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All Shook Up : Mississippi Roots of American Popular Music
Christine Wilson / Paperback / Published 1996
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B. B. King : King of the Blues
Paperback / Published 1994
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Bird's Diary : The Life of Charlie Parker, 1945-1955
Ken Vail / Hardcover / Published 1996
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Black Beauty, White Heat : A Pictorial History of Classic Jazz 1920-1950
Frank Driggs, et al / Paperback / Published 1996
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Book News, Inc., 09/01/96:
Reprint (with the omission of the color insert) of a work published in New York in 1982. Photos of musicians, record labels, and promotional flyers and posters are accompanied by lively and affectionate explanatory text. An exuberant reference, dense with both visual and textual information.

Black Noise : Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America (Music/Culture)
Tricia Rose / Paperback / Published 1994
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Synopsis:
From its beginnings in hip hop culture, the dense rhythms and aggressive lyrics of rap music have made it a provocative fixture on the American cultural landscape. Black culture expert Tricia Rose takes a comprehensive look at the lyrics, music, themes and styles of rap and grapples with the debates that surround it. 10 illustrations.

Blue Rhythms : Six Lives in Rhythm and Blues
Chip Deffaa / Hardcover / Published 1996
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Praise for BLUE RHYTHMS
"A noted jazz critic for the NEW YORK POST, Deffaa turns his attention to the world of rhythm and blues in his latest work. He does an admirable job of providing social and historical context for the lives of six R&B pioneers--Ruth Brown, Little Jimmy Scott, Charles Brown, Floyd Dixon, LaVern Baker, and Jimmy Witherspoon. The author knows his subjects well and allows them to recount their part in the story, but he relates both their successes and their failures in his balanced text. The book includes extensive notes and a detailed selective discography. Readable and enjoyable, it will provide insights to both lay readers and scholars. Highly recommended..." -- LIBRARY JOURNAL

Blues: A Photographic Documentary
David Harrison / Hardcover / Published 1997
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Synopsis:
Profiles 120 of the most outstanding blues musicians and their surroundings in a celebration of the atmosphere and cultural settings that produced the blues genre, including such important musicians as BB King, Elvis, Bessie Smith, and Jimi Hendrix.

The Blues: Album Cover Art
Graham Marsh (Editor), Barrie Lewis (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1996
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Synopsis:
Born in the Mississippi Delta and universally recognized among the great contributions to 20th-century culture, the blues has become one of the most popular and beloved musical forms in the world. This book features nearly 250 of the coolest blues album covers from the '50s and '60s, showcasing some of the greatest musical luminaries of our time. 240 color illustrations.

Bob Marley
Chris Welch / Paperback / Published 1995
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But Beautiful : A Book About Jazz
Geoff Dyer / Hardcover / Published 1996
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Recommended Book, 03/01/97:
The eight essays that make up this strange, but beautiful, little book are like nothing you've ever read before. It's as if the author sat looking at photographs of those who people his pages--Lester Young, Duke Ellington, Thelonius Monk, and many others--and listening to their music. And then, out of the association of sight and sound, made up stories about the musicians and lives, stories that, while not perhaps based in fact, strive to reveal a deeper truth. Sometimes wry, the stories collected here are always moving.

Cherokee Mist: The Lost Writings of Jimi Hendrix
Bill Nitopi / Paperback / Published 1994
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Synopsis:
More than 20 years after his death, Jimi Hendrix and his work continue to fascinate music fans. This collection of never-before-published photos and writings, named for Hendrix's Native American heritage, includes poems, letters, notes, a movie outline, and unrecorded music. 82 photos.

Club Cultures : Music, Media and Subcultural Capital
Sarah Thornton / Paperback / Published 1996
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Hardcover / Published 1996
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Notes:
Authenticities from Record Hops to Raves (and the History of Disc Culture); The Media Development of 'Subcultures' (or the Sensational Story of 'Acid House'), etc.

Clubcultures Reader : Readings in Popular Cultural Studies
Steve Redhead (Editor), et al / Paperback / Published 1997, 320 pages
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Hardcover / Published 1997, 320 pages
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Cole Porter : Twenty-Two Clever and Funny Songs
Paperback / Published 1994, 112 pages
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Complete Guide to the Music of Bob Marley
Ian McCann / Paperback / Published 1995, 130 pages
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The Complete Guide to the Music of Jimi Hendrix
J. Robertson, Chris Charlesworth (Editor) / Paperback/Published 1995
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Complete Guide to the Music of Prince
Geoff Brown / Paperback / Published 1995
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Dancing in the Dark : Youth, Popular Culture and the Electronic Media
Quentin Schultze, Roy M. Anker (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1990
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Dancing in the Distraction Factory : Music Television and Popular Culture
Andrew Goodwin / Paperback / Published 1992
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The Definitive Jazz Collection : 88 Songs
Paperback / Published 1989, 288 pages
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Droppin' Science : Critical Essays on Rap Music and Hip Hop Culture
William Eric Perkins (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1996
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Hardcove / Published 1996
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Chapters:
The rap attack: an introduction; Women writin' rappin' breakin'; Rap's latino sabor; Puerto rocks: New York ricans stake their claim; Kickin' reality, kickin' ballistics: gangsta rap and postindustrial Los Angeles; Making the strong survive: the contours and contradictions of message rap; Who wants to see ten niggers play basketball?; Hip hop 101; Dance in hip hop culture; Hidden politics: discursive and institutional policing of rap music; and more...

