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Miles Davis, and Jazz as Religion - The Politics of Social Music Culture (Hardcover): Earnest N. Bracey Miles Davis, and Jazz as Religion - The Politics of Social Music Culture (Hardcover)
Earnest N. Bracey
R2,293 Discovery Miles 22 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book about Miles Davis is more psychologically driven than a straight biography; but it does cover his musical career, as well his spirituality as a jazz musician. Davis rocketed to jazz fame as a trumpeter, making a plethora of jazz recordings during his life time; and his music kept the "jazz world" on edge for almost fifty years. This book also discusses Davis's religion, politics, civil rights activism, and his personal struggles as a Black man in the United States. Miles Davis and Jazz as Religion: The Politics of Social Music also shows how Miles Davis made a political statement, as he challenged racial stereotypes in jazz or "social music." Artistically, Davis was able to integrate rock, jazz, classical music, rap and blues, in his music, as he had a passion for changing his "social music." In this regard, Miles Davis's music was important to him intellectually, spiritually, and psychologically, because he wanted to make his musical contributions count.

Atlanta Pop in the '50s, '60s & '70s - The Magic of Bill Lowery (Paperback): Andy Lee White, John M. Williams Atlanta Pop in the '50s, '60s & '70s - The Magic of Bill Lowery (Paperback)
Andy Lee White, John M. Williams
R556 R516 Discovery Miles 5 160 Save R40 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Singing in the Rain - The Definitive Story of Woodstock at Fifty (Hardcover): Gerard Plecki Singing in the Rain - The Definitive Story of Woodstock at Fifty (Hardcover)
Gerard Plecki
R1,500 Discovery Miles 15 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Adventures of a 70's Rock Photographer (Hardcover): Ian Mark Adventures of a 70's Rock Photographer (Hardcover)
Ian Mark
R705 Discovery Miles 7 050 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Erroll The Essential LPs (Hardcover): James M. Doran Erroll The Essential LPs (Hardcover)
James M. Doran
R1,728 R1,425 Discovery Miles 14 250 Save R303 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Paved - The Complete Navigated Guide to Succeed In the Music Industry (Hardcover): Silkk "The Shocker" Miller Paved - The Complete Navigated Guide to Succeed In the Music Industry (Hardcover)
Silkk "The Shocker" Miller
R717 R633 Discovery Miles 6 330 Save R84 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Jazz Dialogues (Hardcover): Jon Gordon Jazz Dialogues (Hardcover)
Jon Gordon
R739 R661 Discovery Miles 6 610 Save R78 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Deadheads Remember Englishtown '77 - The Largest Gathering in New Jersey History (Hardcover): Jim Daley Deadheads Remember Englishtown '77 - The Largest Gathering in New Jersey History (Hardcover)
Jim Daley; As told to Manasha Garcia
R744 Discovery Miles 7 440 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Words and Music of Taylor Swift (Hardcover): James E. Perone The Words and Music of Taylor Swift (Hardcover)
James E. Perone
R1,928 Discovery Miles 19 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This scholarly analysis of the music of Taylor Swift identifies how and why she is one of the early 21st century's most recognizable and most popular stars. By the age of 13, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift had already inked a development deal with a major record label. This early milestone was an appropriate predictor of what accomplishments were to come. Now a superstar artist with an international fanbase of millions and several critically acclaimed and commercially successful albums, Swift has established herself as one of the most important musicians of the 21st century. This accessible book serves Taylor Swift fans as well as students of contemporary popular music and popular culture, critically examining all of this young artist's work to date. The book's organization is primarily chronological, covering Taylor Swift's album and single releases in order of release date while also documenting the elements of her music and personality that have made her popular with fans of country music and pop music across a surprisingly diverse age range of listeners. The chapters address how Swift's songs have been viewed by some fans as anthems of empowerment or messages of encouragement, particularly by members of the LGBTQ community, those who have been bullied or been seen as outsiders, and emerging artists. The final chapter places Swift's work and her public persona in the context of her times with respect to her use of and relationship with technology-for example, her use of social media and songwriting technology-and her expressions of a new type of feminism that is unlike the feminism of the 1970s. Provides the only scholarly critical analysis of the songs and recordings of megastar Taylor Swift Places Swift, her work, and her public stances in the context of her generation and its definition of "empowerment" and "feminism" Explores Swift's work as an extension of the early 1970s' confessional singer-songwriter movement

Perfume's GAME (Hardcover, HPOD): Patrick St. Michel Perfume's GAME (Hardcover, HPOD)
Patrick St. Michel
R2,329 Discovery Miles 23 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Released in 2008, J-pop trio Perfume's GAME shot to the top of Japanese music charts and turned the Hiroshima trio into a household name across the country. It was also a high point for techno-pop, the genre's biggest album since the heyday of Yellow Magic Orchestra. This collection of maximalist but emotional electronic pop stands as one of the style's finest moments, with its influence still echoing from artists both in Japan and from beyond. This book examines Perfume's underdog story as a group long struggling for success, the making of GAME, and the history of techno-pop that shaped it. 33 1/3 Global, a series related to but independent from 33 1/3, takes the format of the original series of short, music-basedbooks and brings the focus to music throughout the world. With initial volumes focusing on Japanese and Brazilian music, the series will also include volumes on the popular music of Australia/Oceania, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and more.

