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Jazz Musicians of the Early Years, to 1945

By: David Dicaire

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Jazz Musicians of the Early Years, to 1945

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The story of the first roughly half century of jazz is really the story of some of the greatest musicians of all time. Scott Joplin, Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, and Ella Fitzgerald all made tremendous contributions, influencing countless jazz musicians and singers. This work provides biographical sketches of the aforementioned artists and many others who made jazz so popular in the first half of the twentieth century. Biographies cover the pioneers of jazz in New Orleans in the late 1890s and early 1900s; the soloists who fueled the Jazz Age in the 1920s; the musicians and bandleaders of the big band and swing era of the late 1920s and early 1930s; and icons from the height of jazz's popularity on through the end of the war. A discography is provided for each artist.

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0786485566

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Jazz Musicians, 1945 to the Present

By: David Dicaire

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Jazz Musicians, 1945 to the Present

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From its very beginnings, the nature of jazz has been to reinvent itself. As the musical genre evolved from its roots--blues, European music, Voodoo ceremonies, and brass bands that played at funerals, parades and celebrations--the sound reflected the tenor of the times, from the citified strains of the Roaring '20s to the Big Band swing of pre-World War II to the bop revolution that grew out of the minimalist sound the war forced upon the art form. That the music continued to develop and evolve is a tribute to the power and creativity of its musicians. Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Sarah Vaughan, Art Blakey, Dave Brubeck, Sun Ra, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Diana Krall, Archie Shepp, Chick Corea, Branford Marsalis, Larry Coryell, and Kenny Kirkland are just some of the jazz greats profiled here. The five major periods of jazz--the bop revolution, hard bop and cool jazz, the avant-garde, fusion, and contemporary--form the basis for the sections in this reference work, with a brief history of each period provided. The artists who were integral to the evolution of each period are then profiled. Each biographical entry focuses on the artist's life and his or her influence on jazz and on music as a whole. A complete discography for each musician is also provided.

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0786485574

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Blues Singers

Biographies of 50 Legendary Artists of the Early 20th Century

By: David Dicaire

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Blues Singers

Biographies of 50 Legendary Artists of the Early 20th Century

By: David Dicaire

This reference volume is intended for both the casual and the most avid blues fan. It is divided into five separately introduced sections and covers 50 artists with names like Muddy, Gatemouth and Hound Dog who helped shape 20th-century American music. Beginning with the pioneering Mississippi Delta bluesmen, the book then follows the spread of the genre to the city, in the section on the Chicago Blues School. The third segment covers the Texas blues tradition; the fourth, the great blueswomen; and the fifth, the genre's development outside its main schools. The styles covered range from Virginia-Piedmont to Bentonia and from barrelhouse to boogie-woogie. The main text is augmented by substantial discographies and a lengthy bibliography.

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McFarland

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0786462418

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9780786462414

The First Generation of Country Music Stars

Biographies of 50 Artists Born Before 1940

By: David Dicaire

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The First Generation of Country Music Stars

Biographies of 50 Artists Born Before 1940

By: David Dicaire

This book focuses on 50 of the most important entertainers in the history of country music, from its beginnings in the folk music of early America through the 1970s. Divided into five distinct categories, it discusses the pioneers who brought mountain music to mass audiences; cowboys and radio stars who spread country music countrywide; honky-tonk and bluegrass musicians who differentiated country music during the 1940s; the major contributions that female artists made to the genre; and the modern country sound which dominated the genre from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s. Each entry includes a brief biography of the chosen artist with special emphasis on experiences which influenced their musical careers. Covered musicians include Fiddlin' John Carson, Riley Puckett, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Bob Wills, Bill Monroe, Hank Williams, Sr., Dale Evans, June Carter Cash, Loretta Lynn, Buck Owens, Roy Clark, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard.

