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African American musicians African American musicians Biography African American musicians Biography Juvenile literature African American rock musicians Biography African American singers Biography African Americans Biography Hendrix, Jimi Rhythm and blues musicians United States Biography Rock musicians United States Biography United StatesSmith, Charles R.
Summary: "The story of guitarist Jimi Hendrix's career told in verse"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Neal Porter Books/Holiday House 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HENDillon, Leo.
Summary: Synopsis: If you have ever been lucky enough to hear great jazz, then you will understand the pure magic of this book. Leo and Diane Dillon use bright colors and musical patterns that make music skip off the page in this toe-tapping homage to many jazz greats. From Miles Davis and Charlie Parker to Ella Fitzgerald, here is a dream team sure to knock your socks off. Learn about this popular...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Sky Press 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DILCachin, Olivier
Summary: Shares brief biographies of forty influential black musicians, including James Brown, The Fugees, and Rihanna.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wide Eyed Editions 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 782.42 CACTinsley, Justin
Summary: "The Notorious B.I.G. was one of the most charismatic and talented artists of the 1990s. Born Christopher Wallace and raised in Clinton Hill/Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, Biggie lived an almost archetypal rap life: young trouble, drug dealing, guns, prison, a giant hit record, the wealth and international superstardom that came with it, then an early violent death. Biggie released his first record, Ready...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SMALLS, BIGGIE TINSummary: Imagine a world in which gospel, the blues, jazz, R & B, and rock 'n' roll didn't exist. These indigenous American musical forms are the product of, and a moving expression of the African American experience. Musical geniuses and innovators like Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, B.B. King, and Jimi Hendrix turned individual and collective histories of suffering and injustice into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 AFRScott-Heron, Gil
Summary: A personal account by the late musician and poet traces the story of his life, career, and history-making 1981 tour at the side of Stevie Wonder to raise support for the establishment of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SCOTT-HERON, GIL SCOLauterbach, Preston.
Summary: A definitive account of the birth of rock 'n' roll in black America...The Chitlin' Circuit brings us into the sweaty back rooms where such stars as James Brown, B. B. King, and Little Richard got their start.--Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.66 LAUBaram, Marcus
Summary: In this biography, Marcus Baram--an acquaintance of Gil Scott-Heron's--will trace the volatile journey of a troubled musical genius. Baram will chart Scott-Heron's musical odyssey, from Chicago to Tennessee to New York: a drug addict's twisted path to redemption and enduring fame. In Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man, Marcus Baram puts the complicated icon into full focus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SCOTT-HERON, GIL BARMedina, Nico
Summary: Presents the life of one of the bestselling artists of all time, from her start singing in front of her father's Baptist congregation to being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRASummary: Documents the obscure country blues musician and idiosyncratic visual artist, Howard 'Louie Bluie' Armstrong, member of the last known black string band in America. Director Terry Zwigoff honors him with an unsentimental but endlessly affectionate tribute. Full of infectious music and comedy, this is a humane evocation of the kind of pop-cultural marginalia that Zwigoff would continue to make...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LOUBooker T.
Summary: "The long-awaited memoir of Booker T. Jones, leader of the famed Stax Records house band, architect of the Memphis soul sound, and one of the most legendary figures in music. From Booker T. Jones's earliest years in segregated Memphis, music was the driving force in his life. While he worked paper routes and played gigs in local nightclubs to pay for lessons and support his family, Jones, on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BOOKER T. BOOKelly, R.
Summary: The R&B performer and producer traces the story of his life and career, describing his battle with a learning disorder, his collaborations with such icons as Michael Jackson and Aretha Franklin, and his difficulties with personal and legal challenges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KELLY, R. KELSummary: Director Jon Brewer worked closely with the gregarious and charming musician and was given extraordinary access to his friends, family and colleagues. This is a no holds barred, powerful documentary that explores how an orphaned kid from Mississippi turned his life around, battled against all odds and against unrelenting racism to overcome even the toughest critics in the entertainment...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC BBMoore, Marcus J.
Summary: A cultural portrait of the Pulitzer Prize-winning rap superstar documents his coming-of-age as an artist, his genius as a lyricist, and his profound impact on today's racially fraught America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LAMAR, KENDRICK MOODeath
Summary: A profile of punk rock band Death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2013
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BANWard, Andrew
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 WARWhite, Richard Antoine
Summary: "From the streets of Baltimore to the halls of the New Mexico Philharmonic, a musician shares his remarkable story in I'm Possible, an inspiring memoir of perseverance and possibility. Growing up, Richard Antoine White and his mother didn't have a key toa room or a house. Sometimes they had shelter, but they never had a place to call home. Still, they always had each other, and from a young...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WHITE, RICHARD ANTOINE WHIRussell-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"--
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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 RUSBolden, Tonya
Summary: "Before there was Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Johnny Cash, there was Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The godmother of rock & roll started as a little girl from Arkansas with music in her air, in her hair, in her bones, wiggling her toes. With a big guitar in hand and a big voice in her soul, she grew into a rock & roll trailblazer in a time when women were rarely seen rocking out."--Front...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 THAStone, Sly
Summary: "As the front man for the sixties pop-rock-funk band Sly and the Family Stone, a songwriter who created some of the most memorable anthems of the 1960s and 1970s ('Everyday People,' 'Family Affair'), and a performer who electrified audiences at Woodstock and elsewhere, Sly Stone’s influence on modern music and culture is indisputable. But as much as people know the music, the man remains a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: AUWA Books, MCD, Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STONE, SLY STORichards, Matt
Summary: "For the first time, readers have access to [an] ... account of the crucial moments leading up to Jackson's demise. Drawing on court documents and testimonials, [the book] presents a multi-perspective tracking of every individual involved and the part they played as the tragedy unfolded, examining forensically the mystery of the 83 minutes that elapsed from the moment Dr. Murray suggested he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2016
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Summary: "Best known for his song "Super Freak," hitmaker, singer, innovator, producer, award-winning pioneer in the fusion of funk groove and rock, the late Rick James collaborated with music biographer David Ritz in this posthumously published, wildly entertaining, and profound expression of a rock star's life and soul. He was the nephew of Temptations singer Melvin Franklin; a boy who watched and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JAMES, RICK JAMDay, Morris
Summary: A memoir by Morris Day of The Time centering around his lifelong relationship and association with Prince. Composer, soul singer, drummer, and band leader, Day has been a force in American music for the past four decades. Here he chronicles his creative process with an explosive prose that mirrors his intoxicating music. A major theme is his lifelong friendship and years of musical partnership...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2019