Jazz | Jazz
Jan.31.2012
"A dream, after all, needn't be fueled by particulars, only by desire."
So notes main character, Gracie Antes, in Crestmont, a historical fiction gem set in the 1920s.
Determined to take control of her life, sheltered Gracie Antes leaves her unhappy home in 1925 to pursue her dream of a singing...
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Dec.30.2010
Take a behind-the-scenes-tour of some of America's best-known musical instrument manufacturers, from Zildjian cymbals and Fender guitars to Steinway pianos, Ludwig drums, Moog synthesizers, and more. Packed with exciting photos and fascinating info, Raggin' Jazzin' Rockin' offers a backstage look...
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Dec.18.2010
Ex-convict Paul Little has just walked out on the only woman who has ever loved him to return to a life of crime in Philadelphia. But when Paul gets involved with a petty thug who is later murdered, he finds himself pinned between the volatile gangster accused of the crime and the straight-laced...
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Aug.17.2010
This is a book on the Art Ensemble Of Chicago -- put together by Lincoln T Beauchamp, aka Chicago Beau. The book's a selection of essays and writings on the group and their music -- done by members and associates, most of whom you'd recognize from recordings. Writings include "Races Places...
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Jun.17.2010
A million copies in print-translated into over a dozen languages-one of the best-selling and most popular books of poetry ever published, now available in a new hardcover edition containing a CD of the author reading his work. Ferlinghetti is a national treasure, and his voice has become...
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Oct.26.2009
Three generations of mothers and daughters take center stage, with 20th century events as backdrop, in this novel of depth and humor, with a touch of magic realism, spotlighting the power of music—from classical to jazz to rock and international folk—and the tug between ethnic loyalty and global...
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Jan.06.2009
Julian Donahue is in love with his iPod.
Each song that shuffles through "this greatest of all human inventions" triggers a memory—there are songs for the girls from when he was single; there’s the one for the day he met his wife-to-be, and another for the day his son was born. But when...
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Dec.27.2008
Poetry about visionaries who survive hard times including pioneering jazz musicians and labor organizers in Guatamala and the United States taking on the impssible. The book pays homage to survivors of the horror in Chile of the 1970s, Guatemala and El Salvador in the 1980s, and refugees from Nazi...
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