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Tag Archives: jazz
Throwbacklist Thursday: The Bastille Library
in European history, gay/lesbian, music
Tagged Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, France, gay history, history, jazz, Modernism
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To commemorate Bastille Day, the University of Illinois Press celebrates its backlist of books on France and the French. Le Jazz: Jazz and French Cultural Identity, by Matthew F. Jordan Matthew F. Jordan deftly blends textual analysis, critical theory, and … Continue reading
200 Years of Illinois: Miles to East St. Louis
in Illinois / regional, music
Tagged 200 Years of Illinois, Alton, jazz, Miles Davis
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The world changed on May 26, 1926, for on that day Miles Davis entered the world in Alton. The Davises initially lived at 1112 Milnor Street. When Miles was two, they moved to East St. Louis, at the time a … Continue reading
Bird’s birthday brings celebration to Kansas City
in author events, authors, biography, black studies, music
Tagged Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker, Chuck Haddix, jazz
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On August 29, 1920 Charles Parker, Jr. was born in Kansas City, Kansas. As Chuck Haddix writes in Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker, the jazz icon’s launching pad was a home of two faces; an environment that … Continue reading
Carla Bley: a jazz master examined
in authors, music
Tagged American Composers series, Amy C. Beal, Carla Bley, jazz
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Amy C. Beal’s Carla Bley is an in-depth look at a the innovative jazz icon know for, among other things, her involvement in the Free Jazz movement. As Amy Beal writes in her American Composers series profile of the composer, pianist, … Continue reading
Happy Saxophone Day: celebrate with the re-inventor
in authors, biography, music
Tagged Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker, Chuck Haddix, Dizzy Gillespie, jazz
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On November 6, 1814 Adophe Sax was born in Wallonia, Belgium. Sax invented many musical instruments but the one for which he is best known (and has immortalized his name) is the saxophone. Somewhere along the line musical enthusiasts declared … Continue reading
Happy “Bird”-day
in music
Tagged Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker, Chuck Haddix, jazz
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Jazz innovator Charlie “Bird” Parker was born on August 29, 1920 in Kansas City. Before his death at age 34, Parker transformed jazz with harmonic creativity and complex melodic saxophone lines. Chuck Haddix, author of Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie … Continue reading
Mancini’s Pink Panther hits 50
in $2.99 sale, film, music
Tagged film music, Henry Mancini, jazz, John Caps, The Pink Panther
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In the spring and summer of 1964, the Blake Edwards film The Pink Panther, starring Peter Sellers, became a huge hit. The farcical tale of an incompetent French detective matching wits with a suave jewel thief, The Pink Panther dropped slapstick and Sellers’s … Continue reading
Fred Ho dies at 56
in asian american studies, music
Tagged Fred Ho, jazz, racial studies, Yellow Power Yellow Soul
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Composer, saxophonist, author and activist Fred Ho passed away over the weekend. A foremost voice in the history of West Coast Asian American jazz, the East Coast avant-garde, and numerous anti-oppression movements, Ho spent his life redefining the relationship between … Continue reading
Jazz saxophonist and UIP author Joe Evans, 1916-2014
in authors, biography, music
Tagged Carnival records, Charlie Parker, Jay McShann, jazz, John Coltrane, Milt Hinton, Motown Revue
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Accomplished jazzman Joseph James Evans passed away on January 17, 2014 at age 97. His autobiography, Follow Your Heart: Moving with the Giants of Jazz, Swing, and Rhythm and Blues (written with Christopher Brooks) was published by University of Illinois Press … Continue reading
Bird the book and Bird the man celebrated with all-star jam
in author events, biography, black studies, music
Tagged Bird, Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker, Bobby Watson, Charlie Parker, Chuck Haddix, jazz
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On October 2nd, 2013, jazz historian, radio show host and UIP author Chuck Haddix kicked off the release of his book Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker in style at Unity Temple in, Kansas City. At this launch event in … Continue reading