Horowitz, Joseph

Summary: "A provocative interpretation of why classical music in America "stayed white"-how it got to be that way and what can be done about it. In 1893 the composer Antonin Dvorák prophesied a "great and noble" school of American classical music based on the searing "negro melodies" he had excitedly discovered since arriving in the United States a year before. But while Black music would found popular...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.973 HOR

Scott, Shirley

Contents: Sweet Lorraine (4:31) -- I thought I'd let you know (4:20) -- I should care (4:46) -- Spring is here (4:45) -- I didn't know what time it was (3:57) -- Gee baby, ain't I good to you? (4:15) -- Until the real thing comes along (5:09) -- Lover man (oh, where can you be?) (3:46) -- Like cozy (4:10) -- Little girl blue (4:59) -- Laura (5:00) -- You do something to me (5:17) -- Once in awhile (4:31)...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Prestige 2001

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ SCO

Summary: An orphan adopted by a kind hotel manager who rents rooms to down-on-their-luck entertainers lives happily enough until the owner of the hotel complains about the noise her showbiz friends make and threatens to close the hotel and send her back to the orphanage.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY LIT

Eddie Lockjaw Davis Quintet

Contents: Intermission riff (6:21) -- Can't get out of the mood (5:21) -- Foxy (5:47) -- Our delight (6:18) -- Bahia (7:26) -- Bingo domingo (5:56).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Prestige 1992

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ DAV

Summary: Follows the intertwining storylines of a diverse group of Los Angelenos as they navigate their way through romance and heartbreak over the course of one Valentine's Day. Couples and singles experience the pinnacles and pitfalls of finding, keeping or ending relationships in a day in the life of love.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2010

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY VAL

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE VAL

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD VAL

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD VAL RATED PG-13

Contents: Disc 1. The camp meeting jubilee (Unknown) -- My man rocks me (Trixie Smith) -- Kansas city blues (Jim Jackson) -- Going to move to Alabama (Charley Patton) -- Move it on over (Hank Williams) -- It's tight like that (Tampa Red) -- Pinetop's boogie woogie (Clarence "Pinetop" Smith) -- Jimmy's blues (Jimmy Blythe) -- Crazy about my baby (Blind Roosevelt Graves) -- Tiger rag (Washboard Rhythm...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Famous Flames Recording 2011

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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES FIR