Jazz A-B-Z
Jazz A-B-Z

Author: Wynton Marsalis

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2005-10-25

Total Pages: 86

ISBN-13: 9780763621353

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Profiles twenty-six of the jazz greats of all time, from Count Basie to Louis Armstrong, through a review of their work, their life stories, and their greatest hits by one of today's top jazz performers. A is for "almighty" Louis Armstrong, whose amazingartistry unfolds in an accumulative poem shaped like the letter he stands for. As for sax master Sonny Rollins, whose "robust style radiates roundness," could there be a better tribute than a poetic rondeau? In an extraordinary feat, Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz composer Wynton Marsalis harmonizes his love and knowledge of jazz's most celebrated artists with an astounding diversity of poetic forms-from simple blues (Count Basie) to a complex pantoum (Charlie Parker), from a tender sonnet (Sarah Vaughan) to a performance poem snapping the rhythms of Art Blakey to life.

The ABZ of Pain and Pleasure
The ABZ of Pain and Pleasure

Author: A. M. LeDeluge

Publisher: Blue Moon Books

Published: 2004-04-01

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781562014131

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A true alphabet of the unusual, The ABZ of Pain and Pleasure offers the reader an understanding of the language of the lash. Beginning with Aida and culminating with Zanetti, this book offers the amateur and adept a broad acquaintance with the heroes and heroines of this unique form of sexual entertainment. The Marquis de Sade is represented here, as are Jean de Berg (author of The Image), Pauline Ré age (author of The Story of O and Return to the Châ teau), P. N. Dedeaux (author of The Tutor, The Prefect, and other works), and 22 others.