Tick, Judith
Summary: A landmark biography that reclaims Ella Fitzgerald as a major American artist and modernist innovator.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton and Company 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FITCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FITZGERALD, ELLA TICRussell-Brown, Katheryn
Summary: "A biography of African American musician Melba Doretta Liston, a virtuoso musician who played the trombone and composed and arranged music for many of the great jazz musicians of the twentieth century. Includes afterword, discography, and sources"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books Inc. 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LISCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB LISTON RUSSummary: Discover the life and music of jazz luminary Ron Carter, the most recorded bassist in history. Filmed over six years, Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes invites viewers to meet the gentleman behind the bass. Best known as the rhythmic anchor in Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet, Carter has since amassed more than 2,500 musical credits over a prolific six-decade career. His unmistakable melody...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC RONSummary: Clark Terry, an internationally renowned trumpeter, began his career in the 1940's. He has worked with legendary greats such as Count Basie and Duke Ellington. His love of music even crossed over into the education field and is a noted author of books on trumpet techniques.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC CLASummary: A PBS miniseries in which a black jazz band becomes a huge success and ends up entangled in the aristocratic world of 1930s London as they seek fame and fortune.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015