Finding Bix
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Finding Bix
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Author : Brendan Wolfe
language : en
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Release Date : 2017-05-15
Finding Bix written by Brendan Wolfe and has been published by University of Iowa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Brendan Wolfe's Finding Bix is a personal and often surprising attempt to connect music, history, and legend. A native of Bix Beiderbecke's hometown of Davenport, Iowa, Wolfe grew up seeing Bix's iconic portrait on everything from posters to parking garages. He never heard his music, though, until cast to play a bit part in an Italian biopic filmed in Davenport. Then, after writing a newspaper review of a book about Beiderbecke, Wolfe unexpectedly received a letter from the late musician's nephew scolding him for getting a number of facts wrong. This is where Finding Bix begins: in Wolfe's good-faith attempt to get the facts right.
Jazz And The Philosophy Of Art
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Author : Lee B. Brown
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-01-31
Jazz And The Philosophy Of Art written by Lee B. Brown and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-31 with Music categories.
Co-authored by three prominent philosophers of art, Jazz and the Philosophy of Art is the first book in English to be exclusively devoted to philosophical issues in jazz. It covers such diverse topics as minstrelsy, bebop, Voodoo, social and tap dancing, parades, phonography, musical forgeries, and jazz singing, as well as Goodman’s allographic/autographic distinction, Adorno’s critique of popular music, and what improvisation is and is not. The book is organized into three parts. Drawing on innovative strategies adopted to address challenges that arise for the project of defining art, Part I shows how historical definitions of art provide a blueprint for a historical definition of jazz. Part II extends the book’s commitment to social-historical contextualism by exploring distinctive ways that jazz has shaped, and been shaped by, American culture. It uses the lens of jazz vocals to provide perspective on racial issues previously unaddressed in the work. It then examines the broader premise that jazz was a socially progressive force in American popular culture. Part III concentrates on a topic that has entered into the arguments of each of the previous chapters: what is jazz improvisation? It outlines a pluralistic framework in which distinctive performance intentions distinguish distinctive kinds of jazz improvisation. This book is a comprehensive and valuable resource for any reader interested in the intersections between jazz and philosophy.
The Method Of Finding The Longitude At Sea By Timekeepers To Which Are Added Tables Of Equations To Equal Altitudes
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Author : William WALES (F.R.S.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1800
The Method Of Finding The Longitude At Sea By Timekeepers To Which Are Added Tables Of Equations To Equal Altitudes written by William WALES (F.R.S.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1800 with categories.
The Jazz Problem
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Author : Jacob Hardesty
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2023-10-01
The Jazz Problem written by Jacob Hardesty and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-01 with Education categories.
The Jazz Problem shows how high schools and colleges were the primary sites of this generational debate around jazz, the century's first cultural war. Schools were crucial sites of dispute between the worldviews of the late nineteenth century and the emerging modern world, one synonymous with jazz. As a major site of character formation where students came of age, high schools and colleges were the places where jazz was simultaneously celebrated and denigrated. Educators saw jazz as inseparable from other vices, such as smoking, drinking, "immodest dress" (for women), and some degree of sexual activity. Yet young people felt jazz was their music and relished the sense of generational autonomy that came with their affinity for jazz. This book offers a fresh and compelling look at the jazz controversy and how it shaped not only America'“Engaging and interesting to read by a layperson, but also well researched, documented, and written for scholars in the history of jazz, American music, or music education.” — Phillip Hash, School of Music, Illinois State University s musical life but our broader cultural identity.
Cardiac Regeneration Using Stem Cells
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Author : Keiichi Fukuda
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2013-04-10
Cardiac Regeneration Using Stem Cells written by Keiichi Fukuda and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-10 with Medical categories.
To achieve cardiac regeneration using pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, researchers must understand iPS cell generation methods, cardiomyocyte differentiation protocols, cardiomyocyte characterization methods, and tissue engineering. This book presents the current status and future possibilities in cardiac regeneration using iPS cells. Written by top r
Wolfe S History A Family Story
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Author : Brendan Wolfe
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2019-09
Wolfe S History A Family Story written by Brendan Wolfe and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09 with History categories.
