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Nilsson
The Life of a Singer-Songwriter
Av Alyn Shipton
Häftad, 2015
340 kr
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Paul McCartney and John Lennon described him as the Beatles' "favorite group," he won Grammy awards, wrote and recorded hit songs, and yet no figure in popular music is as much of a paradox, or as underrated, as Harry Nilsson. In this first ever full-length biography, Alyn Shipton traces Nilsson's …
Groovin' High
The Life of Dizzy Gillespie
Av Alyn Shipton
E-bok, 2001
260 kr
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Dizzy Gillespie was one of the most important and best-loved musicians in jazz history. With his horn-rimmed glasses, goatee, jive talk, and upraised trumpet bell, he was the hipster who most personified bebop. The musical heir to Louis Armstrong, he created the modern jazz trumpet-playing style …
Groovin' High
The Life of Dizzy Gillespie
Av Alyn Shipton
E-bok, 2001
195 kr
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Dizzy Gillespie was one of the most important and best-loved musicians in jazz history. With his horn-rimmed glasses, goatee, jive talk, and upraised trumpet bell, he was the hipster who most personified bebop. The musical heir to Louis Armstrong, he created the modern jazz trumpet-playing style …
The Gerry Mulligan 1950s Quartets
Av Alyn Shipton
Inbunden, 2023
869 kr
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The Gerry Mulligan Quartet, founded in Los Angeles in 1952, was widely acclaimed as the first small ensemble in jazz that did not include a chordal instrument such as a piano or guitar. Using original scores and detailed transcriptions of Mulligan's work, The Gerry Mulligan 1950s Quartets offers an …
The Gerry Mulligan 1950s Quartets
Av Alyn Shipton
Häftad, 2023
220 kr
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The Gerry Mulligan Quartet, founded in Los Angeles in 1952, was widely acclaimed as the first small ensemble in jazz that did not include a chordal instrument such as a piano or guitar. Using original scores and detailed transcriptions of Mulligan's work, The Gerry Mulligan 1950s Quartets offers an …
Gerry Mulligan 1950s Quartets
Av Alyn Shipton
E-bok, 2023
168 kr
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The Gerry Mulligan Quartet, founded in Los Angeles in 1952, was widely acclaimed as the first small ensemble in jazz that did not include a chordal instrument such as a piano or guitar. Using original scores and detailed transcriptions of Mulligan''s work, The Gerry Mulligan 1950s Quartets offers …
Gerry Mulligan 1950s Quartets
Av Alyn Shipton
E-bok, 2023
168 kr
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The Gerry Mulligan Quartet, founded in Los Angeles in 1952, was widely acclaimed as the first small ensemble in jazz that did not include a chordal instrument such as a piano or guitar. Using original scores and detailed transcriptions of Mulligan''s work, The Gerry Mulligan 1950s Quartets offers …
Nilsson
The Life of a Singer-Songwriter
Av Alyn Shipton
E-bok, 2013
242 kr
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Paul McCartney and John Lennon described him as the Beatles'' "favorite group," he won Grammy awards, wrote and recorded hit songs, and yet no figure in popular music is as much of a paradox, or as underrated, as Harry Nilsson. In this first ever full-length biography, Alyn Shipton traces …
Nilsson
The Life of a Singer-Songwriter
Av Alyn Shipton
E-bok, 2013
242 kr
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Paul McCartney and John Lennon described him as the Beatles'' "favorite group," he won Grammy awards, wrote and recorded hit songs, and yet no figure in popular music is as much of a paradox, or as underrated, as Harry Nilsson. In this first ever full-length biography, Alyn Shipton traces …
Hi-de-ho
The Life of Cab Calloway
Av Alyn Shipton
E-bok, 2010
386 kr
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Clad in white tie and tails, dancing and scatting his way through the "Hi-de-ho" chorus of "Minnie the Moocher," Cab Calloway exuded a sly charm and sophistication that endeared him to legions of fans. In Hi-de-ho , author Alyn Shipton offers the first full-length biography of Cab Calloway, whose …
Hi-de-ho
The Life of Cab Calloway
Av Alyn Shipton
E-bok, 2010
386 kr
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Clad in white tie and tails, dancing and scatting his way through the "Hi-de-ho" chorus of "Minnie the Moocher," Cab Calloway exuded a sly charm and sophistication that endeared him to legions of fans. In Hi-de-ho , author Alyn Shipton offers the first full-length biography of Cab Calloway, whose …
Nilsson
The Life of a Singer-Songwriter
Av Alyn Shipton
Inbunden, 2013
777 kr
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Paul McCartney and John Lennon described him as the Beatles' "favorite group," and yet no figure in popular music is as much of a paradox as Harry Nilsson. A major celebrity at a time when stadium rock was in its infancy and huge concerts and festivals were becoming the norm, Nilsson's instrument …
Hi-de-ho
The Life of Cab Calloway
Av Alyn Shipton
Häftad, 2013
604 kr
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Clad in white tie and tails, dancing and scatting his way through the "Hi-de-ho" chorus of "Minnie the Moocher," Cab Calloway exuded a sly charm and sophistication that endeared him to legions of fans. In Hi-de-ho, author Alyn Shipton offers the first full-length biography of Cab Calloway, whose …
I Feel a Song Coming on
The Life of Jimmy McHugh
Av Alyn Shipton
Inbunden, 2009
511 kr
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This first biography of Jimmy McHugh captures a lively and significant contributor to American songwriting. Creator of favorite tunes such as "I'm in the Mood for Love" and "On the Sunny Side of the Street," McHugh was a one-man history of twentieth-century popular music: in his prolific composing …
Handful of Keys
Conversations with 30 Jazz Pianists
Av Alyn Shipton
Inbunden, 2004
764 kr
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First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Lullaby of Birdland