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0786485582

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More Blues Singers

Biographies of 50 Artists from the Later 20th Century

By: David Dicaire

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Biographies of 50 Artists from the Later 20th Century

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The first book by David Dicaire, Blues Singers: Biographies of 50 Legendary Artists of the Early 20th Century, (McFarland, 1999), included pioneers, innovators, superstars, and cult heroes of blues music born before 1940. This second work covers those born after 1940 who have continued the tradition. This work has five sections, each with its own introduction. The first, Modern Acoustic Blues, covers artists that are major players on the acoustic blues scene of recent time, such as John Hammond, Jr. The second, Contemporary Chicago Blues, features artists of amplified, citified, gritty blues (Paul Butterfield and Melvin Taylor, among others). Section three, Modern American Electric Blues, includes some Texas blues singers such as Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimmie Vaughan and examines how the blues have spread throughout the United States. Contemporary Blues Women are in section four. Section five, Blues Around the World, covers artists from four different continents and twelve different countries. Each entry provides biographical and critical information on the artist, and a complete discography. A bibliography and supplemental discographies are also provided.

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0786410353

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Mojo Hand

The Life and Music of Lightnin' Hopkins

By: Timothy J. O'Brien,David Ensminger

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Mojo Hand

The Life and Music of Lightnin' Hopkins

By: Timothy J. O'Brien,David Ensminger

Presents the life of the acclaimed blues musician, known for songs whose topics ranged from his African American roots to space exploration, and focuses on his eccentric style of guitar playing and his lasting influences in music.

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University of Texas Press

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029274515X

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Touch

The Science of the Hand, Heart, and Mind

By: David J. Linden

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Touch

The Science of the Hand, Heart, and Mind

By: David J. Linden

The New York Times bestselling author examines how our sense of touch and emotion are interconnected Johns Hopkins neuroscientist and bestselling author of The Compass of Pleasure David J. Linden presents an engaging and fascinating examination of how the interface between our sense of touch and our emotional responses affects our social interactions as well as our general health and development. Accessible in its wit and clarity, Touch explores scientific advances in the understanding of touch that help explain our sense of self and our experience of the world. From skin to nerves to brain, the organization of the body’s touch circuits powerfully influences our lives—affecting everything from consumer choice to sexual intercourse, tool use to the origins of language, chronic pain to healing. Interpersonal touch is crucial to social bonding and individual development. Linden lucidly explains how sensory and emotional context work together to distinguish between perceptions of what feels good and what feels bad. Linking biology and behavioral science, Linden offers an entertaining and enlightening answer to how we feel in every sense of the word.

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Penguin

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1101617721

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Dementia 3Ed

By: David Ames,Alistair Burns,John O'Brien

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Dementia 3Ed

By: David Ames,Alistair Burns,John O'Brien

The rising prevalence of dementia in the population continues to pose a serious public health challenge in both the developed and the developing world. Previous editions of Dementia have become acknowledged as a key 'gold standard' work in this field, and have had a genuinely international approach. The third edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect the most recent advances in the rapidly developing field of dementia research, adding further important detail to this already authoritative and detailed text. New material on mild cognitive impairment has been included, and the latest developments in areas such as service development and carer research are also covered. All the chapters have been revised to include the most up-to-date research in their field. This is an essential work of reference for specialists in old age psychiatry, neurology, and health care of the elderly. It should also be a useful resource for others working with patients with dementia, including general practitioners, nurses, psychologists, and other allied health professionals.

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CRC Press

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0340812036

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Physics Implications of a New 1st Order PDE

By: David Maker

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Physics Implications of a New 1st Order PDE

