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Author | : Jeffrey Melnick |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2001-03-16 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0674040902 |
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All too often an incident or accident, such as the eruption in Crown Heights with its legacy of bitterness and recrimination, thrusts Black-Jewish relations into the news. A volley of discussion follows, but little in the way of progress or enlightenment results--and this is how things will remain until we radically revise the way we think about the complex interactions between African Americans and Jews. A Right to Sing the Blues offers just such a revision. Black-Jewish relations, Jeffrey Melnick argues, has mostly been a way for American Jews to talk about their ambivalent racial status, a narrative collectively constructed at critical moments, when particular conflicts demand an explanation. Remarkably flexible, this narrative can organize diffuse materials into a coherent story that has a powerful hold on our imagination. Melnick elaborates this idea through an in-depth look at Jewish songwriters, composers, and perfomers who made Black music in the first few decades of this century. He shows how Jews such as George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Al Jolson, and others were able to portray their natural affinity for producing Black music as a product of their Jewishness while simultaneously depicting Jewishness as a stable white identity. Melnick also contends that this cultural activity competed directly with Harlem Renaissance attempts to define Blackness. Moving beyond the narrow focus of advocacy group politics, this book complicates and enriches our understanding of the cultural terrain shared by African Americans and Jews.
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Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2007-04-03 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1599900297 |
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Ruby's loud voice annoys everyone around her, until she learns to control her volume with the help of her new jazz musician friends.
Author | : Billie Holiday |
Publisher | : Crown |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2006-07-25 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0767923863 |
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Perfect for fans of The United States vs. Billie Holiday, this is the fiercely honest, no-holds-barred memoir of the legendary jazz, swing, and standards singing sensation—a fiftieth-anniversary edition updated with stunning new photos, a revised discography, and an insightful foreword by music writer David Ritz Taking the reader on a fast-moving journey from Billie Holiday’s rough-and-tumble Baltimore childhood (where she ran errands at a whorehouse in exchange for the chance to listen to Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith albums), to her emergence on Harlem’s club scene, to sold-out performances with the Count Basie Orchestra and with Artie Shaw and his band, this revelatory memoir is notable for its trenchant observations on the racism that darkened Billie’s life and the heroin addiction that ended it too soon. We are with her during the mesmerizing debut of “Strange Fruit”; with her as she rubs shoulders with the biggest movie stars and musicians of the day (Bob Hope, Lana Turner, Clark Gable, Benny Goodman, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, and more); and with her through the scrapes with Jim Crow, spats with Sarah Vaughan, ignominious jailings, and tragic decline. All of this is told in Holiday’s tart, streetwise style and hip patois that makes it read as if it were written yesterday.
Author | : Leigh Landry |
Publisher | : Leigh Landry |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2021-06-09 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
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Baking brownies for her new neighbor sounds like an excellent plan… until Sage discovers she’s now sharing a duplex with her ex. Hiding and avoiding the woman is sapping her creative energy, but Sage can’t afford another inevitable heartbreak. Brooke swore she’d never feel stuck anywhere again, so she created a challenge: live in all fifty states before she turns forty. She’s hopping from state to state, renovating old houses, but living next door to her ex was not part of the plan. While Brooke is committed to the road, Sage has made New Orleans her home. They can’t deny the fact that Brooke will leave once again, but sharing a front porch makes it nearly impossible to resist their attraction. Sing the Blues is a sweet, second chance, sapphic romance about finding the courage to take a risk and learning what “home” really means.
Author | : Fannie Black |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 2021-02-22 |
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ISBN | : |
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"Captivating and absolutely brilliant. This book will get you hooked and leave you wanting more!" Clive Porter, Jr. is a gifted artist and musician who dreams of making it big someday. Ever since he was a child, he grabbed the attention of everyone wherever he went. His artistic talents and musical abilities helped him steal the spotlight. One day, he encounters Nicholas DeNicci, with whom he becomes the best of friends. Nickki's father, Carlos DeNicci, a powerful and influential man, takes Clive under his wing and helps him establish his career. But things aren't as easy as they seem for Clive. His life isn't as peaceful and trouble-free as everyone around him believes. Back in Paris, he has a secret that only his sister, Peddie, is aware of. This is a secret that can change everything for Clive. It's a secret nobody else can find out. But his life takes a turn for the worse when Carlos DeNicci hires him for a top-secret project that compromises his morals and beliefs. When the police get involved and Clive ends up in prison, he realizes there's more to Carlos DeNicci than it seems. Will Clive be able to hide his secrets from his family successfully? What's in store for Clive? How will Clive's life turn out to be? Fannie Black's intense and powerful novel will draw you in and captivate you. With so many plot twists and different sides to each character, it's impossible not to turn the page and get addicted!
Author | : Leslie Staub |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 37 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0152063005 |
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Simple, rhyming text reveals that "Blues Guy" visits everyone now and then, from rodeo clowns to scary bullies. Full color.
Author | : Billie Holiday |
Publisher | : Crown |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2011-03-02 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0307786161 |
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Perfect for fans of The United States vs. Billie Holiday, this is the fiercely honest, no-holds-barred memoir of the legendary jazz, swing, and standards singing sensation—a fiftieth-anniversary edition updated with stunning new photos, a revised discography, and an insightful foreword by music writer David Ritz Taking the reader on a fast-moving journey from Billie Holiday’s rough-and-tumble Baltimore childhood (where she ran errands at a whorehouse in exchange for the chance to listen to Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith albums), to her emergence on Harlem’s club scene, to sold-out performances with the Count Basie Orchestra and with Artie Shaw and his band, this revelatory memoir is notable for its trenchant observations on the racism that darkened Billie’s life and the heroin addiction that ended it too soon. We are with her during the mesmerizing debut of “Strange Fruit”; with her as she rubs shoulders with the biggest movie stars and musicians of the day (Bob Hope, Lana Turner, Clark Gable, Benny Goodman, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, and more); and with her through the scrapes with Jim Crow, spats with Sarah Vaughan, ignominious jailings, and tragic decline. All of this is told in Holiday’s tart, streetwise style and hip patois that makes it read as if it were written yesterday.
Author | : Jeanne Walker Harvey |
Publisher | : Two Lions |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780761458104 |
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A train journey in Romare Beardens childhood, inspired by one of his collage paintings
Author | : John Lutz |
Publisher | : Speaking Volumes |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2011-06 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781612321851 |
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New Orleans is off Alo Nudger's beaten path; the St. Louis private detective likes the comforts of home. But he also loves jazz and when he's given a round-trip ticket to the Crescent City by legendary clarinetist Fat Jack McGee, who needs to talk to him, Nudger is willing to take a flyer. Fat Jack has a problem, maybe two: a singer named Ineida, whose father is a very important man in New Orleans, and a pianist named Hollister. Hollister plays the blues just fine, but there's something about him that disturbs Fat Jack. In fact, now that Hollister and the girl are an item, Fat Jack's scared. It doesn't take long before Nudger is, too...
Author | : W. E. Smith |
Publisher | : Moose Mountain Books |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2017-10 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780998484709 |
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This eco-fiction revolves around the controversy ignited when a multi-national vies to build an open-pit mine in the scenic Santa Rita Mountains of Southern Arizona.