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  • - Rockabilly Music and Its Makers
    af Craig Morrison
    253,95 kr.

    Presents the who, what, where, and when of rockabilly music

  • af Clifford R Murphy
    258,95 kr.

    "The product of a hardscrabble childhood, J. Mayo "Ink" Williams parlayed an Ivy League education into unlikely twin careers as a foundational producer of Black music and pioneering Black player in the early NFL. Clifford R. Murphy tells the story of an ambitious, upwardly mobile life affected, but never daunted, by white society's racism or the Black community's class tensions. Williams caroused with Paul Robeson, recorded the likes of Ma Rainey and Blind Lemon Jefferson, and lined up against Chicago Bears player-coach George Halas. Though resented by the artists he exploited, Williams combined a rock-solid instinct for what would sell with an ear for music that put him at the forefront of finding, recording, and blending blues and jazz. Murphy charts Williams's wide-ranging accomplishments while providing portraits of the cutthroat recording industry and the possibilities, however constrained, of Black life in the 1920s and 1930s. Vivid and engaging, Ink brings to light the extraordinary journey of a Black businessman and athlete"--

  • - From the Pilgrims to the Present
    af Gilbert Chase
    288,95 kr.

    'A landmark in American musical historiography.... Indispensable for music teachers and scholars; moreover, it is accessible to the layman.... An exhaustive bibliography, excellent discography, and rarely seen illustrations and photographs add to its attractiveness.'

  • - Chicago Blues at the Crossroads
    af Alan Harper
    198,95 - 1.023,95 kr.

  • - The Jimmy Rogers Story
    af Wayne Everett Goins
    263,95 - 1.158,95 kr.

  • - SONGS AND SONGMAKERS OF THE AMERICAN WEST
    af John I. White
    198,95 kr.

  • - The wrong place for the Right people
    af Barney Josephson & Terry Trilling-Josephson
    188,95 - 353,95 kr.

    The story of the night club impresario whose wildly successful interracial club, Cafe Society, changed the American artistic landscape forever

  • - A Discography of Ethnic Recordings Produced in the United States, 1893-1942. Vol. 7: Record Number Index, Matrix Number Index
    af Richard K. Spottswood
    888,95 kr.

  • - A HISTORY 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
    af Neil V. Rosenberg
    273,95 kr.

    Beginning with the musical cultures of the American South in the 1920s and 1930s, this title traces the genre through its pivotal developments during the era of Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys in the forties. It also describes early bluegrass' role in postwar country music, and its trials following the appearance of rock and roll.

  • - Black Folk Music to the Civil War
    af Dena J. Epstein
    298,95 kr.

    From the plaintive tunes of woe sung by exiled kings and queens of Africa to the spirited work songs and "shouts" of freedmen, this title traces the course of early black folk music in various its guises.

  • - A Singer's Journey
    af Allan Keiler
    208,95 kr.

    Marian Anderson was a woman with two disparate voices. The first - a powerful, majestic contralto spanning four octaves - catapulted her from Philadelphia poverty to international fame. A second, softer voice emanated from her mere presence. This study of Anderson's life features separate appendices for Anderson's repertory and discography.

  • - People's Songs, American Communism, and the Politics of Culture, 1930-50
    af ROBBIE LIEBERMAN
    208,95 kr.

  • - The Autobiography of Magnificent Montague
    af Magnificent Montague
    208,95 kr.

    Reflections from the legendary R & B deejay whose signature sound seared the airwaves

  • - Tradition and Innovation in Chicago
    af David Whiteis
    233,95 - 1.028,95 kr.

  • - Playing Bluegrass with Bill Monroe
    af Bob Black
    208,95 kr.

    The inside story on the Father of Bluegrass from one of his Blue Grass Boys

  • af Garry Boulard
    253,95 kr.

    A biography of Louis Prima, one of the most underrated jazz musicians and entertainers of the twentieth century. It explores Prima's ability to maintain a lifelong career, his knack for self-promotion, and how the cities in which he lived and performed - New York, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas - uniquely and indelibly informed his style.

  • - Portraits and Stories
    af David G. Whiteis
    233,95 kr.

    Contains vignettes from both on and off the stage about the personalities of the Chicago blues scene in contemporary times. This book takes the readers on a tour of venues like East of Ryan and the Starlight Lounge; home to artists, such as Jumpin' Willie Cobbs, Willie D, and Harmonica Khan, and tells the stories behind the lives of past pioneers.

  • - Lost and Found
    af Barry Lee Pearson
    253,95 kr.

    The biography of a giant in the history of blues music

  • - An Intimate Portrait
    af Walter Rimler
    188,95 - 278,95 kr.

    The dramatic story of a legendary American composer

  • - Bodies, Space, and Sound in American Cultural History
    af Christopher J. Smith
    253,95 - 1.028,95 kr.

  • - The Chicago Scene
    af Robert Pruter
    288,95 kr.

  • af Robert Pruter
    318,95 kr.

  • - A Memoir
    af Neil V Rosenberg
    198,95 - 1.153,95 kr.

  • af Gary B. Reid
    273,95 kr.

    Brings together forty years of passionate research by scholar and record label owner. This book provides fans and scholars alike with a guide for immersion in the long career and breathtaking repertoire of two legendary American musicians.

  • - Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music
    af Robert M. Marovich
    313,95 - 1.158,95 kr.

  • - Country Music and the Southern Working Class
    af Bill C Malone
    233,95 kr.

    Combining the history of country music's roots with portraits of its primary performers, this work examines the close relationship between "America's truest music" and the working-class culture that has constituted its principal source, nurtured its development, and provided its most dedicated supporters.

  • - Ether Music and Espionage
    af Albert Glinsky
    253,95 kr.

    Written by an award-winning composer whose music has been performed in the US, Europe, and the Far East, this title combines the whimsical and the treacherous into a chronicle that takes in various things from the KGB to Macy's store windows, Alcatraz to the Beach Boys, Hollywood thrillers to the United Nations, Joseph Stalin to Shirley Temple.

  • - Ethnomusicological Reflections on Schools of Music
    af Bruno Nettl
    208,95 kr.

    One of the ethnomusicologists takes the reader along for a tour of his workplace.

  • af Jon Hartley Fox
    233,95 - 313,95 kr.

    Offers a comprehensive history of King Records, one of the most influential independent record companies in the history of American music. This book tells the story of a small outsider record company in Cincinnati, Ohio, that attracted an extremely diverse roster of artists, including the Stanley Brothers, Grandpa Jones, Redd Foxx and Earl Bostic.

  • - Composer and Critic
    af Suzanne Robinson
    278,95 - 1.028,95 kr.