The Duke Ellington Reader
Mark Tucker, Duke Ellington (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1995
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Jazz and Pop Expert Editor's Recommended Book, 05/01/97:
This superb anthology covers the entire length of the composer's career, from his landfall in Manhattan in 1923 to the Old Master period of the early 1970s. There are dozens of reviews, essays, appreciations, and memoirs, written not only by music critics but by such heavy hitters as Ralph Ellison, Simone de Beauvoir(!), and Blaise Cendrars. The book also includes a selection of Ellington's own dicta--be sure not to overlook his 1937 polemic from "Down Beat": "Ellington Refutes Cry That Swing Started Sex Crimes!" Superbly edited and endlessly intriguing, the Reader is an essential volume for Ellington nuts and neophytes alike.

Fats Domino Lps, vol. 4
Paperback / Published 1993
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Fierce Dancing : Adventures in the Underground
C. J. Stone, Eldad Druks (Illustrator) / Paperback / Published 1997
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Synopsis:
It began with a small band of Hippies and moved through Punk, Rave, and New Age mysticism. Does hope really lie in the wearing of nose rings? Can we counteract the forces of repression by making sure our margarine contains no animal fats? C.J. Stone, acclaimed columnist for the GUARDIAN and the BIG ISSUE investigates the curious state of modern thinking.

Gangsta : Merchandizing the Rhymes of Violence
Ro Ronin / Hardcover / Published 1996
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A collection of articles by freelance music reporter Ronin Ro, whose writing has appeared in Spin, Rolling Stone, The Source and Rap Pages, on the social ramifications of gangsta rap. Ro examines the proliferation of crack cocaine in the last decade and the rise of gang violence, and provides thorough criticism on the music this anarchic culture has spawned. Through insightful interviews and deft observations, Ro argues that record companies and artists looking to make a profit have contributed to the spread of gangs, and that the industry of gangsta rap validates, even promotes, misogyny, gun use and the corruption of children.

Genius of Duke Ellington, vol. 2
Paperback / Published 1993
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Getting Radio Airplay : The Guide to Getting Your Music Played on College, Public and Commercial Radio
Gary Hustwit / Paperback / Published 1994
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Global House Culture Vol 1
James Christian / Audio CD / Published 1996
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Global House Culture Volume 2
Frankie Bones / Audio CD / Published 1996
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Global House Culture Vol 3
Dj Pierre, Nighttripp / Audio CD / Published 1996
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Goin' Back to Memphis : A Century of Blues, Rock 'N' Roll, and Glorious Soul
James Dickerson / Hardcover / Published 1996
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The publisher, Schirmer Books:
For a hundred years, Memphis, Tennessee, has been the center of musical innovation for American popular music. The city bred W. C. Handy and the blues in the teens and twenties, the stomping piano sound of Memphis Slim in the thirties and forties, the jazz-flavored electric guitar of B. B. King in the late forties, the rockabilly sounds of Elvis Presley in the early fifties, the soulful sounds of Otis Redding in the sixties, and the sweet balladry of Al Green in the seventies. How could one town inspire so much wonderful music? And what price did the musicians pay to get their music to market?

Gospel Music : Vocal Cords and Related Issues
Eustace A. Dixon / Paperback / Published 1992
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Gospels Best Words and Music
Paperback / Published 1985, 320 pages
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The Groove Thing
Software / Published 1995
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Synopsis:
The Groove Thing takes you to a world where you'll dance in a digital kaleidoscope. Experience the limitless, visual show that you manipulate with your keyboard, voice, or home stereo. Features 27 base soundtracks, 180 sound effects, nine kaleidoscopic visions, six symmetry controls, limitless color, and endless variations of sight and sound. System Requirements: (Windows) IBM PC; 486/33MHz processor; 640x480x256 colors; 4MB RAM; 8.5MB HD space; SoundBlaster or compatible sound card; Windows 3.1 or later; CD-ROM drive. (Macintosh) System 7.0 or later; 4MB RAM; 6MB HD space; 13-inch monitor with 256 colors; CD-ROM drive.

The Guide to Classic Recorded Jazz
Tom Piazza / Paperback / Published 1995, 391 pages
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Synopsis:
In a single source, this book serves as a field guide to available recordings as well as a highly accessible vision of the development and sound of the music, one that will give the reader some sense of what musicians think about when they play, what kinds of demands are placed on them, and what kinds of solutions they have to come up with.

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