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  • Heart Sounds: 12 Catholic Doctors

    by Janice Steinhagen and John Howland, M.D. ...
    In the book twelve Catholic doctors tell their own life stories with honesty, with wit, and with passion. In these intimate portraits we get a glimpse beneath the white coat into the heart of each physician. How have these physicians come to a profound faith? How have they kept their faith amidst the pressures and temptations of a secular society? How have these doctors tried to follow Jesus ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Turning of the Tides

    by Paul W. Shafer, John Howland Snow ...
    Together with John Howland Snow, Michigan Representative Paul W. Shafer authored this 1953 exposé on the education system of the United States, which was delivered in the House of Representatives on March 21, 1952. In The Turning of the Tides, the authors take the position that the education system was an alien collectivist (socialist) philosophy, much of which came from Europe, crashed onto the ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ellington Uptown

    Duke Ellington, James P. Johnson, and the Birth of Concert Jazz

    by John Howland ...
    Series series Jazz Perspectives
    During the early decades of the twentieth century symphonic jazz involved an expansive family of music that emulated, paralleled, and intersected the jazz tradition. Though now largely forgotten, symphonic jazz was both a popular music -- arranging tradition and a repertory of hybrid concert works, both of which reveled in the mildly irreverent interbreeding of white and black and high and low ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Beyond the Bandstand

    Paul Whiteman in American Musical Culture

    by W. Anthony Sheppard, Lisa Conathan, Stephanie Doktor, Christi J. Wells, John Howland, Ryan R. Bañagale, Sarah C. Provost, Catherine Tackley, Katherine M. Leo0, Elijah Wald1 ...
    Series series Music in American Life
    The most successful bandleader of the 1920s, Paul Whiteman was an entertainment icon who played a major role in the mainstreaming of jazz. Whiteman and his band premiered Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Duke Ellington acknowledged his achievements. His astonishing ear for talent vaulted a who’s who of artists toward prominence. But Whiteman’s oversized presence eclipsed Black jazz musicians while his ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Duke Ellington Studies

    Edited by John Howland ...
    Series series Cambridge Composer Studies
    Duke Ellington (1899–1974) is widely considered the jazz tradition's most celebrated composer. This engaging yet scholarly volume explores his long career and his rich cultural legacy from a broad range of in-depth perspectives, from the musical and historical to the political and international. World-renowned scholars and musicians examine Ellington's influence on jazz music, its criticism, and ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Hearing Luxe Pop

    Glorification, Glamour, and the Middlebrow in American Popular Music

    by John Howland ...
    Series Book 2 - California Studies in Music, Sound, and Media
    Hearing Luxe Pop explores a deluxe-production aesthetic that has long thrived in American popular music, in which popular-music idioms are merged with lush string orchestrations and big-band instrumentation. John Howland presents an alternative music history that centers on shifts in timbre and sound through innovative uses of orchestration and arranging, traveling from symphonic jazz to the Great ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

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  • The History of Jazz

    by Ted Gioia ...
    An updated new edition of Ted Gioia's universally acclaimed history of jazz, with a wealth of new insight on this music's past, present, and future. Ted Gioia's The History of Jazz has been universally hailed as the most comprehensive and accessible history of the genre of all time. Acclaimed by jazz critics and fans alike, this magnificent work is now available in an up-to-date third edition that ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • The History of Jazz

    by Ted Gioia ...
    Jazz is the most colorful and varied art form in the world and it was born in one of the most colorful and varied cities, New Orleans. From the seed first planted by slave dances held in Congo Square and nurtured by early ensembles led by Buddy Belden and Joe "King" Oliver, jazz began its long winding odyssey across America and around the world, giving flower to a thousand different forms--swing, ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Jazz

    A Beginner's Guide

    by Stuart Nicholson ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    This definitive guide includes a unique chapter-by-chapter playlist for the reader.Jazz: A Beginner’s Guide is a lively and highly accessible introduction to a global musical phenomenon. Award-winning music journalist and author Stuart Nicholson takes the reader on an entertaining journey from jazz's early stirrings in America’s south through to the present day, when almost every country in the ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Capturing Sound

    How Technology Has Changed Music

    by Mark Katz ...
    There is more to sound recording than just recording sound. Far from being simply a tool for the preservation of music, the technology is a catalyst. In this award-winning text, Mark Katz provides a wide-ranging, deeply informative, consistently entertaining history of recording's profound impact on the musical life of the past century, from Edison to the Internet. Fully revised and updated, this ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Jazz: the Basics

    by Christopher Meeder ...
    Series series The Basics
    Jazz: The Basics gives a brief introduction to a century of jazz, ideal for students and interested listeners who want to learn more about this important musical style. The heart of the book traces jazz's growth from its folk origins through early recordings and New Orleans stars; the big-band and swing era; bebop; cool jazz and third stream; avant-garde; jazz-rock; and the neo-conservative ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Jazz Matters

    Sound, Place, and Time since Bebop

    by David Ake ...
    What, where, and when is jazz? To most of us jazz means small combos, made up mostly of men, performing improvisationally in urban club venues. But jazz has been through many changes in the decades since World War II, emerging in unexpected places and incorporating a wide range of new styles. In this engrossing new book, David Ake expands on the discussion he began in Jazz Cultures, lending his ... Read more

    $31.49 USD