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When pressed to name the most influential musician of the 20th century, many music historians will name Louis Satchmo Armstrong.

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"The noted blues scholar Paul Oliver here examines the many different skeins of the blues form, relating them to other black traditions - musical and religious - and tracing the origin of the blues thr"

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"Focuses on the relationship between music, sex, and gender - with emphasis on contemporary pop music, which has been overlooked in previous related scholarship"--

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"Focuses on the relationship between music, sex, and gender - with emphasis on contemporary pop music, which has been overlooked in previous related scholarship"--

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This bibliography culls material from a variety of sources and catalogues the numerous writings that encompass Sinatra's accomplishments, public persona, and cultural impact.

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Military culture and sheet music writers understood music to have the power to help create a strong military and community in the face of conflict. This study of sheet music and military singing practices critically situates them in the context of the war and in social discourses, including issues of social change, segregation, and suffrage.

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Military culture and sheet music writers understood music to have the power to help create a strong military and community in the face of conflict. This study of sheet music and military singing practices critically situates them in the context of the war and in social discourses, including issues of social change, segregation, and suffrage.

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Deadheads--the passionate, million-strong followers of The Grateful Dead--have their own language. Skeleton Key is the first-ever overview of that language, a guide to more than 1,000 fantastical terms coined during the life of a band still going strong after almost 30 years.

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"The only plan right now is to kill everybody" Joey Jordison, drummerIgnoring every rule in the book and more besides, Slipknot are a notoriously controversial band who combine a talent for outrage with their music.

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Using his trademark wit, insight and verve, icon Henry Rollins shares journals from his gruelling world tours of 1997 and 1998, as well as a record of the fulfilment of his longstanding dream to journey through Africa.

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But Miles regularly changed styles, leaving his inimitable impact on many forms of jazz, whether he created them or simply developed the work of others, from modal jazz to be-bop, his seminal quintet and his big-band work, to the jazz funk experiments of later years.

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Eli Yamin explores those essential elements that make the blues sound authentic and guides readers of all backgrounds and levels through mastering this art form. He provides glimpses into the musical lives of the women and men who created the blues and offers concrete explanations and exercises to improve any singers technique and expression.

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An index to the contents of 621 song books published between 1854 and 1992 and acquired by the State Library of Louisiana, Song Finder provides access to 32,000 songs, with emphasis on collections of theater songs, folk songs, children's songs, religious music, rock, country, and pop music standards.

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Focuses on the profound impact that the author's Midwestern roots have had on his songs, politics, and prophetic character.

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Focuses on the profound impact that the author's Midwestern roots have had on his songs, politics, and prophetic character.

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A study of the culture and physicality of dancehall reggae music. It focuses on the skilled performance of the crewmembers responsible for this signature of Jamaican music: the audio engineers designing, building and fine-tuning the "set" of equipment; the selectors choosing the music tracks played; and, MCs (DJs) on the mic hyping up the crowd.

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Breaking new ground in the field of Sound Studies, this book provides an in-depth study of the culture and physicality of dancehall reggae music.

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One of the world's great tenor saxophonists, Sonny Rollins has always been committed to the fundamental truths of jazz, especially swing. He has managed to be consistently experimental and forward-looking, and he has recorded at least a dozen essential albums. Here, Richard Palmer charts Rollins's career in full.

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"Investigates the circulation of musical culture via broadcast media in the Asia Pacific"--