The Autobiography of George Shearing
Av George Shearing, Alyn Shipton
Häftad, 2005
366 kr
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Pianist George Shearing is that rare thing, a European jazz musician who became a household name in the US, as a result of the 'Shearing sound' - the recordings of his historic late 1940s quintet. Together with his unique 'locked hands' approach to playing the piano, Shearing's quintet with guitar …
Buddy Bolden and the Last Days of Storyville
E-bok, 2001
662 kr
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The first volume of Barker's memoirs, A Life in Jazz, followed him from New Orleans into the big bands of Cab Calloway and Benny Carter. He was working on this-the second volume-for some years before his death in 1994. Beginning with an extended portrait of Buddy Bolden as recalled by the likes of …
Buddy Bolden and the Last Days of Storyville
Häftad, 2001
605 kr
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In 1986, jazz guitarist, banjoist, singer and composer Danny Barker (who died in 1994) published the first volume of his memoirs "A Life in Jazz," which was widely praised as an addition to the history of jazz. This is a further selection of Barker's writings (beginning with a long portrait of …
Fats Waller
Av Alyn Shipton
Häftad, 2005
306 kr
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Fats Waller (1904-1943) was an outsize man in all respects: five feet, eleven inches tall, he weighed 285 pounds. The greatest of the Harlem "stride" pianists, he composed hundreds of songs, he led a band that made over 400 recordings, and he wrote several Broadway shows. Waller's gargantuan …
Jazz Life and Times: Fats Waller
Av Alyn Shipton
E-bok, 1989
166 kr
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Fats Waller (1904-1943) was an outsize man in all respects: five feet eleven inches tall, he weighed 285 pounds. He was the greatest of the Harlem "stride" pianists, he composed hundreds of songs, he led a band which made over 400 recordings and he wrote several Broadway shows. Waller is seen by …
On Jazz
A Personal Journey
Av Alyn Shipton
Inbunden, 2022
345 kr
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Few musical genres inspire the passionate devotion of jazz. Its mystique goes far beyond the melodies and rhythms, with its key players and singers discussed by aficionados with a respect that borders on reverence. Some books on jazz offer little more than theory or dry facts, thereby relinquishing …
Handful of Keys
Conversations with 30 Jazz Pianists
Av Alyn Shipton
E-bok, 2016
714 kr
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In this collection, Shipton has drawn together conversations with some of the key jazz pianists. Spanning the period from the birth of bebop to the present, their collective experience is a major part of jazz piano history. Shipton''s sympathetic yet probing interviews uncover the fascinating life …
Handful of Keys
Conversations with 30 Jazz Pianists
Av Alyn Shipton
E-bok, 2016
714 kr
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In this collection, Shipton has drawn together conversations with some of the key jazz pianists. Spanning the period from the birth of bebop to the present, their collective experience is a major part of jazz piano history. Shipton''s sympathetic yet probing interviews uncover the fascinating life …
Life in Jazz
E-bok, 2016
410 kr
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As a musician who grew up in New Orleans, and later worked in New York with the major swing orchestras of Lucky Millinder and Cab Calloway, Barker is uniquely placed to give an authoritative but personal view of jazz history. In this book he discusses his life in music, from the children''s …
Fats Waller
Av Alyn Shipton
E-bok, 2010
331 kr
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Fats Waller (1904-1943) was an outsize man in all respects: five feet, eleven inches tall, he weighed 285 pounds. The greatest of the Harlem "stride" pianists, he composed hundreds of songs, he led a band that made over 400 recordings, and he wrote several Broadway shows. Waller's gargantuan …
Art of Jazz
A Visual History
Av Alyn Shipton, John Edward Hasse
Inbunden, 2020
370 kr
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A perfect gift for the musicians and artists in your life! The Art of Jazz explores how the expressionism and spontaneity of jazz spilled onto its album art, posters, and promotional photography, and even inspired standalone works of fine art. Everyone knows jazz is on the cutting edge of music, …
Jazz Me Blues
The Autobiography of Chris Barber
Inbunden, 2014
367 kr
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Jazz trombonist Chris Barber formed his first band in the late 1940s, but it is the band that he has led from 1954, after parting company with trumpeter Ken Colyer, that has established all kinds of records for success and longevity. The 54 year partnership with trumpeter Pat Halcox is the longest …
Out of the Long Dark
The Life of Ian Carr
Av Alyn Shipton
Häftad, 2006
355 kr
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Few British jazz musicians have been at the cutting edge of as many movements as Ian Carr. A pioneer bebop player in his youth, a colleague of Eric Burdon and John McLaughlin in the R'n'B explosion of the 60s, co-leader of one of Britain's most innovative jazz groups, the Rendell-Carr Quintet, a …
Handful of Keys
Conversations with Thirty Jazz Pianists
Av Alyn Shipton
Inbunden, 2004
374 kr
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Jazz pianists occupy a unique place in the story of jazz, and the development of the solo piano tradition can be traced independently from that of instrumental ensemble jazz. Above all, piano jazz is about the individuals who have made their own individual contributions to the style, and in this …
Sång
Av Alyn Shipton
Inbunden, 2004
136 kr
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Serien Upptäck Musik skildrar olika instrument. I Upptäck Sång berättas om stämman som instrument och om olika sorter och genrer av sång genom tiderna.
