Texas Jazz Singer (Sam Rayburn Rural Life, Sponsored by Texas A&m University-Commerce)
by Kevin Mooney
At 102 years of age, Louise Tobin is one of the last surviving musicians of the Swing Era. Born in Aubrey, Texas, in 1918, she grew up in a large family that played music together. She once said that she fell out of the cradle singing and all she ever wanted to do was to sing. And sing she did. She sang with Benny Goodman and also performed vocals for such notables as Will Bradley, Bobby Hackett, Harry James (her first husband), Johnny Mercer, Lionel Hampton, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Peanuts...
Frank Sinatra was one of the few artists who can truly be called a legend in his lifetime. During more than five decades in the public eye, he evolved into the much-lauded, deeply-respected king of popular music who also proved adept as a movie actor, director, producer and businessman. This book pays homage to Sinatra the performer - the man who changed the face of popular music and was known as 'The Voice'. It tells the story of his remarkable career and explains what made him one of the great...
Lana del Rey Coloring Book (Lana del Rey Books, #0)
by Florence Reid
The BBC Proms Guide to Great Orchestral Works
by Sir Nicholas Kenyon, CBE
"The BBC Proms Guides" provide all the background and information you need about some of the most popular works in the repertory. As one of the world's leading music festivals, "The BBC Proms" has over the years published unrivalled and highly-praised programme notes by some of today's leading writers on music. This volume covers a huge range of popular orchestral music in many forms - from Barber's famous "Adagio" through to orchestral extracts from Wagner's operas - and some of the most often-...
1930s Musicians of Hammersmith and Shepherd's Bush (A World in London Chapbook)
by Alban Low
Ivy Benson was born to be a musician. A good pianist by the age of ten, she was influenced by the music of Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, and other jazz legends to become a professional instrumentalist--and at age fifteen, having taught herself to play the clarinet and saxophone, Benson joined an all-girl band in Yorkshire, England. Sax Appeal chronicles Benson's life--beginning with her childhood of relative poverty, exploring her time as a teenage musician playing in the seedy clubs of London, and...
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love (Perennial Classics) (BBC Audio Collection)
by Oscar Hijuelos
In 1949 two young Cuban musicians, brothers Cesar and Nestor, leave Havana for New York. By day they work hard, by night they are the Mambo Kings: packing out clubs, dance halls and theatres with their sensuous, pulsing Latin music. This is the captivating story of charming, vivacious womanizer Cesar and quiet, romantic Nestor - still nursing an unrequited love for 'beautiful Maria of my soul' - and their changing fortunes as they try to make it big in America.
The multi-million selling pop superstar Robbie Williams takes a break from the mainstream with this album, presenting a collection including some of the greatest swing and big band hits, performed in Robbie's own charismatic style. This volume contains a well-arranged score for violin for all of the tracks on the album and includes a CD with the backing tracks, perfect for practising at home or performing live.
Trombone Tiny Trombone Twisty Trombone Fat Trombone Heavy Metal Notebook
by Bill J Lassen
Tyler, the Creator Coloring Book (Tyler, the Creator Books, #0)
by Julie Lucas
Ellie Goulding Adult Coloring Book (Ellie Goulding Books)
by Mel Mater
Abstract Notebook Large Size 8.5 x 11 Ruled 150 Pages
by Wild Pages Press
An examination of popular songs and the social comment they make. On subjects as diverse as crime, pastimes, war and industry, the song has always been a vehicle for the expression of popular feeling. Many examples are provided and the book includes a discography and music for 40 of the songs.