Kelley, Robin D. G.
Summary: His angular melodies and dissonant harmonies shook the jazz world to its foundations, ushering in the birth of "bebop" and establishing Monk as one of America's greatest composers. Yet throughout much of his life, his musical contribution took a backseat to tales of his reputed behavior. Writers tended to obsess over Monk's hats or his proclivity to dance on stage. To his fans, he was the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MONK, THELONIOUS KELContents: CD 1, The complete concert by the sea. Announcer: Jimmy Lyons (:40) ; Night and day (5:04) ; Spring is here (5:14) ; I'll remember April (4:23) ; The nearness of you (4:46) ; Where or when (3:22) ; Sweet and lovely (4:12) ; Lullaby of Birdland (4:17) ; Mambo Carmel (3:52) ; Teach me tonight (3:48) ; Will you still be mine (3:56) ; I cover the waterfront (3:30) ; Bernie's tune (4:38) ; How could...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ GARBenson, Koni
Summary: Crossroads: I Live Where I Like is a graphic nonfiction history of women-led movements at the forefront of the struggle for land, housing, and public services in Cape Town, South Africa, over the last fifty years.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PM Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 968 BENWalia, Harsha
Summary: In Border and Rule, one of North America's foremost thinkers and immigrant rights organizers delivers an unflinching examination of migration as a pillar of global governance and gendered racial class formation. Harsha Walia disrupts easy explanations for the migrant and refugee crises, instead showing them to be the inevitable outcomes of the conquest, capitalist globalization, and climate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Haymarket Books 2021
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Summary: "Generations of American history students have grown up believing that slave rebellion was relatively rare, that slaves accepted their lot and became attached to their masters, and that they were ultimately liberated with little or no effort of their own. Centering Black voices and slave narratives, celebrated historian and children's book author, William Loren Katz offers a thoroughly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Triangle Square Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Seven Stories Press 2023