and savvy urban music, the name Rick James will forever be associated with the mainstream emergence of funk--that bottom-heavy blend ...
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91,15 zł |
The New Blue Music: Changes in Rhythm & Blues, 1950-1999
ISBN: 9781578068623 / Angielski / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rhythm & blues emerged from the African American community in the late 1940s to become the driving force in American popular music over the next half-century. Although sometimes called -doo-wop, - -soul, - -funk, - -urban contemporary, - or -hip-hop, - R&B is actually an umbrella category that includes all of these styles and genres. It is in fact a modern-day incarnation of a musical tradition that stretches back to nineteenth-century America, and even further to African beginnings. The New Blue Music: Changes in Rhythm & Blues, 1950-1999 traces the development of R&B from 1950... Rhythm & blues emerged from the African American community in the late 1940s to become the driving force in American popular music over the next ha... |
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216,73 zł |
In Search of the Blues
ISBN: 9780465018123 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this extraordinary reconstruction of the origins of the blues, historian Marybeth Hamilton demonstrates that the story as we know it is largely a myth. Following the trail of characters like Howard Odum, who combed Mississippi's back roads with a cylinder phonograph to record vagrants, John and Alan Lomax, who prowled Southern penitentiaries and unearthed the rough, melancholy vocals of Leadbelly, and James McKune, a recluse whose record collection came to define the primal sounds of the Delta blues, Hamilton reveals this musical form to be the culmination of a longstanding white...
In this extraordinary reconstruction of the origins of the blues, historian Marybeth Hamilton demonstrates that the story as we know it is largely a m...
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138,51 zł |
The Lost Supreme: The Life of Dreamgirl Florence Ballard
ISBN: 9781556529597 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the months before she died, Florence Ballard, the spunky teenager who founded the most successful female vocal group in historythe Supremestold her own side of the story. Recorded on tape, Flo shed light on all areas of her life, including the surprising identity of the man by whom she was raped prior to her entering the music business, the details of her love-hate relationship with Motown Records czar Berry Gordy, her drinking problem and pleas for help, a never-ending desire to be the Supremes lead singer, and her attempts to get her life back on track after being brutally expelled from...
In the months before she died, Florence Ballard, the spunky teenager who founded the most successful female vocal group in historythe Supremestold her...
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72,96 zł |
From Jubilee to Hip Hop: Readings in African American Music
ISBN: 9780136013228 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From Jubilee to Hip Hop includes 36 reading selections that underscore the breadth and variety of African American musical culture. Each of these selections relates something notable and interesting about African American musical culture since the Emancipation, whether it is Marian Anderson's recollection of the legendary 1939 DAR Constitution Hall debacle, or John Chilton's story of the impact of Louis Jordan's song, "Caldonia."
From Jubilee to Hip Hop includes 36 reading selections that underscore the breadth and variety of African American musical culture. Each of these sele...
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314,74 zł |
Rhythm Without Blues: The Dichotomy of a Music Genre
ISBN: 9781606930212 / Angielski / Twarda / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If you've ever felt the blues, sang the blues, or simply love rhythm and blues, Dr. Syleecia Thompson's tell-all book will make you appreciate this nearly 70-year-old music genre even more. This insider's narration reveals the dark side of the industry and what an artist has to go through in order to bring his or her talent to the masses. Included are over 20 unedited interviews (several anonymous) from artists, producers, lawyers, managers, and industry insiders. You'll hear from such greats as R. Kelly and Syleena Johnson, industry giants Micky "MeMpHitz" Wright of Jive Records,...
If you've ever felt the blues, sang the blues, or simply love rhythm and blues, Dr. Syleecia Thompson's tell-all book will make you appreciate this ne...
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105,22 zł |
Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret
ISBN: 9780312619749 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Winner of the Oregon Book Award for General Nonfiction and Los Angeles Times bestseller If you were a fan of... Winner of the Oregon Book Award for General Nonfiction and Los Angeles Times bestseller |
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154,56 zł |
Southern Soul-Blues
ISBN: 9780252034794 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Attracting passionate fans primarily among African American listeners in the South, Southern Soul draws on such diverse influences as the blues, 1960s-era Deep Soul, contemporary R & B, neosoul, rap, hip-hop, and gospel. Aggressively danceable, lyrically evocative, and fervidly emotional, Southern Soul songs often portray unabashedly carnal themes, and audiences delight in the performer-audience interaction and communal solidarity at live performances.Examining the history and development of Southern Soul from its modern roots in the 1960s and 1970s, David Whiteis highlights some of Southern...