Complete Darkness (Hardcover): Matt Adcock Complete Darkness (Hardcover)
Matt Adcock
R554 Discovery Miles 5 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

For centuries many have pondered the prospect of an afterlife and feared what came to be known as 'hell'. In the near future, we map the elusive 'dark matter' around us, only to find out that it is hell itself, and it is very real... As the satanic President Razour attempts to bring forward Armageddon to prevent humanity repenting, the fate of us all rests in the hands of Cleric20, a hedonistic loner with a chequered past, and his robot sidekick, GiX. An action-packed literary shock to the senses that mixes flights of comic fantasy with bouts of brutal violence. Mankind's only hope seems to be having a very bad day. Can Cleric20 halt Razour's devilish plans after an experimental bioweapon deployed to kill him accidentally gives him superpowers? Has the Devil inadvertently created a hero who could actually stop him? See why this was voted as one of Den of Geek UK's Top Books of 2019. Little can prepare you for this spiritually-charged, cyber-noir thrill ride.

Jazz a la Creole - French Creole Music and the Birth of Jazz (Hardcover): Caroline Vezina Jazz a la Creole - French Creole Music and the Birth of Jazz (Hardcover)
Caroline Vezina
R3,170 Discovery Miles 31 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

During the formative years of jazz (1890-1917), the Creoles of Color-as they were then called-played a significant role in the development of jazz as teachers, bandleaders, instrumentalists, singers, and composers. Indeed, music penetrated all aspects of the life of this tight-knit community, proud of its French heritage and language. They played and/or sang classical, military, and dance music, as well as popular songs and cantiques that incorporated African, European, and Caribbean elements decades before early jazz appeared. In Jazz a la Creole: French Creole Music and the Birth of Jazz, author Caroline Vezina describes the music played by the Afro-Creole community since the arrival of enslaved Africans in La Louisiane, then a French colony, at the beginning of the eighteenth century, emphasizing the many cultural exchanges that led to the development of jazz. Vezina has compiled and analyzed a broad scope of primary sources found in diverse locations from New Orleans to Quebec City, Washington, DC, New York City, and Chicago. Two previously unpublished interviews add valuable insider knowledge about the music on French plantations and the danses Creoles held in Congo Square after the Civil War. Musical and textual analyses of cantiques provide new information about the process of their appropriation by the Creole Catholics as the French counterpart of the Negro spirituals. Finally, a closer look at their musical practices indicates that the Creoles sang and improvised music and/or lyrics of Creole songs, and that some were part of their professional repertoire. As such, they belong to the Black American and the Franco-American folk music traditions that reflect the rich cultural heritage of Louisiana.

Life in E Flat - The Autobiography of Phil Woods (Hardcover): Phil Woods Life in E Flat - The Autobiography of Phil Woods (Hardcover)
Phil Woods; As told to Ted Panken; Foreword by Bill Charlap
R1,087 Discovery Miles 10 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
KJ - A Visual Tribute to Keith Jarrett's Music (Hardcover): J Rosa G KJ - A Visual Tribute to Keith Jarrett's Music (Hardcover)
J Rosa G
R953 Discovery Miles 9 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Hands of Doom (Hardcover): Jack Holloway Hands of Doom (Hardcover)
Jack Holloway
R754 R659 Discovery Miles 6 590 Save R95 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Elvis a Personal Memoir (Hardcover): Chris Hutchins Elvis a Personal Memoir (Hardcover)
Chris Hutchins
R772 R721 Discovery Miles 7 210 Save R51 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Guitar Picks of Rock & Roll 2 - The Deluxe Edition (Hardcover): Brian Bouchard Guitar Picks of Rock & Roll 2 - The Deluxe Edition (Hardcover)
Brian Bouchard
R1,173 Discovery Miles 11 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Music/Video - Histories, Aesthetics, Media (Hardcover, Paperback): Gina Arnold, Daniel Cookney, Kirsty Fairclough, Michael... Music/Video - Histories, Aesthetics, Media (Hardcover, Paperback)
Gina Arnold, Daniel Cookney, Kirsty Fairclough, Michael Goddard
R4,931 Discovery Miles 49 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is a lively, comprehensive and timely reader on the music video, capitalising on cross-disciplinary research expertise, which represents a substantial academic engagement with the music video, a mediated form and practice that still remains relatively under-explored in a 21st century context. The music video has remained suspended between two distinct poles. On the one hand, the music video as the visual sheen of late capitalism, at the intersection of celebrity studies and postmodernism. On the other hand, the music video as art, looking to a prehistory of avant-garde film-making while perpetually pushing forward the digital frontier with a taste for anarchy, controversy, and the integration of special effects into a form designed to be disseminated across digital platforms. In this way, the music video virally re-engenders debates about high art and low culture. This collection presents a comprehensive account of the music video from a contemporary 21st century perspective. This entails revisiting key moments in the canonical history of the music video, exploring its articulations of sexuality and gender, examining its functioning as a form of artistic expression between music, film and video art, and following the music video's dissemination into the digital domain, considering how digital media and social media have come to re-invent the forms and functions of the music video, well beyond the limits of "music television".

