Discusses American Jazz singer Billie Holiday and her dogs, especially her pet boxer, Mister.
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Author:Novesky, Amy.Summary: - Author:Keys, AliciaSummary:
An intimate, revealing look at one artist's journey from self-censorship to full expression. As one of the most celebrated musicians in the world, Alicia Keys has enraptured the globe with her heartfelt lyrics, extraordinary vocal...
- Author:Johnson, PaulSummary:
Johnson' s focus is on the music--Mozart' s wondrous output of composition and his uncanny gift for instrumentation. Liszt once said that Mozart composed more bars than a trained copyist could write in a lifetime. Mozart...
- Author:Sharp, Keith, Frew, AlanSummary:
The glory days of rock from the perspective of Canada’s original music magazine. The story of Music Express is told through the unique perspective of Keith Sharp, the magazine’s founder and editor. During its seventeen-year existence,...
- Author:Barber, Jill, Smith, SydneySummary:
Music is for Everyone is sure to get you excited about making music! Singer-songwriter Jill Barber takes her young readers through many different kinds of music—hip hop, jazz, classical, folk—and instruments in an energetic, rhyming...
- Author:QuestloveSummary:
In MUSIC IS HISTORY bestselling author and Sundance award-winning director Questlove harnesses his encyclopedic knowledge of popular music and his deep curiosity about history to examine America over the past fifty years. MUSIC IS...
- Author:Pitman, WalterSummary:
Music Makers examines and celebrates the extraordinary lives of composer Harry Freedman and his partner, soloist Mary Morrison.Harry, with roots in jazz and popular music, was a member of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for 25 years....
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In the 1930s, radio was still a new form of entertainment, bringing news, sports, comedy, and drama into millions of depression-era homes throughout the country. Despite the economic conditions, Americans were still in desperate need of...
- Author:Sarah, RobynSummary:
After thirty-five years as an 'on-again, off-again, uncoached closet pianist,' poet and writer Robyn Sarah picked up the phone one day and called her old piano teacher, whom she had last seen in her early twenties. Music, Late...
- Author:Sacks, OliverSummary:
Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind us of our first date. It can lift us out of depression when nothing else can. It can get us dancing to its beat. But the power of...
- Author:McPheeters, Sam.Summary:
How can so many people pledge allegiance to punk, something with no fixed identity? Depending on who and where you are, punk can be an outlet, excuse, lifestyle, escapism, conversation, community, ideology, sales category, social...
- Author:Randall, AliceSummary:
Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author with a "lively, engaging, and often wise" ( The New York Times Book Review ) voice, offers a lyrical, introspective, and unforgettable account of her past and her...
- Author:Lee, GeddySummary:
The long-awaited memoir, generously illustrated with never-before-seen photos, from the iconic Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Rush bassist, and bestselling author of Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass. Geddy Lee is one of rock...
- Author:Crowe, JuliaSummary:
Famous guitarists reveal the stories behind their first six-string and their lifelong passion for music
Every guitarist remembers his or her first instrument, the guitar that was a gateway to a lifetime of passion and...
- Author:Illsley, JohnSummary:
Dire Straits filled giant stadiums around the world and sold hundreds of millions of records. Their classic songs-'Sultans of Swing', 'Romeo & Juliet', 'Money for Nothing', 'Brothers in Arms'-...
- Author:Streisand, BarbraSummary:
The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television PLEASE NOTE The audiobook edition is read by Barbra Streisand. Features additional anecdotes and music that are exclusive to the My Name is Barbra...
- Author:JewelSummary:
Jewel's story is complicated by family and financial woes and by the extraordinary circumstances in which she become a world-famous singer and songwriter. Here she reflects on how she survived and how writing songs, poetry, and...
- Author:Berger, GlennSummary:
In 1974, at the age of seventeen, author Glenn Berger served as "schlepper" and apprentice to the legendary recording engineer Phil Ramone at New York City's A&R Studios, and was witness to music history on an almost daily and...
- Author:Todd, Traci N.Summary:
This illuminating and defining picture book biography, adapted for audio, tells the story of little Eunice who grew up to become the acclaimed singer Nina Simone and her bold, defiant, and exultant legacy. Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in...
- Author:Boyd, LionaSummary:
A new memoir from internationally renowned musician Liona Boyd. Few people’s lives are as romantic and adventurous as Liona Boyd’s has been. She has performed around the world, sold millions of albums, won five Juno awards, serenaded...
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