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Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 242 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the streets of Baltimore to the halls of the New Mexico Philharmonic, a musician shares his remarkable story in I'm Possible, an inspiring memoir of perseverance and possibility. Growing up, Richard Antoine White and his mother didn't have a key to a room or a house. Sometimes they had shelter, but they never had a place to call home. Still, they always had each other, and from a young age, Richard believed he could look after his mother, even...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Atria books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Moore provides a definitive account of Lamar's coming-of-age as an artist, his resurrection of jazz, his profound impact on a racially fraught America, and his emergence as the bona fide King of Rap. Through his confessional poetics, his politically charged anthems, and his radical performances, Lamar has become a beacon of light for countless people, an adversary of oppression and a force for change. -- adapted from jacket
6) Armstrong
Author
Series
Publisher
Haus
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
170 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ja Rule, actor, singer, songwriter, and one of the most multi-dimensional rap artists of his time, tells his compelling story--from his youth to his rise to international fame to his transformative two years in Federal prison--and reveals the man beneath the legend. Unruly is two stories that offer one complete picture of a man and his world: the angry, fatherless rapper, Ja Rule who was "raised by the streets"; and Jeffrey Atkins, the insightful,...
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
xxv, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
He was one of the most celebrated blues artists of his era, a visionary Chicago singer-songwriter in the 1930s; his overseas tours in the 1950s ignited the British blues-rock explosion of the 1960s. But Big Bill Broonzy has been virtually forgotten by the popular culture he helped shape. Riesman details Big Bill's complicated personal saga, and provides a definitive account of his life and music.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From Booker T. Jones's earliest years in segregated Memphis, music was the driving force in his life. While he worked paper routes and played gigs in local nightclubs to pay for lessons and support his family, Jones, on the side, was also recording sessions in what became the famous Stax Studios-all while still in high school. Not long after, he would form the genre-defining group Booker T. and the MGs, whose recordings went on to sell millions of...
Publisher
Drafthouse Films
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color with b7w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 unnumbered pages ; 15 cm)
Language
English
Description
Equal parts electrifying rockumentary and epic family love story, A BAND CALLED DEATH chronicles the incredible fairy-tale journey of what happened when a dusty 1974 demo tape made its way out of the attic and found an audience. Playing music impossibly ahead of its time, Death is now being credited as the first black punk band and are finally receiving their long overdue recognition as true rock pioneers.
Author
Publisher
J.P. Tarcher/Penguin
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
xii, 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A portrait of jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter traces the course of his fifty-year career, from his youth in 1930s Newark, New Jersey, to the present day, and assesses his influence on the development of modern jazz.
Series
Publisher
Medici Arts
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Limited edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A portrait of the musician and composer, Thelonious Monk, including clips of international performances and interviews with artists and producers.
Publisher
MVD Visual
Pub. Date
©2014.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Director Jon Brewer worked closely with the gregarious and charming musician and was given extraordinary access to his friends, family and colleagues. This is a no holds barred, powerful documentary that explores how an orphaned kid from Mississippi turned his life around, battled against all odds and against unrelenting racism to overcome even the toughest critics in the entertainment industry, to become 'King of the Blues'.
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
v, 186 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Growing up around music, young George was inspired to piece together a makeshift drum set and teach himself to play as he practiced in the dark, dank basement of his run-down New Jersey row house. He soon joined forces with his friends to form a group called the Jazziacs which then evolved into Kool & The Gang, a band that began playing clubs and charting hits while its members were still teenagers. By evolving their sound as musical tastes changed,...
19) Louie Bluie
Series
Criterion collection volume 532
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documents the obscure country blues musician and idiosyncratic visual artist, Howard 'Louie Bluie' Armstrong, member of the last known black string band in America. Director Terry Zwigoff honors him with an unsentimental but endlessly affectionate tribute. Full of infectious music and comedy, this is a humane evocation of the kind of pop-cultural marginalia that Zwigoff would continue to make in the coming years.
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
277 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When he created the role of Officer Clemmons on the television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, François Clemmons made history as the first African American actor to have a recurring role on a children's program. The role also required him to make painful personal choices and sacrifices. Here he details a life marked by family trauma and loss. During studies as a music major at Oberlin College, Clemmons began to investigate and embrace his homosexuality....
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