Central Avenue Sounds
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Central Avenue Sounds
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Author : Clora Bryant
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1998
Central Avenue Sounds written by Clora Bryant and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
Here too are recollections of Hollywood's effects on local culture, the precedent-setting merger of the black and white musicians' unions, and the repercussions from the racism in the Los Angeles Police Department in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Central Avenue Sounds
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Author : Clora Bryant
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1998
Central Avenue Sounds written by Clora Bryant and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
Here too are recollections of Hollywood's effects on local culture, the precedent-setting merger of the black and white musicians' unions, and the repercussions from the racism in the Los Angeles Police Department in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Los Angeles S Central Avenue Jazz
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Author : Sean J. O'Connell
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2014-05-26
Los Angeles S Central Avenue Jazz written by Sean J. O'Connell and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-26 with Photography categories.
From the late 1910s until the early 1950s, a series of aggressive segregation policies toward Los Angeless rapidly expanding African American community inadvertently led to one of the most culturally rich avenues in the United States. From Downtown Los Angeles to the largely undeveloped city of Watts to the south, Central Avenue became the center of the West Coast jazz scene, nurturing homegrown talents like Charles Mingus, Dexter Gordon, and Buddy Collette while also hosting countless touring jazz legends such as Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Billie Holiday. Twenty-four hours a day, the sound of live jazz wafted out of nightclubs, restaurants, hotel lobbies, music schools, and anywhere else a jazz combo could squeeze in its instruments for nearly 50 years, helping to advance and define the sound of Americas greatest musical contribution.
Los Angeles S Angels Flight
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Author : Jim Dawson
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2008
Los Angeles S Angels Flight written by Jim Dawson and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
From 1901 to 1969, Angels Flight was America's most famous incline railway, familiar from its many appearances on postcards and in pulp fiction and film noir. It inspired the titles of five novels, including a 1999 best seller, and three films. Angels Flight's two colorful trolleys glided up and down the side of Bunker Hill in the heart of Los Angeles, carrying 100 million passengers between a downtown business district and a Victorian aerie that gradually deteriorated into a gritty slum. When the city turned Bunker Hill into an acropolis of skyscrapers, Angels Flight was packed up like a boy's electric train set and stored away for nearly 30 years. After a restoration in the mid-1990s that led to a fatal accident, Angels Flight has reopened and is now ready to claim its next chapters in Los Angeles history.
The Dark Tree
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Author : Steven L. Isoardi
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2023-08-07
The Dark Tree written by Steven L. Isoardi and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-07 with Music categories.
In the early 1960s, pianist Horace Tapscott gave up a successful career in Lionel Hampton’s band and returned to his home in Los Angeles to found the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, a community arts group that focused on providing community-oriented jazz and jazz training. Over the course of almost forty years, the Arkestra, together with the related Union of God’s Musicians and Artists Ascension collective, was at the forefront of the vital community-based arts movement in Black Los Angeles. Some three hundred artists—musicians, vocalists, poets, playwrights, painters, sculptors, and graphic artists—passed through these organizations, many ultimately remaining within the community and others moving on to achieve international fame. In The Dark Tree, Steven L. Isoardi draws on one hundred in-depth interviews with the Arkestra’s participants to tell the history of the important and largely overlooked community arts movement of Black Los Angeles. This revised and updated edition brings the story of the Arkestra up to date, as its ethos and aesthetic remain vital forces in jazz and popular music to this day.
Songs Of The Unsung
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Author : Horace Tapscott
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2001-02-19
Songs Of The Unsung written by Horace Tapscott and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-02-19 with Music categories.
Despite his importance and influence, jazz musician, educator, and community leader Horace Tapscott remains relatively unknown to most Americans. In Songs of the Unsung Tapscott shares his life story, recalling his childhood in Houston, moving with his family to Los Angeles in 1943, learning music, and his early professional career. He describes forming the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra in 1961 and later the Union of God's Musicians and Artists Ascension to preserve African American music and serve the community. Tapscott also recounts his interactions with the Black Panthers and law enforcement, the Watts riots, his work in Hollywood movie studios, and stories about his famous musician-activist friends. Songs of the Unsung is the captivating story of one of America’s most unassuming heroes as well as the story of L.A.'s cultural and political evolution over the last half of the twentieth century.
Black Los Angeles
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Author : Darnell M. Hunt
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2010-04-29
Black Los Angeles written by Darnell M. Hunt and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-29 with Social Science categories.
Naráyana’s best-seller gives its reader much more than “Friendly Advice.” In one handy collection—closely related to the world-famous Pañcatantra or Five Discourses on Worldly Wisdom —numerous animal fables are interwoven with human stories, all designed to instruct wayward princes. Tales of canny procuresses compete with those of cunning crows and tigers. An intrusive ass is simply thrashed by his master, but the meddlesome monkey ends up with his testicles crushed. One prince manages to enjoy himself with a merchant’s wife with her husband’s consent, while another is kicked out of paradise by a painted image. This volume also contains the compact version of King Víkrama’s Adventures, thirty-two popular tales about a generous emperor, told by thirty-two statuettes adorning his lion-throne. Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation For more on this title and other titles in the Clay Sanskrit series, please visit http://www.claysanskritlibrary.org
California Soul
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Author : Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1998-05-12
California Soul written by Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-05-12 with History categories.
"Documented with great care and affection, this book is filled with revelations about the intermingling of peoples, styles of music, business interests, night-life pleasures, and the strange ways lived experience shaped black music as America's music in California." —Charles Keil, co-author of Music Grooves
Classic Jazz
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Author : Floyd Levin
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2000-11-30
Classic Jazz written by Floyd Levin and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-11-30 with Music categories.
Floyd Levin, an award-winning jazz writer, has personally known many of the jazz greats who contributed to the music's colorful history. In this collection of his articles, published mostly in jazz magazines over a fifty-year period, Levin takes us into the nightclubs, the recording studios, the record companies, and, most compellingly, into the lives of the musicians who made the great moments of the traditional jazz and swing eras. Brilliantly weaving anecdotal material, primary research, and music analysis into every chapter, Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians is a gold mine of information on a rich segment of American popular music. This collection of articles begins with Levin's first published piece and includes several new articles that were inspired by his work on this compilation. The articles are organized thematically, beginning with a piece on Kid Ory's early recordings and ending with a newly written article about the campaign to put up a monument to Louis Armstrong in New Orleans. Along the way, Levin gives in-depth profiles of many well-known jazz legends, such as Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, and Louis Armstrong, and many lesser-known figures who contributed greatly to the development of jazz. Extensively illustrated with previously unpublished photographs from Levin's personal collection, this wonderfully readable and extremely personal book is full of information that is not available elsewhere. Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians will be celebrated by jazz scholars and fans everywhere for the overview it provides of the music's evolution, and for the love of jazz it inspires on every page.
Moonwalking With Einstein
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Author : Joshua Foer
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2011-04-07
Moonwalking With Einstein written by Joshua Foer and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-07 with Psychology categories.
'Be prepared to be amazed' Guardian Can anyone get a perfect memory? Joshua Foer used to be like most of us, forgetting phone numbers and mislaying keys. Then he learnt the art of memory training, and a year later found himself in the finals of the US Memory Championship. He also discovered a truth we often forget: that, even in an age of technology, memory is the key to everything we are. In Moonwalking with Einstein he takes us on an astonishing journey through the mind, from ancient 'memory palace' techniques to neuroscience, from the man who can recall nine thousand books to another who constantly forgets who he is. In doing so, Foer shows how we can all improve our memories. 'Captivating ... engaging ... smart and funny' The New York Times 'Delightful ... uplifting ... it shows that our minds can do extraordinary things' Wall Street Journal 'Great fun ... a book worth remembering' Independent 'A lovely exploration of the ways that we preserve our lives and our world in the golden amber of human memory' New Scientist