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Invitation to Organic Chemistry

By: Alyn William Johnson

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Invitation to Organic Chemistry

By: Alyn William Johnson

Colorful graphics and 19 chapters featuring such learning aids as "chemistry at work" and conceptual problems characterize this large text on a large subject. Cited by the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his pioneering work in the chemistry of ylides, Johnson (who spent most of his career at the U. of North Dakota), explores the smorgasbord of subject matter that is organic chemistry and new developments in the field. Appends a summary of nomenclature, spectra group assignments, and values of selected important compounds. The index is combined with a glossary. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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0763704326

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9780763704322

Fats Waller

By: Alyn Shipton

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Fats Waller

By: Alyn Shipton

Fats Waller (1904-1943) was an outsize man in all respects: five feet, eleven inches tall, he weighed 285 pounds. The greatest of the Harlem "stride" pianists, he composed hundreds of songs, he led a band that made over 400 recordings, and he wrote several Broadway shows. Waller's gargantuan appetites have been celebrated in anecdotes and earlier biographies. He is seen by jazz historians as a man of immense musical talent that was never fulfilled. In this fully revised and updated biography of Waller, Alyn Shipton re-examines his career, arguing that his talents as a songwriter, show composer, and brilliant recording and broadcasting artist have not been fully appreciated. In a newly written final chapter, there is a comprehensive survey of Waller's recordings as they have been reissued for the CD era.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1441167803

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9781441167804

Jazz Makers

Vanguards of Sound

By: Alyn Shipton

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Jazz Makers

Vanguards of Sound

By: Alyn Shipton

Jazz Makers gathers together short biographies of more than 50 of jazz's greatest stars, from its early beginnings to the present. The stories of these innovative instrumentalists, bandleaders, and composers reveal the fascinating history of jazz in six parts: * The Pioneers, including Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong, and Bessie Smith * Swing Bands and Soloists, with Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday * The Piano Giants, featuring Fats Waller, Art Tatum, and Mary Lou Williams * Birth of Bebop, including Dizzy Gillepsie, Charlie Parker, and Miles Davis * Cool Jazz, Hard Bop, and Fusion, with John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, and Stan Getz * A Century of Jazz, featuring Wynton Marsalis, Joshua Redman, and other contemporary greats.

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Oxford University Press

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0199761302

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9780199761302

Benjamin Rush

Patriot and Physician

By: Alyn Brodsky

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Benjamin Rush

Patriot and Physician

By: Alyn Brodsky

The only full biography of Benjamin Rush, an extraordinary Founding Father and America's leading physician of the Colonial era While Benjamin Rush appears often and meaningfully in biographies about John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin, this legendary man is presented as little more than a historical footnote. Yet, he was a propelling force in what culminated in the Declaration of Independence, of which he was a signer. Rush was an early agitator for independence, a member of the First Continental Congress, and one of the leading surgeons of the Continental Army during the early phase of the Revolutionary War. He was a constant and indefatigable adviser to the foremost figures of the American Revolution, notably George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams. Even if he had not played a major role in our country's creation, Rush would have left his mark in history as an eminent physician and a foremost social reformer in such areas as medical teaching, treatment of the mentally ill (he is considered the Father of American Psychiatry), international prevention of yellow fever, establishment of public schools, implementation of improved education for women, and much more. For readers of well-written biographies, Brodsky has illuminated the life of one of America's great and overlooked revolutionaries.

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530

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Macmillan + ORM

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1466859741

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9781466859746

Hi-de-ho

The Life of Cab Calloway

By: Alyn Shipton

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Hi-de-ho

The Life of Cab Calloway

By: Alyn Shipton

With his catchphrase "Hi-de-ho" and his dramatic singing and dancing, Cab Calloway became the highest-earning African American bandleader of the 1930s. This book traces his remarkable career, his vocal innovations and his bandleading triumphs. It then follows his later career as a star of musical theater.