By: David Maker

This is a book about Dr. David Maker's new generally covariant generalization of the Dirac equation sqr(kii)gamma DEGREESidpsi/dx DEGREESi- wpsi=0 with koo=1/krr=1-rH/r (1.9) with koo= 1-2e DEGREES2/rmec DEGREES2, 1-rH/r This new equation explicitly includes curved space (i.e., rH not zero), thus includes force, thus naturally explains all the forces with direct, straightforward derivation. For example at r>rH the third term in the expansion of the energy term (in this new pde) gives the Lamb shift without the higher order diagrams, doesn't require the standard pathology of adding and subtracting infinities to get the QED high precision. Even if the mistake is made of setting rH=0 we still explain why the infinities are then needed to get this high precision if the gauges are then added Thus even the QED high precision results are understood here from first principles, eq.1.9. Also at r-rH it gives a bound state 2P3/2 trifolium, thus charge e spends 1/3 of its time in each lobe (fractionally charged lobes), there are 6 P states (6 flavors), the lobes can't leave (asymptotic freedom), P wave scattering (jets), explaining all the major properties of quarks (giving us the strong interaction without any new assumptions The standard Dirac equation on the other hand applies to flat space (rH=0 there), which is a mistake to use (except for in flat space) since indeed there are forces. So what do people do to try to get the experimental results after making such an egregious error? They add in gauge after gauge, Lagrangian term after Lagrangian term, free parameter after free parameter: when their model doesn't explain new experimental results they just fudge in a new term, resulting in a big mess of a theory that confuses, stops the progress of theoretical physics dead in its tracks. Why they ca

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1452002207

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Mental Health and Canadian Society

Historical Perspectives

By: James E. Moran,David Wright

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Mental Health and Canadian Society

Historical Perspectives

By: James E. Moran,David Wright

In Mental Health and Canadian Society leading researchers challenge generalisations about the mentally ill and the history of mental health in Canada. Considering the period from colonialism to the present, they examine such issues as the rise of the insanity plea, the Victorian asylum as a tourist attraction, the treatment of First Nations people in western mental hospitals, and post-World War II psychiatric research into LSD.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773576541

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Small Town in Modern Times

Alexandria, Ontario

By: David M. Rayside

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Small Town in Modern Times

Alexandria, Ontario

By: David M. Rayside

Rayside conducted informal interviews with more than 150 Glengarrians and attended numerous meetings of local councils, school boards, planning boards, and conservation authorities. This field research provides the basis for a detailed examination of the self-image of the town as a friendly, caring, united community, and of the unequal power relations that exist between different social classes, language groups, and men and women. Working-class life is disadvantaged in Alexandria much as it is in large cities, French-English relations are strained, and the experience of women has not been affected to any great extent by the challenges of feminism. Local government in Alexandria may be more accessible to the ordinary citizen than it is elsewhere but, as Rayside shows, the local council rarely engages in issues of genuine concern to residents, who themselves largely ignore municipal politics. Most local politicians seem inclined to avoid controversy and innovation, hoping to retain an environment favourable to business investment. Rayside examines the impact of the external world on a small community. He situates this impact and the resulting changes in historical context and reveals economic and social relationships that differ from what many of Alexandria's inhabitants believe to be the case. A Small Town in Modern Times will be of interest not only to students and scholars of political science, sociology, history, and Canadian studies but also to residents of Alexandria and any other small community in transition.

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0773562834

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9780773562837

Taking the Bite out of Rabies

The Evolution of Rabies Management in Canada

By: David Gregory,Rowland Tinline

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Taking the Bite out of Rabies

The Evolution of Rabies Management in Canada

By: David Gregory,Rowland Tinline

Taking the Bite out of Rabies records the evolution of rabies management and control in Canada.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487504284

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Biochemistry

The Chemical Reactions of Living Cells

By: David E. Metzler

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Biochemistry

The Chemical Reactions of Living Cells

By: David E. Metzler

The most comprehensive textbook/reference ever to cover the chemical basis of life, the "Green Bible of Biochemistry" has been a well-respected contribution to the field for more than twenty years. The complex structures that make up cells are described in detail, along with the forces that hold them together, and the chemical reactions that allow for recognition, signaling and movement. There is ample information on the human body, its genome, and the action of muscles, eyes, and the brain. The complete set deals with the natural world, treating the metabolism of bacteria, toxins, antibiotics, specialized compounds made by plants, photosynthesis, luminescence of fireflies, among many other topics.* The most comprehensive biochemistry text reference available on the market* Organized into two volumes, comprising 32 chapters and containing the latest research in the field* Biological content is emphasized: for example, macromolecular structures and enzyme action are discussed

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0080924700

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More Blues Singers

Biographies of 50 Artists from the Later 20th Century

By: David Dicaire

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0786462426

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Blues Singers

Biographies of 50 Legendary Artists of the Early 20th Century

By: David Dicaire

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Biographies of 50 Legendary Artists of the Early 20th Century