Attracting passionate fans primarily among African American listeners in the South, Southern Soul draws on such diverse influences as the blues, 1960s...
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568,66 zł |
Jackie Wilson: Lonely Teardrops
ISBN: 9781138140233 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To his many fans, he was known simply as "Mr. Excitement," a singer whose music and stage presence influenced generations of performers, from Elvis Presley to Michael Jackson. Jackie Wilson: Lonely Teardrops looks at the life and career of this deeply troubled artist. Published briefly in a limited edition in the United Kingdom, this Routledge edition makes available this definitive biography for Wilson's legions of fans. Also includes two 8-page photo inserts.
To his many fans, he was known simply as "Mr. Excitement," a singer whose music and stage presence influenced generations of performers, from Elvis Pr...
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685,43 zł |
Amazing Jimmi Mayes: Sideman to the Stars
ISBN: 9781617039164 / Angielski / Twarda / 209 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For more than fifty years, Chicago drummer Jimmi Mayes served as a sideman behind some of the greatest musicians and musical groups in history. He began his career playing the blues in the juke joints of Mississippi, sharpened his trade under the mentorship of drum legends Sam Lay and Fred Below in the steamy nightclubs of south Chicago, and hit it big in New York City behind such music legends as Tommy Hunt from the Flamingos, Marvin Gaye, and James Brown. Mayes played his drums behind blues giants Little Walter Jacobs, Jimmy Reed, Robert Junior Lockwood, Earl Hooker, Junior Wells,... For more than fifty years, Chicago drummer Jimmi Mayes served as a sideman behind some of the greatest musicians and musical groups in history. He ... |
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128,84 zł |
Southern Soul-Blues
ISBN: 9780252079085 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Attracting passionate fans primarily among African American listeners in the South, Southern Soul draws on such diverse influences as the blues, 1960s-era Deep Soul, contemporary R & B, neosoul, rap, hip-hop, and gospel. Aggressively danceable, lyrically evocative, and fervidly emotional, Southern Soul songs often portray unabashedly carnal themes, and audiences delight in the performer-audience interaction and communal solidarity at live performances.Examining the history and development of Southern Soul from its modern roots in the 1960s and 1970s, David Whiteis highlights some of Southern...
Attracting passionate fans primarily among African American listeners in the South, Southern Soul draws on such diverse influences as the blues, 1960s...
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111,65 zł |
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio: How the Swampers Changed American Music
ISBN: 9781540209184 / Angielski / Twarda / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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137,38 zł |
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio: How the Swampers Changed American Music
ISBN: 9781626192393 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An estimated four hundred gold records have been recorded in the Muscle Shoals area. Many of those are thanks to Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, dubbed "the Swampers." Some of the greatest names in rock, R&B and blues laid tracks in the original, iconic concrete-block building--the likes of Cher, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Rolling Stones and the Black Keys. The National Register of Historic Places now recognizes that building, where Lynyrd Skynyrd recorded the original version of "Free Bird" and the Rolling Stones wrote "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses." By combing...
An estimated four hundred gold records have been recorded in the Muscle Shoals area. Many of those are thanks to Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and the Mu...
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103,03 zł |
Bellowhead -- The Songbook: Piano/Vocal/Guitar
ISBN: 9780571538294 / Angielski / Miękka / 999 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of the biggest and best songs from multiple award-winning folk collective Bellowhead. With songs chosen by the band and their fans, this collection spans the ten year history of Bellowhead, and have been specially arranged for piano, voice, and guitar. Packed with photos, biographies, song facts, and the history of the band, this collector's edition is a must-have for any Bellowhead or folk music fan. Titles: 10,000 Miles Away * Betsy Baker * Captain Wedderburn * Cold Blows the Wind * Cross-Eyed and Chinless * Fakenham Fair * Jordan * London Town * New York Girls * Parson's...
A collection of the biggest and best songs from multiple award-winning folk collective Bellowhead. With songs chosen by the band and their fans, this ...
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96,15 zł |