On very short notice: Lindy Hop and Swing legend Norma Miller in Berlin
For those of you who will be in Berlin this weekend (February 7 and 8, 2015): Normal Miller, last of
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Jazz Fiction, Jazz Research – Musing on JAZZ and Related Topics, Popular Culture and Jazz in the Movies
More Important Than the Music: A History of Jazz Discography by Bruce D. Epperson (2013)
While most jazz fans will probably own one or maybe two discographies (these books happen to force themselves onto the
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Jazz in the Time of the Novel. The Temporal Politics of American Race… by Bruce Barnhart (2013)
When modernism with all of its aspects surfaced in the US, a number of innovations in various artistic fields turned
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Music in the Shadows: Noir Musical Films by Sheri Chinen Biesen (2014)
Compared to the total number of film noir productions, those with a jazz soundtrack or jazz music, serving as the
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Lonesome Roads and Streets of Dreams… by Andrew S. Berish (2012)
Now, here is a really clever idea on how to research a jazz-related topic and not to approach it entirely
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Affirmation and Resistance: The Politics of the Jazz Life … by Alexander J. Beissenhirtz (2012)
Some typical settings of the jazz novel are the nightclub, the practicing room or the studio, since – as the
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Dig: Sound and Music in Hip Culture by Phil Ford (2013)
While collecting symptoms of a possible breakdown of society, proof of which can easily be found by simply watching reality
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