Dead Jazz Guys

Author : Phil Kawana
Publisher : Huia Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780908975280
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dead Jazz Guys written by Phil Kawana and published by Huia Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dead Jazz Guys often funny, sometimes bleak is the first collection of short stories by critically acclaimed writer Phil Kawana.

Author : Frederick J. Spencer, M.D.
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1628469234
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jazz and Death written by Frederick J. Spencer, M.D. and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2009-10-20 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a jazz hero dies, rumors, speculation, gossip, and legend can muddle the real cause of death. In this book, Frederick J. Spencer, M.D., conducts an inquest on how jazz greats lived and died pursuing their art. Forensics, medical histories, death certificates, and biographies divulge the way many musical virtuosos really died. An essential reference source, Jazz and Death strives to correct misinformation and set the story straight. Reviewing the medical records of such jazz icons as Scott Joplin, James Reese Europe, Bennie Moten, Tommy Dorsey, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Wardell Gray, and Ronnie Scott, the book spans decades, styles, and causes of death. Divided into disease categories, it covers such illnesses as ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), which killed Charlie Mingus, and tuberculosis, which caused the deaths of Chick Webb, Charlie Christian, Bubber Miley, Jimmy Blanton, and Fats Navarro. It notes the significance of dental disease in affecting a musician's embouchure and livelihood, as happened with Joe “King” Oliver. A discussion of Art Tatum's visual impairment leads to discoveries in the pathology of what blinded Lennie Tristano. Heavy drinking, even during Prohibition, was the norm in the clubs of New Orleans and Kansas City and in the ballrooms of Chicago and New York. Too often, the musical scene demanded that those who play jazz be “jazzed.” After World War II, as heroin addiction became the hallmark of revolution, talented bebop artists suffered long absences from the bandstand. Many did jail time, and others succumbed to the ravages of “horse.” With Jazz and Death, the causes behind the great jazz funerals may no longer be misconstrued. Its clinical and morbidly entertaining approach creates an invaluable compendium for jazz fans and scholars alike.

Author : Phil Pastras
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520236874
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dead Man Blues written by Phil Pastras and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is hard to say which makes for the more compelling narrative: the life of jazz great Jelly Roll Morton or the detective work that Phil Pastras undertook in putting together this engaging book. Dead Man Blues tells both these tales admirably, drawing on a treasure-trove of previously unknown material. It is both an important contribution to jazz scholarship and a fascinating piece of storytelling."—Ted Gioia, author of The History of Jazz and West Coast Jazz "Meticulously researched, including primary source material recently uncovered by the author, Dead Man Blues is not only a masterfully written, definitive account of Jelly Roll Morton's west coast years, but also a penetrating psychological and social study of the man and the forces that drove and shaped him."—Steve Isoardi, co-author of Central Avenue Sounds "A must-read for all jazz aficionados."—Gerald Wilson "One of the best books ever written about Jelly Roll Morton."—Gerald Wiggins, jazz pianist

Author : Barbara M. Joosse
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618306664
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dead Guys Talk written by Barbara M. Joosse and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the dead middle of summer, the Scarface Detectives investigate their creepiest case yet when a mysterious client sends them to Oak Hill Cemetery, where Loonie Loraine is buried.

Author : Ray Celestin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1681776081
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dead Man's Blues written by Ray Celestin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-12-05 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicago, 1928. In the stifling summer heat, three disturbing events take place: A clique of city leaders is poisoned in a fancy hotel; a white gangster is found mutilated in an alleyway in the Blackbelt; and a famous heiress vanishes without a trace. Pinkerton detectives Michael Talbot and Ida Davis are hired to find the missing heiress by the girl’s troubled mother. But it soon proves harder than expected to find a face that is known across the city, and Ida must elicit the help of her friend, Louis Armstrong. While the police take little interest in the Blackbelt murder, Jacob Russo—crime scene photographer—can’t get the dead man’s image out of his head, leading him to embark on his own investigation. And Dante Sanfelippo—rum-runner and fixer—is back in Chicago on the orders of Al Capone, who suspects there’s a traitor in the ranks and wants Dante to investigate. But Dante is struggling with his own problems, as he is forced to return to the city he thought he’d never see again . . .

Author : David Rife
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810859074
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jazz Fiction written by David Rife and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broad in scope, meticulously researched, and including titles that have long been inaccessible, this resource is an overview of the history of the genre from its beginning to the present."--BOOK JACKET.

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900449071X
Total Pages : 493 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Telling Stories written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume is a highly comprehensive assessment of the postcolonial short story since the thirty-six contributions cover most geographical areas concerned. Another important feature is that it deals not only with exclusive practitioners of the genre (Mansfield, Munro), but also with well-known novelists (Achebe, Armah, Atwood, Carey, Rushdie), so that stimulating comparisons are suggested between shorter and longer works by the same authors. In addition, the volume is of interest for the study of aspects of orality (dialect, dance rhythms, circularity and trickster figure for instance) and of the more or less conflictual relationships between the individual (character or implied author) and the community. Furthermore, the marginalized status of women emerges as another major theme, both as regards the past for white women settlers, or the present for urbanized characters, primarily in Africa and India. The reader will also have the rare pleasure of discovering Janice Kulik Keefer's “Fox,” her version of what she calls in her commentary “displaced autobiography’” or “creative non-fiction.” Lastly, an extensive bibliography on the postcolonial short story opens up further possibilities for research.

Author : A.J. Porter
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1638294763
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Jazz Man written by A.J. Porter and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-05-26 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1953 and Charles Robinson has been a successful private detective in New York for seven years. Although most of his clients reside in Harlem, his cases sometimes take him to other boroughs. This is one of those times. Jimmy “Smooth” Brooks, a local jazz musician, has gone missing, and his brother Jeremiah has hired Robinson to find him. As Robinson’s investigation takes him from the bohemian & artistic streets of the West Village to a cold industrial section of Brooklyn, he discovers that he and Jimmy have something significant in common: They have complicated relationships with men. Some of these men have the power to change their lives. For Jimmy, was this change the end of his life?

Author : Dana Archer
Publisher : Cherokee House Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1946672890
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rafe written by Dana Archer and published by Cherokee House Publishing, LLC. This book was released on with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you finally find your mate and she's not only human but your main suspect in a shifter-related crime, do you claim her? Or shackle her? As an immortal Royal shifter, Rafe Alexander knows what to expect from life: boredom, broken by the occasional call from Shifter Affairs. But the task that leads him to West Virginia changes everything. A father is dead. A shifter child is missing. And the woman connected to both tragedies is hiding a secret. Rafe must figure out what she knows, but his interest in Jasmine goes far beyond the case. She’s his destined female. Their attraction is undeniable and irresistible. But she doesn’t trust him. He can’t blame her. Loving him is more dangerous than the killer targeting her family. The only difference is that Rafe won’t ever let her escape. Nobody keeps a shifter from his mate. ★★★★★ Rafe is the closed-door version (also known as a safe-for-work, clean, or kisses only romance) of Treasured Find by Nancy Corrigan.

Author : Sascha Feinstein
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253221374
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Jazz Fiction Anthology written by Sascha Feinstein and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2009-10-02 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What sounds throughout these stories is the universal voice of humanity that is the essence of the music.