Wolfe's History, by the author of Finding Bix (2017), wraps its arms around a single, sprawling Irish and American family. In an opening essay, Wolfe introduces a cast of larger-than-life characters-from an Old West barkeep and a Gold Rush pharmacist to an IRA fugitive and a British recruit whose loyalties are tested during the Easter Rising. Together these fast-talking, writerly cousins live intricate lives that move quickly between past and present-complete with periodic and sudden outbursts of violence. A man is set ablaze on the prairie. A Jesuit is tortured in Dublin Castle. In the author's sure hands, their stories are converted into something broader and more searching than just a single family's journey. He wonders what binds the Wolfes together in the first place and whether the experiences of his own immediate family subvert the connections he feels with his ancestors. A biographical dictionary and fifty pages of family trees complete this impressive volume.
Lynching In Virginia
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Author : Gianluca De Fazio
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2024-08-22
Lynching In Virginia written by Gianluca De Fazio and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-08-22 with History categories.
Uncovering the history and examining the legacy of lynching in the state of Virginia Although not as associated with lynching as other southern states, Virginia has a tragically extensive history with these horrific crimes. This important volume examines the more than one hundred people who were lynched in Virginia between 1866 and 1932. Its diverse set of contributors—including scholars, journalists, activists, and students—recover this wider history of lynching in Virginia, interrogate its legacy, and spotlight contemporary efforts to commemorate the victims of racial terror across the commonwealth. Together, their essays represent a small part of the growing effort to come to terms with the role Virginia played in perpetuating America’s national shame.
1929
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Author : Frederick Turner
language : en
Publisher: Catapult
Release Date : 2004-04-21
1929 written by Frederick Turner and has been published by Catapult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-04-21 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
By 1929, the brief, brilliant career of Bix Beiderbecke––self–taught cornetist, pianist, and composer––had already become legend. From the summer of '26 at Hudson Lake, Indiana, when his genius blazed forth with a strange, doomed incandescence, Bix's career tragically reflected the chaotic impulses of a country suddenly awash in wealth, power, and a profound cynicism. Shy, elusive, inarticulate, Bix was beloved by both the raccoon–coated campus crowd and the men who nightly played alongside him. He is still celebrated in a yearly festival in his hometown of Davenport, Iowa.And that is where the novel begins, Davenport and the Bix Fest. Then it travels back in time to focus on the highlights of a meteoric career: a Capone–controlled nightclub in 1926; the grueling cross–country tours with Paul Whiteman's Symphonic Jazz orchestra; the disastrous Whiteman trip to California to make the first all–color talkie musical; the stock market crash of 1929 that finds Bix in an asylum, victim of the era's signature product, bootleg gin; and finally, Bix's dying efforts to combine his piano compositions into a suite that would be the pinnacle of his life's work and his evocation of his time and place.Colored by some of the age's most popular characters––Maurice Ravel, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Clara Bow–– 1929 brilliantly illuminates a period in history, personified in the gifted, compelling, and melancholy figure of Bix Beiderbecke.
Sensitive Issues
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Author : Timothy V. Rasinski
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 1992-08-21
Sensitive Issues written by Timothy V. Rasinski and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-08-21 with Education categories.
Because children's literature explores serious issues using situations and language young students can readily understand, the authors of Sensitive Issues have selected current fiction and nonfiction elementary-level titles that can also be developed into units of study. They describe popular high-quality literature and stimulating activities to help young people deal with specific and important issues in their lives: divorce, substance abuse, death and dying, nontraditional home environments, child abuse, prejudice and cultural differences, moving, and disabilities.
Bing Crosby
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Author : Gary Giddins
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2009-11-29
Bing Crosby written by Gary Giddins and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
From Bing Crosby's early days in college minstrel shows and vaudeville, to his first hit recordings, from his 11 year triumph as star of America's most popular radio show, to his first success in Hollywood, Gary Giddins provides a detailed study of the rise of this American star.