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Experiencing Led Zeppelin

A Listener's Companion

By: Gregg Akkerman

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Experiencing Led Zeppelin

A Listener's Companion

By: Gregg Akkerman

In 1980, Led Zeppelin formally disbanded following the death of drummer John Bonham. Yet over three decade, the music, the mystique, and the legacy of this legendary rock act lives on. Reissues of their music sell in the millions, while rumors of reunion tours continue to electrify fans across the globe. The various solo projects pursued by the three surviving members—Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and John Paul Jones—will forever live the shadow of the blinding light they generated as Led Zeppelin. In Experiencing Led Zeppelin: A Listener’s Companion, musician and writer Gregg Akkerman looks behind the curtain of “rock gods” sensationalism at this performing act's musical legacy through their studio and live recordings. Drawing on his many years as a rock musician and music scholar, Akkerman peeks under the hood to explain not just the when and the where of Led Zeppelin's music, but the why. Putting readers right there, in the times and places where the band was recording and performing its iconic numbers, Akkerman is the voice whispering in the ear of anyone interested in understanding how Led Zeppelin's music works. Experiencing Led Zeppelin: A Listener’s Companion is for the die-hard Led Zeppelin fan and the first-timer just discovering the brilliance of this super band.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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ISBN 10

0810889161

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9780810889163

The Last Balladeer

The Johnny Hartman Story

By: Gregg Akkerman

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The Last Balladeer

The Johnny Hartman Story

By: Gregg Akkerman

In The Last Balladeer, author Gregg Akkerman skillfully reveals the life-long achievements and occasional missteps of Johnny Hartman as an African-American artist dedicated to his craft. In the first full-length biography and discography to chronicle the rhapsodic life and music of Johnny Hartman, the author completes a previously missing dimension of vocal-jazz history by documenting Hartman as the balladeer who crooned his way into so many hearts. Backed by impeccable research but conveyed in a conversational style, this book will interest not only musicians and scholars but any fan of the Great American Songbook and the singers who brought it to life.

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393

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Scarecrow Press

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0810882817

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9780810882812

The People's Revolt

Texas Populists and the Roots of American Liberalism

By: Gregg Cantrell

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The People's Revolt

Texas Populists and the Roots of American Liberalism

By: Gregg Cantrell

An engaging and meticulously researched history of Texas Populism and its contributions to modern American liberalism In the years after the Civil War, the banks, railroads, and industrial corporations of Gilded-Age America, abetted by a corrupt political system, concentrated vast wealth in the hands of the few and made poverty the fate of many. In response, a group of hard-pressed farmers and laborers from Texas organized a movement for economic justice called the Texas People's Party--the original Populists. Arguing that these Texas Populists were among the first to elaborate the set of ideas that would eventually become known as modern liberalism, Gregg Cantrell shows how the group broke new ground in reaching out to African Americans and Mexican Americans, rethinking traditional gender roles, and demanding creative solutions and forceful government intervention to solve economic inequality. Although their political movement ultimately failed, this volume reveals how the ideas of the Texas People's Party have shaped American political history.

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590

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Yale University Press

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0300100973

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9780300100976

Staged Diabetes Management

By: Roger Mazze,Richard M. Bergenstal,Robert Cuddihy,Ellie S. Strock,Amy Criego,Oded Langer,Gregg Simonson,Margaret A. Powers

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Staged Diabetes Management

By: Roger Mazze,Richard M. Bergenstal,Robert Cuddihy,Ellie S. Strock,Amy Criego,Oded Langer,Gregg Simonson,Margaret A. Powers

This new edition of the successful Staged Diabetes Management will again address the prominent issues of primary care diabetes management based on the International Diabetes Center’s "Staged Diabetes Management" program, which it advocates as part of its mission statement. This systematic treatment program consists of practical solutions to the detection and treatment of diabetes, its complications, and such areas as metabolic syndrome, pre-diabetes and diabetes in children using evidence-based medicine. The text reviews the fundamental basis of diabetes management and then addresses treatment of each type of diabetes and the major micro- and macrovascular complications.

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297

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119950406

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9781119950400

Experiencing Led Zeppelin

A Listener's Companion

By: Gregg Akkerman

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A Listener's Companion

By: Gregg Akkerman

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Rowman & Littlefield

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9780810889163

The Last Balladeer

The Johnny Hartman Story

By: Gregg Akkerman

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The Last Balladeer

The Johnny Hartman Story

By: Gregg Akkerman

Just after recording with John Coltrane in 1963, baritone singer Johnny Hartman (1923–1983) told a family member that “something special” occurred in the studio that day. He was right – the album, containing definitive readings of “Lush Life” and “My One and Only Love,” resides firmly in the realm of iconic; forever enveloping listeners in the sounds of romance. In The Last Balladeer, author Gregg Akkerman skillfully reveals not only the intimate details of that album but the life-long achievements and occasional missteps of Hartman as an African-American artist dedicated to his craft. This book carefully follows the journey of the Grammy-nominated vocalist from his big band origins with Earl Hines and Dizzy Gillespie to featured soloist in prestigious supper clubs throughout the world. Through exclusive interviews with Hartman’s family and fellow musicians (including Tony Bennett, Billy Taylor, Kurt Elling, Jon Hendricks, and others), accounts from friends and associates, newly discovered recordings and studio outtakes, and in-depth research on his career and personal life, Akkerman expertly recollects the Hartman character as a gentleman, romantic, family man, and constant contributor to the jazz scene. From his international concerts in Japan, Australia, and England to his steady presence as an American nightclub singer that spanned five decades, Hartman personifies the “last balladeer” of his kind, singing with a sentiment that captured the attention of Clint Eastwood, who brought Hartman’s songs to the masses in the film The Bridges of Madison County. In the first full-length biography and discography to chronicle the rhapsodic life and music of Johnny Hartman, the author completes a previously missing dimension of vocal-jazz history by documenting Hartman as the balladeer who crooned his way into so many hearts. Backed by impeccable research but conveyed in a conversational style, this book will interest not only musicians and scholars but any fan of the Great American Songbook and the singers who brought it to life.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810882825

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9780810882829

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Experiencing Led Zeppelin

Experiencing Led Zeppelin

The Last Balladeer

The Last Balladeer

The People's Revolt

The People's Revolt

Staged Diabetes Management

Staged Diabetes Management

Experiencing Led Zeppelin

Experiencing Led Zeppelin

The Last Balladeer

The Last Balladeer

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