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Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker by Chuck Haddix
$37.95 AUD
Category: Music | Series: Music in American Life (Hardcover)
Saxophone virtuoso Charlie "Bird" Parker began playing professionally in his early teens, became a heroin addict at 16, changed the course of music, and then died when only 34 years old. His friend Robert Reisner observed, "Parker, in the brief span of his life, crowded more living into it than any othe ...Show more
Robert Johnson by Barry Lee Pearson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Music in American Life
With just forty-one recordings to his credit, Robert Johnson (1911-38) is a giant in the history of blues music. Johnson's vast influence on twentieth-century American music, combined with his mysterious death at the age of twenty-seven, has allowed speculation and myths to obscure the facts of his life ...Show more
Southern Soul-Blues by David G. Whiteis
$39.95 AUD
Category: Music | Series: Music in American Life
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 S ...Show more
Sweet Dreams: The World of Patsy Cline by Professor Warren R Hofstra, Ed
$38.95 AUD
Category: Music | Series: Music in American Life (Paperback)
One of the most influential and acclaimed female vocalists of the twentieth century, Patsy Cline (1932-63) was best known for her rich tone and emotionally expressive voice. Born Virginia Patterson Hensley, she launched her musical career during the early 1950s as a young woman in Winchester, Virginia, ...Show more
The Heart of a Woman - The Life and Music of Florence B. Price by Rae Linda Brown
$44.00 AUD
Category: Special Orders | Series: Music in American Life Ser.
The Heart of a Woman offers the first-ever biography of Florence B. Price, a composer whose career spanned both the Harlem and Chicago Renaissances, and the first African American woman to gain national recognition for her works. Price's twenty-five years in Chicago formed the core of a working life tha ...Show more
Where Did Our Love Go? - The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound by Nelson George; Quincy Jones (Foreword by)
$58.99 AUD
Category: Music | Series: Music in American Life Ser.
Nelson George's chronicle of Motown Records' rise and fall remains a classic account of an essential American music company and its dynamic founder, Berry Gordy Jr. Gordy's uncanny instinct for finding extraordinary talent - from performers and musicians to songwriters and producers - packed the label's ...Show more
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