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  • Stopping Time

    Paul Bley and the Transformation of Jazz

    by Paul Bley, David Lee ...
    Paul Bley was barely into his twenties when he left Montreal for New York City, yet he had already played with Charlie Parker and subbed for Oscar Peterson at the Alberta Lounge. The piano prodigy had been leading his own bands in Montreal clubs since he was thirteen. Stopping Time is the story of a unique Canadian artist and his odyssey through the most turbulent years in modern jazz. Paul Bley ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

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    The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot

    by Craig Ferguson ...
    The comedian and former late-night host discusses his life, career, struggles with drugs & alcohol, and his love of the United States in this memoir.In American on Purpose, Craig Ferguson delivers a moving and achingly funny memoir of living the American dream as he journeys from the mean streets of Glasgow, Scotland, to the comedic promised land of Hollywood. Along the way he stumbles through ... Read more

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  • The Baxters Take Two

    by Karen Kingsbury ...
    Series series The Baxters—Above the Line
    Will the price of fame be worth the cost?Filmmakers Chase Ryan and Keith Ellison have completed their first feature film, and Hollywood is buzzing with the news. In the wake of that excitement, the producers acquire rights to a novel that has all the ingredients they want for their next project. At the same time they cross paths with a well-connected player who introduces them to the right people, ... Read more

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  • The Music Lesson

    A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music

    by Victor L. Wooten ...
    From Grammy-winning musical icon and legendary bassist Victor L. Wooten comes an inspiring parable of music, life, and the difference between playing all the right notes…and feeling them.The Music Lesson is the story of a struggling young musician who wanted music to be his life, and who wanted his life to be great. Then, from nowhere it seemed, a teacher arrived. Part musical genius, part ... Read more

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  • Rags to Riches

    by Nancy Carson ...
    From the industrial Black Country to the dazzling clubs of New York City, what fate awaits her?1936, young cellist Maxine Kite is thankful for the chance given to her by Birmingham’s esteemed orchestra. Plucked from obscurity she is destined for stardom. Music has always been her passion but her dreams are too big for a girl from a simple family.Leaving the safety of home behind, Maxime travels to ... Read more

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  • The Soloist

    A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music

    by Steve Lopez ...
    The New York Times bestselling true story that inspired the major motion picture—an “unforgettable tale of hope, heart and humanity”(People).Journalist Steve Lopez discovered of Nathaniel Ayers, a former classical bass student at Julliard, playing his heart out on a two-string violin on Los Angeles’s Skid Row. Deeply affected by the beauty of Ayers’s music, Lopez took it upon himself to change the ... Read more

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  • Nick Drake

    The Biography

    by Patrick Humphries ...
    'An exquisite portrait' MOJO'A riveting account of the golden-boy genius' EVENING STANDARDNick Drake was barely twenty-six years old when he died in 1974, but in his short lifetime he recorded three albums that are now recognised as classics: Five Leaves Left, Bryter Later and Pink Moon.Several decades after his death, he has amassed a huge following; his haunting songs cast a pervasive influence ... Read more

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  • Opening Windows

    Confessions of a Canadian Vocal Coach

    by Stuart Hamilton ...
    Stuart Hamilton is a well-known Canadian musician who has been in the forefront of music in Canada for more than 60 years. Here, in this memoir, he recounts his sometimes hectic assault on the Canadian music world. Along the way, Hamilton encountered, as a vocal coach and accompanist, most of the great Canadian singers of the last half of the 20th century and some international ones, as well.For ... Read more

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  • Leonard Cohen Anthology (Songbook)

    by Leonard Cohen ...
    (P/V/G Composer Collection). This thick collection includes 43 favorites penned by legendary singer-songwriter, poet, novelist and iconoclast Leonard Cohen. Includes: Ain't No Cure for Love * Avalanche * Bird on a Wire * Chelsea Hotel #2 * (No) Diamonds in the Mine * Famous Blue Raincoat * The Guests * I'm Your Man * Jazz Police * Joan of Arc * Lady Midnight * A Singer Must Die * Sisters of Mercy ... Read more

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  • Serendipity

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    by Louise Shaffer ...
    Louise Shaffer brings to life three generations of Italian American women in this stunning novel of surprises, secrets, and serendipity.A child of theatrical royalty, Carrie Manning is having a hard time getting her own act together. Thirty-seven, aimless, and having just buried a famous mother she never understood, she is desperate to uncover her family’s mysterious past in the hopes that it will ... Read more

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  • Who Was Louis Armstrong?

    by Yona Zeldis McDonough, Who HQ ...
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    If not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It was a teacher at the Colored Waifs Home who gave him a cornet, promoted him to band leader, and saw talent in the tough kid from the even tougher New Orleans neighborhood called Storyville. But it was Louis Armstrong's own passion and genius that pushed jazz into new and exciting realms with his ... Read more

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  • Jazz Survivor: The Story of Louis Bannet Horn Player of Auschwitz

    by Ken Shuldman ...
    This is the true story of Louis Bannet a Jewish jazz musician known throughout Europe in the 1930's and 40's as The Dutch Louis Armstrong. The story travels from the nightclubs of Amsterdam to the nightmares of Auschwitz where Louis Bannet's trumpet rang out amidst happiness and horror alike. Jazz Survivor gives strong testimony to both the indisputable power of music and the indefatigable ... Read more

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