| Description |
xviii, 309 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Jazz and blues. Jazz : Black art/American art -- Perspectives -- Perspectives -- The San Francisco jazz scene -- Jimmy Witherspoon, At the Monterey Jazz Festival -- John Coltrane, Olé Coltrane -- School jazz has quality -- Louis plays the Claremont -- This year at Monterey -- Billie Holiday, The golden years, Vol. II -- The greatness of Carmen McRae -- Guaraldi and Sete, a happy union -- John Handy, Recorded live at the Monterey Jazz Festival -- "Soul sauce," a hummer's hit -- Mingus mail album a huge success -- B. B. King, Completely well -- The rewards in Mingus' music -- Miles Davis, Bitches brew -- The sunlight and beauty of Johnny Hodges -- God bless Louis Armstrong -- Duke Ellington, The pianist -- Cal Tjader, Los ritmos calientes! -- Ben Webster : another giant gone -- Frank : then and now -- Farewell to the Duke -- |
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Folk, rock, and pop. The limeliters, Through children's eyes : little-folk songs for adults -- The magic of Joan Baez -- Pete Seeger is here tonight -- Odetta the incomparable -- A folk-singing social critic -- The Beatles' Mersey sound -- Who really is Bob Dylan? -- Jefferson Airplane, Takes off -- A warm and groovy affair -- Dawn of true sexual hysteria -- Hank Williams, Roy Acuff and then God!! -- Another candle blown out -- Altamont revisited on film -- Simon and Garfunkel, Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme -- Unreleased Bob Dylan album -- San Francisco, the American Liverpool -- Satire, reality and Dick Gregory -- Jonathan Winters, Another day, another world -- The Bill Cosby world of youth -- Lenny Bruce, The real Lenny Bruce -- |
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Politics and culture. The casualties of mass society -- The tragedy at the Greek Theatre -- The times, they are a-changin' -- The flower children -- Like a rolling stone -- Sound is without color -- Fighting fire with fire : an end to logic -- We need an honest president -- We've got to get rid of Nixon -- Payola : it's in the grooves -- Law & order & the business of politics. |
| Subject |
Musical criticism.
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Music -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Musicians.
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Comedy.
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Popular culture -- Political aspects.
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United States.
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Music. (OCoLC)fst01030269
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Musical criticism. (OCoLC)fst01030706
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Music reviews.
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Interviews.
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| Added Author |
Gleason, Toby, editor.
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Wenner, Jann, writer of foreword.
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Scanlon, Paul, writer of introduction.
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| ISBN |
030021216X |
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9780300212167 |
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