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The Harlem Renaissance / by Kallen, Stuart A.,1955-(CARDINAL)343813;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-96) and index.A rebirth of Black culture -- The New Negro Movement -- The literary crowd -- The Jazz age -- The renaissance in Black theater -- A renaissance in art -- An end and a beginning.An overview of the Harlem Renaissance that explores the people, events, and accomplishments that shaped the era and its impact on the African-American community.Young AdultYoung Adult
Subjects: Young adult literature.; Young adult literature.; African Americans; Harlem Renaissance.; African American arts; African Americans; African Americans; African American arts; African Americans; African American arts.; African Americans; Arts;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The jazz cadence of American culture / by O'Meally, Robert G.,1948-(CARDINAL)150910;
Includes bibliographical references and index.What is jazz? -- One nation under a groove, or, The United States of jazzocracy -- Jazz lines and colors : the sound I saw -- Jazz is a dance : jazz art in motion -- Tell the story : jazz, history, memory -- Writing the blues, writing jazz.1360L
Subjects: Music.; Jazz; Blues (Music); African Americans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Art Blakey [sound recording] : Ken Burns jazz. by Blakey, Art,1919-1990.; Silver, Horace,1928-; Monk, Thelonious.(CARDINAL)283517; Jazz Messengers.;
Art Blakey, drums ; with additional musicians.
Subjects: Jazz; Jazz; Jazz;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Art Tatum [videorecording] : the art of jazz piano. by MVD Visual (Firm);
The only documentary portrait of the greatest jazz pianist ever. Using photographs and some rare footage of Tatum and his contemporaries, the film reconstructs his genius. Included are interviews with musicians who played with him.DVD.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Biographical films.; Tatum, Art, 1909-1956.; Jazz musicians; African American jazz musicians; Jazz;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Jazz Age in France / by Riley, Charles A.,II.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 174) and index.
Subjects: Arts; Americans; Artists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Jazz / by Matisse, Henri,1869-1954.(CARDINAL)141335; Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)139062;
Subjects: Decoupage.; Illustration of books;
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Since Cezanne / by Bell, Clive,1881-1964.(CARDINAL)140819;
Since Cezanne.--The artistic problem.--The Douanier Rousseau.--Cezanne.--Renoir.--Tradition and movements.--Matisse and Picasso.--The place of art in art criticism.--Bonnard.--Duncan Grant.--Negro sculpture.--Order and authority (1 and 2)--Marquet.--Standards.--Criticism: First thoughts. Second thoughts. Last thoughts.--Othon Friesz.--Wilcoxism.--Art and politics.--The authority of M. Derain.--"Plus de jazz."
Subjects: Art.; Post-impressionism (Art);
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Jazz, the great American art / by Seymour, Gene.(CARDINAL)391094;
Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.A history of jazz, from its roots in blues, ragtime, and swing to its various contemporary manifestations, discussing the major performers and the music's reflection of the experiences of African Americans.1400LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Jazz; African American musicians; African Americans;
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History of Jazz / by Mwai, Melissa H.author;
Jazz is living music -- The basics -- Jazzy beginnings -- The Jazz Age -- Off to war -- Singing is in -- The pizazz of Afro-Cuban jazz -- The bebop or not to bebop -- Cool gets hot -- The shape of jazz -- Where in the world is jazz? -- Jazz lives today."Hear how the sounds of this American art form evolved throughout the 20th century and beyond." --
Subjects: Readers (Publications).; Jazz History and criticism;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Jazz. [videorecording] / by Burns, Ken,1953-(CARDINAL)204062; David, Keith.; Ward, Geoffrey C.(CARDINAL)173322; Novick, Lynn.(CARDINAL)346367; Marsalis, Wynton,1961-(CARDINAL)354061; Murray, Albert.(CARDINAL)128857; Maher, James T.(CARDINAL)790824; Giddins, Gary.(CARDINAL)514367; Collier, James Lincoln,1928-(CARDINAL)127616; Hinton, Milt.(CARDINAL)718606; Brubeck, Dave.; Hampton, Lionel.(CARDINAL)523716; Levy, Stan.; Edison, Harry,1915-1999.; British Broadcasting Corporation.(CARDINAL)143648; Florentine Films.(CARDINAL)163177; PBS DVD (Firm)(CARDINAL)538030; WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)(CARDINAL)132711; Edison, Harry,1915-;
Cinematography, Buddy Squires, Ken Burns ; editors, Tricia Reidy, Sarah E. Hill, and Shannon Robards.Commentary, Wynton Marsalis, Artie Shaw, Joya Sherrill, Albert Murray, Margo Jefferson, James Maher, Gary Giddins, James Lincoln Collier, Milt Hinton, John Sanders, Dave Brubeck, Harry Edison, Jimmy Rowles, Lionel Hampton, Helen Oakley Dance, Stan Levy ; narrator, Keith David.In the mid 1930s, as the Great Depression refuses to lift, Benny Goodman finds himself hailed as the "King of Swing" and becomes the first white bandleader to hire black musicians. He has a host or rivals, among them Chick Webb, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmie Lunceford, Glen Miller and Artie Shaw. Louis Armstrong heads a big band of his own, while Duke Ellington continues his independent course, but great black artists still can't eat or sleep in many of the hotels where they perform. Billie Holiday emerges from a childhood of tragedy to begin her career as the greatest of all female jazz singers.DVD, stereo.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971.; Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.; Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986.; Webb, Chick.; Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956.; Lunceford, Jimmie.; Miller, Glenn, 1904-1944.; Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004.; Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959.; Savoy Ballroom (New York, N.Y.); Depressions; Jazz; Jazz musicians; African American musicians; African Americans; Jazz dance; Swing (Music); Discrimination in public accomodations; Discrimination in employment; Arts and documentaries.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
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