Development Drowned and Reborn - The Blues and Bourbon Restorations in Post-Katrina New Orleans (Hardcover): Clyde Woods Development Drowned and Reborn - The Blues and Bourbon Restorations in Post-Katrina New Orleans (Hardcover)
Clyde Woods; Edited by Laura Pulido, Jordan Camp
R3,096 Discovery Miles 30 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Development Drowned and Reborn is a "Blues geography" of New Orleans, one that compels readers to return to the history of the Black freedom struggle there to reckon with its unfinished business. Reading contemporary policies of abandonment against the grain, Clyde Woods explores how Hurricane Katrina brought long-standing structures of domination into view. In so doing, Woods delineates the roots of neoliberalism in the region and a history of resistance. Written in dialogue with social movements, this book offers tools for comprehending the racist dynamics of U.S. culture and economy. Following his landmark study, Development Arrested, Woods turns to organic intellectuals, Blues musicians, and poor and working people to instruct readers in this future-oriented history of struggle. Through this unique optic, Woods delineates a history, methodology, and epistemology to grasp alternative visions of development. Woods contributes to debates about the history and geography of neoliberalism. The book suggests that the prevailing focus on neoliberalism at national and global scales has led to a neglect of the regional scale. Specifically, it observes that theories of neoliberalism have tended to overlook New Orleans as an epicenter where racial, class, gender, and regional hierarchies have persisted for centuries. Through this Blues geography, Woods excavates the struggle for a new society.

Our Musical Heritage - From Yankee Doodle to Carnegie Hall, Broadway, and the Hollywood Sound Stage (Hardcover): Mark Evans Our Musical Heritage - From Yankee Doodle to Carnegie Hall, Broadway, and the Hollywood Sound Stage (Hardcover)
Mark Evans
R1,160 Discovery Miles 11 600 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Light On A Hill (Hardcover): Aiyisha T Obafemi A Light On A Hill (Hardcover)
Aiyisha T Obafemi
R1,024 Discovery Miles 10 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Seduced and Abandoned - Essays on Gay Men and Popular Music (Hardcover): Richard Smith Seduced and Abandoned - Essays on Gay Men and Popular Music (Hardcover)
Richard Smith
R3,897 Discovery Miles 38 970 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Smith examines the different ways in which gay men use pop music, both as producers and consumers, and how, in turn, pop uses gay men. He asks what role culture plays in shaping identity and why pop continues to thrill gay men. These 40 essays and interviews look at how performers, from The Kinks' Ray Davies to Gene's Martin Rossiter, have used pop as a platform to explore and articulate, conform to or contest notions of sexuality and gender. A defence of cultural differences and an attack on cultural elitism, Seduced and Abandoned is as passionate and provocative as pop itself.

The Jesus and Mary Chain (Hardcover, 2nd ed.): Andrew Catlin The Jesus and Mary Chain (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
Andrew Catlin; Jim Reid, Julie Reid
R1,082 Discovery Miles 10 820 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Gainesville Punk - A History of Bands & Music (Paperback): Matt Walker Gainesville Punk - A History of Bands & Music (Paperback)
Matt Walker
R548 R508 Discovery Miles 5 080 Save R40 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Exercises for the Modern Jazz Pianist - Daily Studies (Hardcover): Robin Boudreaux Exercises for the Modern Jazz Pianist - Daily Studies (Hardcover)
Robin Boudreaux; Foreword by A.L. Kennedy
R3,010 Discovery Miles 30 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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