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Oxford University Press

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0199931747

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9780199931743

The Art of Jazz

A Visual History

By: Alyn Shipton

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The Art of Jazz

A Visual History

By: Alyn Shipton

The Art of Jazz explores how the expressionism and spontaneity of jazz spilled onto its album art, posters, and promotional photography, and even inspired standalone works of fine art. Everyone knows jazz is on the cutting edge of music, but how much do you know about its influence in the visual arts? With album covers that took inspiration from the avant-garde, jazz's primarily African American musicians and their producers sought to challenge and inspire listeners both musically and visually. Arranged chronologically, each chapter covers a key period in jazz history, from the earliest days of the twentieth century to today's postmodern jazz. Chapters begin with substantive introductions and present the evolution of jazz imagery in all its forms, mirroring the shifting nature of the music itself. With two authoritative features per chapter and over 300 images, The Art of Jazz is a significant contribution to the literature of this intrepid art form.

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Charlesbridge Publishing

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1623545048

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9781623545048

Nilsson

The Life of a Singer-Songwriter

By: Alyn Shipton

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Nilsson

The Life of a Singer-Songwriter

By: Alyn Shipton

Paul McCartney and John Lennon described him as the Beatles' "favorite group," he won Grammy awards, wrote and recorded hit songs, and yet no figure in popular music is as much of a paradox, or as underrated, as Harry Nilsson. In this first ever full-length biography, Alyn Shipton traces Nilsson's life from his Brooklyn childhood to his Los Angeles adolescence and his gradual emergence as a uniquely talented singer-songwriter. With interviews from friends, family, and associates, and material drawn from an unfinished autobiography, Shipton probes beneath the enigma to discover the real Harry Nilsson. A major celebrity at a time when huge concerts and festivals were becoming the norm, Nilsson shunned live performance. His venue was the studio, his stage the dubbing booth, his greatest triumphs masterful examples of studio craft. He was a gifted composer of songs for a wide variety of performers, including the Ronettes, the Yardbirds, and the Monkees, yet Nilsson's own biggest hits were almost all written by other songwriters. He won two Grammy awards, in 1969 for "Everybody's Talkin'" (the theme song for Midnight Cowboy), and in 1972 for "Without You," had two top ten singles, numerous album successes, and wrote a number of songs--"Coconut" and "Jump into the Fire," to name just two--that still sound remarkably fresh and original today. He was once described by his producer Richard Perry as "the finest white male singer on the planet," but near the end of his life, Nilsson's career was marked by voice-damaging substance abuse and the infamous deaths of both Keith Moon and Mama Cass in his London flat. Drawing on exclusive access to Nilsson's papers, Alyn Shipton's biography offers readers an intimate portrait of a man who has seemed both famous and unknowable--until now.

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Oxford University Press

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0199330697

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9780199330690

It's Not Brain Surgery!

By: Kimberly Alyn

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It's Not Brain Surgery!

By: Kimberly Alyn

It's Not Brain Surgery: an insightful, humorous, and sarcastic look at the principles of successful living. This book will take you through the thirteen simple tips to getting a grip on a more successful life.

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Infinity Publishing

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0741433737

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9780741433732

A Life in Jazz

By: Danny Barker,Alyn Shipton

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A Life in Jazz

By: Danny Barker,Alyn Shipton

As a musician who grew up in New Orleans, and later worked in New York with the major swing orchestras of Lucky Millinder and Cab Calloway, Barker is uniquely placed to give an authoritative but personal view of jazz history. In this book he discusses his life in music, from the children's 'spasm' bands of the seventh ward of New Orleans, through the experience of brass bands and jazz funerals involving his grandfather, Isidore Barbarin, to his early days on the road with the blues singer Little Brother Montgomery. Later he goes on to discuss New York, and the jazz scene he found there in 1930. His work with Jelly Roll Morton, as well as the lesser-known bands of Fess Williams and Albert Nicholas, is covered before a full account of his years with Millinder, Benny Carter and Calloway, including a description of Dizzy Gillespie's impact on jazz, is given. The final chapters discuss Barker's career from the late 1940s. Starting with the New York dixieland scene at Ryan's and Condon's he talks of his work with Wilbur de Paris, James P. Johnson and This is Jazz, before discussing his return to New Orleans and New Orleans Jazz Museum. A collection of Barker's photographs,

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Springer

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1349099368

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9781349099368

Handful of Keys

Conversations with 30 Jazz Pianists

By: Alyn Shipton

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Handful of Keys

Conversations with 30 Jazz Pianists

By: Alyn Shipton

In this collection, Shipton has drawn together conversations with some of the key jazz pianists. Spanning the period from the birth of bebop to the present, their collective experience is a major part of jazz piano history. Shipton's sympathetic yet probing interviews uncover the fascinating life stories of these legendary jazz performers. He also probes their technique, allowing them to describe how they developed their individual playing styles. This book will fascinate all fans of jazz, as well as students of jazz piano and performance.

