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  • Visions of Jazz : The First Century

    The First Century

    de Gary Giddins ...
    Poised to become a classic of jazz literature Visions of Jazz: The First Century offers seventy-nine chapters illuminating the lives of virtually all the major figures in jazz history. From Louis Armstrong's renegade-style trumpet playing to Sarah Vaughan's operatic crooning and from the swinging elegance of Duke Ellington to the pioneering experiments of Ornette Coleman jazz critic Gary Giddins ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • Warning Shadows

    Home Alone with Classic Cinema

    de Gary Giddins ...
    A brilliantly insightful and witty examination of beloved and little-known films, directors, and stars by one of America’s most esteemed critics.In his illuminating new work, Gary Giddins explores the evolution of film, from the first moving pictures and peepshows to the digital era of DVDs and online video-streaming. New technologies have changed our experience of cinema forever; we have peeled ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Celebrating Bird

    The Triumph of Charlie Parker

    de Gary Giddins ...
    Within days of Charlie “Bird” Parker’s death at the age of thirty-four, a scrawled legend began appearing on walls around New York City: Bird Lives. Gone was one of the most outstanding jazz musicians of any era, the troubled genius who brought modernism to jazz and became a defining cultural force for musicians, writers, and artists of every stripe. Arguably the most significant musician in the ... Leer más

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  • Satchmo

    The Genius of Louis Armstrong

    de Gary Giddins ...
    "Elegant and affecting . . .A perceptive biography of Louis Armstrong and a sensitive appreciation of his music" (Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World )."A valuable, jubilant look at a great man and artist." — New York Times Book ReviewLouis "Satchmo" Armstrong has been called the most influential musician of the twentieth century: His magnificent career as a trum... ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • Bing Crosby

    Swinging on a Star: The War Years, 1940–1946

    de Gary Giddins ...
    "This is, quite simply, the best-researched, best-written, most entertaining music biography I've read." ― MojoBing Crosby dominated American popular culture in a way that few artists ever have. From the dizzy era of Prohibition through the dark days of the Second World War, he was a desperate nation's most beloved entertainer. But he was more than just a charismatic crooner: Bing Crosby redefined ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • Bing Crosby

    A Pocketful of Dreams - The Early Years 1903 - 1940

    de Gary Giddins ...
    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. ... Leer más

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  • Visions of Jazz

    The First Century

    de Gary Giddins ...
    Poised to become a classic of jazz literature, Visions of Jazz: The First Century offers seventy-nine chapters illuminating the lives of virtually all the major figures in jazz history. From Louis Armstrong's renegade-style trumpet playing to Sarah Vaughan's operatic crooning, and from the swinging elegance of Duke Ellington to the pioneering experiments of Ornette Coleman, jazz critic Gary ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • Weather Bird

    Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century

    de Gary Giddins ...
    Gary Giddins's Weather Bird is a brilliant companion volume to his landmark in music criticism, Visions of Jazz, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism. More then 140 pieces, written over a 14-year period, are brought together for the first time in this superb collection of essays, reviews, and articles. Weather Bird is a celebration of jazz, with illuminating commentaryon ... Leer más

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  • Audiolibro

    Bing Crosby

    Swinging on a Star; The War Years, 1940–1946

    de Gary Giddins ...
    Narrado por Grover Gardner ...

    Completo

    26 hora 24 minutos

    In this companion book to the award–winning biography Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams; The Early Years, 1903–1940, Gary Giddins presents the second volume of his masterful work.Bing Crosby dominated American popular culture in a way that few artists ever have. From the dizzying era of Prohibition through the dark days of the Second World War, he was a desperate nation’s most beloved entertainer ... Leer más

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  • Weather Bird

    Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century

    de Gary Giddins ...
    Gary Giddins's Weather Bird is a brilliant companion volume to his landmark in music criticism, Visions of Jazz, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism. More then 140 pieces, written over a 14-year period, are brought together for the first time in this superb collection of essays, reviews, and articles. Weather Bird is a celebration of jazz, with illuminating commentaryon ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    Bing Crosby

    A Pocketful of Dreams; The Early Years, 1903–1940

    de Gary Giddins ...
    Narrado por Edward Lewis ...

    Completo

    22 hora 14 minutos

    From 1934 to 1954, Bing Crosby utterly dominated American entertainment. The number one movie star for five years in a row, he had more hit records than anyone in history. The rise of Bing Crosby was the rise of the American popular culture itself.In this commanding biography, eminent cultural critic Gary Giddins takes us on the remarkable journey that brought a provincial young law student from ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • After the Fireworks

    Three Novellas

    "After the Fireworks is a major work and a turning point for Huxley, leading directly to Brave New World.” —Gary GiddinsAfter the Fireworks is a collection of three lost classic pieces of short fiction by Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, with a foreword by National Book Critics Circle Award winner Gary Giddins - now available as an Olive Edition.In the title novella, Rome is the stunning ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD