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Jazz is a uniquely American art form, one of America's great contributions to not only musical culture, but world culture, with each generation of musicians applying new levels of creativity that take the music in unexpected directions that defy definition, category, and stagnation. Now you can learn the basics and history of this intoxicating genre in an eight-lecture series that is as free-flowing and original as the art form itself.

A four-thousand-year history of music that reveals how songs have shifted societies and sparked revolutions. “A dauntingly ambitious, obsessively researched labor of cultural provocation.” ―Los Angeles Times Histories of music overwhelmingly suppress stories of the outsiders and rebels who...

An intimate, definitive exploration of Funk, the sound of a generation, that tells its stories, its triumphs and excesses. From 1968 to 1978; from 'Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud' to Off The Wall; from the Third Harlem Cultural Festival to the P-Funk Earth Tour: Funk Is Its Own Reward...

Host Barnaby Ellison Thatch explores the revolutionary 1920s: Black musical genius, Prohibition's underground culture, and post-war rebellion that created jazz and transformed American society. Discover the speakeasies, artists, and forces that made the decade roar. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

After the calamity of the Great War, there was a desire in Britain for escapist fun - the lights of the Jazz Age, radio comedies and the pictures were a welcome respite from the grim reality of the Great Depression. Yet the storm clouds were gathering, and Britain between the wars was a...

Entretiens avec des musiciens et musiciennes de jazz

A bestselling music historian follows Jelly Roll Morton on a journey through the hidden worlds and forbidden songs of early blues and jazz. In Jelly Roll Blues: Censored Songs and Hidden Histories, Elijah Wald takes readers on a journey into the hidden and censored world of early blues and jazz...

Dive into Tales of the Jazz Age, a captivating collection of eleven short stories by the renowned F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1922. This anthology is thoughtfully divided into three distinct sections, each exploring different themes. Among the highlights is the iconic The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, a story that has captured the imagination of readers for generations. Many of these stories were originally featured in prestigious publications such as The Metropolitan, Saturday Evening Post, Smart Set, Colliers, Chicago Tribune, and Vanity Fair. Enjoy a journey through the vibrant and...

For half a century, New Orleans Jazz Fest has been America's most soulful collision of music, food, and tradition—where second lines pulse under oak trees and crawfish étouffée is a sacrament. Lenny Vaughn dissects the living cultural cathedral that refuses to be tamed, one stubborn, beautiful pillar at a time. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

For fifty years, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has been where brass bands meet gumbo, second-line parades meet gospel tents, and 350 dreamers became America's most soulful gathering. Join host Lenny Vaughn as he chronicles Jazz Fest's improbable journey from Congo Square to cultural phenomenon. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

Throughout his genre-defying career as one of the most innovative musicians of our time, iconoclastic guitar player Marc Ribot has consistently defied expectation at every turn. Here, in his first collection of writing, we see that same uncompromising sensibility at work as he playfully interrogates our assumptions about music, life, and death. Through essays, short stories, and the occasional unfilmable film "mistreatment" that showcase the sheer range of his voice, Unstrung captures an artist whose versatility with words rivals his dexterity onstage.

This program includes an introduction read by the author. A stunning, in-depth look at the power and poetry of one of the most consequential rappers of our time. Kendrick Lamar is one of the most influential rappers, songwriters and record producers of his generation. Widely known for his...

Black Music is a book about the brilliant young jazz musicians of the early 1960s: John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Archie Shepp, Sun Ra, and others. It is composed of essays, reviews, interviews, liner notes, musical analyses, and personal impressions from 1959-1967. Also includes Amiri Baraka's reflections in a 2009 interview with Calvin Reid of Publishers Weekly.

When the Nicholas Brothers danced, uptown at the Cotton Club, downtown at the Roxy, in segregated movie theatres in the South, and dance halls across the country, audiences cheered, clapped, stomped their feet, and shouted out uncontrollably. In Brotherhood in Rhythm, Constance Valis Hill interweaves an intimate portrait of these great performers with a rich, detailed history of jazz music and dance, both bringing their act to life and explaining their significance through a colorful analysis of their eloquent footwork, their full-bodied expressiveness, and their changing style.

“Abbs has found a gripping and little-known story at the heart of one of the 20th century’s most astonishing creative moments, researched it deeply, and brought the extraordinary Joyce family and their circle in 1920s Paris to richly-imagined life.”—Emma Darwin, bestselling author of A...

Le jazz des origines, swing, big bands et dixieland

Offering an insider’s view of my worldwide adventures as a professional jazz musician for 45 years, along with reflections on my broader life today.

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Talks with Jazz is an authentic and thought-provoking podcast hosted by Jazz, a voice that isn’t afraid to dive into the real questions of life, relationships, and society. Through open conversations and honest reflections, Jazz explores topics that matter — from personal growth and human connection to the challenges and dynamics of our modern world. Created as a safe space for dialogue and deeper understanding, Talks with Jazz is about breaking down barriers, questioning norms, and sparking conversations that resonate beyond the mic. Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/fr/...

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