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The New Generation of Country Music Stars

Biographies of 50 Artists Born After 1940

By: David Dicaire

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The New Generation of Country Music Stars

Biographies of 50 Artists Born After 1940

By: David Dicaire

This book highlights 50 of the most important entertainers in contemporary country music, providing a brief biography of each artist with special emphasis on experiences that influenced their musical careers. The artists are divided into five categories: "The New Traditionalists" (artists such as George Strait, Reba McEntire, and Clint Black who established the mainstream country sound in the 1980s); "Alternative Country" (artists such as Steve Earle and Bela Fleck who made country music on their own terms); "Groups" (ensemble acts such as Alabama, the Dixie Chicks, and Rascal Flatts that have carried on the traditions of the Carter Family and other prominent groups of the 1920s and 1930s); "Country-Pop" (artists such as Garth Brooks and Shania Twain who firmly established the "countrypolitan" sound as the cash cow of Nashville); and "New Country" (the next generation of country-pop artists, with particular attention paid to international megastars such as Keith Urban, and teen sensations, including LeAnn Rimes and Taylor Swift).

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0786485590

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9780786485598

The First Generation of Country Music Stars

Biographies of 50 Artists Born Before 1940

By: David Dicaire

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Biographies of 50 Artists Born Before 1940

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0786485582

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Jazz Musicians of the Early Years, to 1945

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0786485566

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The Early Years of Folk Music

Fifty Founders of the Tradition

By: David Dicaire

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The Early Years of Folk Music

Fifty Founders of the Tradition

By: David Dicaire

This history of folk music looks at musicians, collectors and other figures from around the world. The book presents an overview of international folk roots and shows the contributions of the artists and the evolution of folk music as a force for political and social change. Profiles of Pete Seeger, Burl Ives, Woody Guthrie and others show how the stage was set for the American folk revival of the 1960s.

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0786457376

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9780786457373

Jazz Musicians, 1945 to the Present

By: David Dicaire

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Jazz Musicians, 1945 to the Present

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0786485574

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The Folk Music Revival, 1958-1970

Biographies of Fifty Performers and Other Influential People

By: David Dicaire

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The Folk Music Revival, 1958-1970

Biographies of Fifty Performers and Other Influential People

By: David Dicaire

This is the second in a series of books focusing upon the history of folk music. This volume concentrates on the period that continues to fuel popular music to the present. It was an exciting time, one that changed the complexity of folk music. Included are biographies and discographies of such noted personalities as Harry Belafonte, Buffy St. Marie, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, Simon and Garfunkel, and Peter, Paul and Mary. With information on influential artists from other countries (the Clancy Brothers, Miriam Makeba and others), people “behind the scenes” and major political figures, here is a solid representation of an epoch that still generates enormous enthusiasm.

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078646352X

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9780786463527

Jacques-Louis David

Empire to Exile

By: Philippe Bordes,Jacques Louis David,Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

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Jacques-Louis David

Empire to Exile

By: Philippe Bordes,Jacques Louis David,Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

Catalog of an exhibition organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, held in Williamstown, Mass., June 5-Sept. 5, 2004.

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093110260X

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9780931102608

Dave's Way

By: R. David Thomas

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Dave's Way

By: R. David Thomas

Dave Thomas uses commonsense language and lively anecdotes to reveal the secrets behind his success, as he tells the story of his fascinating life from an adopted child to the head of the three-billion-dollar Wendy's empire. "Sound advice for any entrepreneur or business manager".--Chicago Tribune.

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Berkley

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0425135012

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9780425135013

The Education of David Martin

By: David Martin

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The Education of David Martin

By: David Martin

David Martin's vivid, elegant and absorbing prose offers surprising and often moving insights into his life, times and intellectual development. As Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the London School of Economics he gives a compelling behind-the-scenes account of the protests during the 1960s and 1970s. He also recounts the ups and downs of his leading role in championing the King James Bible and the Prayer Book in the 1980's. It will be a must read for the many people, both within and without the church, who have been influenced by his seminal writings.

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1573834955

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