The Gershwins and Me
The Gershwins and Me

Author: Michael Feinstein

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-10-16

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1451645309

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Michael Feinstein was just 20 years old when he got the chance of a lifetime: a job with his hero, Ira Gershwin. During their six-year partnership, Feinstein blossomed under Gershwin's mentorship and Gershwin was reinvigorated by the younger man's zeal. Now, in The Gershwins and Me, Michael Feinstein shares unforgettable stories and reminiscences from the music that defined American popular song, along with rare Gershwin memorabilia he's collected through the years. Includes an accompanying CD packed with Feinstein's original recordings of 12 Gershwins' songs.

The Last Miles
The Last Miles

Author: George Cole

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2007-07-17

Total Pages: 570

ISBN-13: 9780472032600

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The story of the final recordings of one of the greatest jazz musicians of the twentieth century

Porgy
Porgy

Author: DuBose Heyward

Publisher: Bibliotech Press

Published: 1925

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13:

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Basis for light opera Porgy and Bess. Story of crippled Negro beggar and his friends and enemies in Charleston, S.C.

Approaching the Standards, Vol 2
Approaching the Standards, Vol 2

Author: Willie Hill

Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing

Published: 2000-02

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9780769293011

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"There are two groups of standards that help form the basic repertory used in jazz improvisation. The first group was created by jazz musicians directly from improvisation, experimentation and the analysis of musical forms, ideas and practices that were developed through study and the natural gifts of some of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century. This group codified jazz into chronological styles and provides concrete examples of its styles and concepts. The second group of standards is comprised of compositions written as popular songs during the first half of the twentieth century ... Every improviser is a composer who makes up melodies spontaneously. The model choruses give examples that can be studied, learned, broken into independent phrases and used to create other melodies that reflect more clearly what the improviser wants to say musically ..."--Preface

An Oresteia
An Oresteia

Author: Aeschylus

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2010-03-02

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 086547916X

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In this innovative rendition of The Oresteia, the poet, translator, and essayist Anne Carson combines three different visions -- Aischylos' Agamemnon, Sophokles' Elektra, and Euripides' Orestes, giving birth to a wholly new experience of the classic Greek triumvirate of vengeance. Carson's accomplished rendering combines elements of contemporary vernacular with the traditional structures and rhetoric of Greek tragedy, opening up the plays to a modern audience. --from publisher description.

Summertime
Summertime

Author: Dubose Heyward

Publisher: Aladdin

Published: 2002-06-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780689850479

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This classically illustrated picture book shows a sun-drenched slice of life for a family in the Southern countryside, inspired by the folk opera Porgy and Bess. A black family soaks up the sun, splashing in the pond, baking apple pie, and raising their voices in song at church.