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Routledge

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1136732969

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9781136732966

Groovin' High

The Life of Dizzy Gillespie

By: Alyn Shipton

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Groovin' High

The Life of Dizzy Gillespie

By: Alyn Shipton

Dizzy Gillespie was one of the most important and best loved musicians in jazz history. With his dark glasses, goatee, jive talk, and upraised trumpet bell, he was the hipster who most personified bebop. The musical heir to Louis Armstrong, he created the basic jazz trumpet-playing style and dazzled aficionados and popular audiences alike for over 50 years. In this first full biography, Alyn Shipton covers all aspects of Dizzy's remarkable life and career, taking us through his days as a flashy trumpet player in the swing bands of the 1930s, his innovative bebop work in the 1940s, the worldwide fame and adoration he earned through his big band tours in the 1950s, and the many recordings and performances which defined a career that extended into the early 1990s. Along the way, Shipton convincingly argues that Gillespie--rather than Charlie Parker as is widely believed--had the greatest role in creating bebop, playing in key jazz groups, teaching the music to others, and helping to develop the first original bebop repertory. Shipton traces the Gillespie-Parker relationship, starting in the bands of Earl Hines and Billy Eckstine in the early 1940s, to their famous 1944-46 group that set the form for bebop, and culminating in their extraordinary concert at Massey Hall in Toronto in 1953. Shipton also explores the dark side of Dizzy's mostly sunny personal life, his womanizing, the illegitimate daughter he fathered and supported--now a respected jazz singer in her own right--and his sometimes needless cruelty to others. For anyone interested in jazz and one of its most innovative and appealing figures, Groovin' High is essential reading.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195091329

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9780195091328

Grover Cleveland

A Study in Character

By: Alyn Brodsky

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Grover Cleveland

A Study in Character

By: Alyn Brodsky

Alyn Brodsky's work follows Grover Cleveland through his early life in upstate New York, his career as a trial lawyer, mayor, and governor through to his first and second presidencies."--BOOK JACKET.

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Macmillan

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0312268831

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9780312268831

On Jazz

A Personal Journey

By: Alyn Shipton

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On Jazz

A Personal Journey

By: Alyn Shipton

Few musical genres inspire the passionate devotion of jazz. Its mystique goes far beyond the melodies and rhythms, with its key players and singers discussed by aficionados with a respect that borders on reverence. Some books on jazz offer little more than theory or dry facts, thereby relinquishing the 'essence' of the music. This book is different. One of the most influential and internationally known writers on the subject describes, through vivid personal contacts, reminiscences and zesty anecdotes, his life in jazz as a player, broadcaster and observer. Alyn Shipton recalls friendships with legendary musicians, while revealing fresh discoveries about such luminaries as Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Abbey Lincoln and Geri Allen. On Jazz powerfully evokes the atmosphere of clubs and dancehalls, and takes us behind the scenes and up onto the stage, so that this electrifying world is unforgettably spotlighted as never before.

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Cambridge University Press

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110899833X

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9781108998338

Woodwinds

By: Alyn Shipton

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Woodwinds

By: Alyn Shipton

Text and pictures introduce the woodwind family of instruments, such as flutes, saxophones, oboes, bassoons, and their relatives.

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Steck-Vaughn

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0811423190

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9780811423199

Invitation to Organic Chemistry

By: Alyn William Johnson

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Invitation to Organic Chemistry

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Invitation to Organic Chemistry

Invitation to Organic Chemistry

Fats Waller

Fats Waller

Jazz Makers

Jazz Makers

Benjamin Rush

Benjamin Rush

Hi-de-ho

Hi-de-ho

The Art of Jazz

The Art of Jazz

Nilsson

Nilsson

It's Not Brain Surgery!

It's Not Brain Surgery!

A Life in Jazz

A Life in Jazz

Handful of Keys

Handful of Keys

Groovin' High

Groovin' High

Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland

On Jazz

On Jazz

Woodwinds

Woodwinds

Invitation to Organic Chemistry

Invitation to Organic Chemistry

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