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Riding On A Blue Note

Gary Giddins
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      Gary Giddins, winner of the 1998 National Book Critics Circle Award, has a following that includes not only jazz enthusiasts but also pop music fans of every stripe. Writing here in a lyrical and celebratory style all his own, Giddins dazzlingly shows us,among many other things,how performers originally perceived as radical (Bing Crosby, Count Basie, Elvis Presley) became conservative institutions ... how Charlie Parker created a masterpiece from the strain of an inane ditty ... how the Dominoes helped combine church ritual with pop music ... and how Irving Berlin translated a chiaroscuro of Lower East Side minorities into imperishable songs.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Gary Giddins EAN: 9780306809248 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 396 g HEIGHT: 213 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Hachette Books DATE PUBLISHED: 2000-01-07 CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, MUSIC / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Jazz, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal WIDTH: 141 cm SPINE:

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      Gary Giddins is a columnist for the Village Voice and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Visions of Jazz. He is also the author of a biography of Bing Crosby. His work has won numerous prizes, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, five ASCAP-Deems Taylor awards, and an American Book Award. He lives in New York City.
      Gary Giddins, winner of the 1998 National Book Critics Circle Award, has a following that includes not only jazz enthusiasts but also pop music fans of every stripe. Writing here in a lyrical and celebratory style all his own, Giddins dazzlingly shows us,among many other things,how performers originally perceived as radical (Bing Crosby, Count Basie, Elvis Presley) became conservative institutions ... how Charlie Parker created a masterpiece from the strain of an inane ditty ... how the Dominoes helped combine church ritual with pop music ... and how Irving Berlin translated a chiaroscuro of Lower East Side minorities into imperishable songs.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Gary Giddins EAN: 9780306809248 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 396 g HEIGHT: 213 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Hachette Books DATE PUBLISHED: 2000-01-07 CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, MUSIC / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Jazz, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal WIDTH: 141 cm SPINE:

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      Gary Giddins is a columnist for the Village Voice and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Visions of Jazz. He is also the author of a biography of Bing Crosby. His work has won numerous prizes, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, five ASCAP-Deems Taylor awards, and an American Book Award. He lives in New York City.

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