Gary Giddins
Author
Series
Bing Crosby (Gary Giddins) volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
x, 724 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Description
"Bing Crosby dominated American popular culture in a way that few artists ever have. From the dizzy era of Prohibition through the dark days of the Second World War, he was a desperate nation's most beloved entertainer. But he was more than just a charismatic crooner: Bing Crosby redefined the very foundations of modern music, from the way it was recorded to the way it was orchestrated and performed. In this much-anticipated follow-up to the universally...
2) Jazz
Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
xiii, 704 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., music ; 25 cm.
Description
History of jazz that explains what jazz is, where it came from, and who created it and why, all within the broader context of American life and culture. Emphasizing its African American roots, Jazz traces the history of the music over the last hundred years. From ragtime and blues to the international craze for swing, from the heated protests of the avant-garde to the radical diversity of today's artists, Jazz describes the travails and triumphs of...
Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (22 pages).
Description
Antonius Block is a knight, who along with his squire, are returning home from the crusades. Black Death is sweeping their country. As they approach home, Death appears to the knight and tells him it is his time. Antonius challenges Death to a chess game for his life. Antonius and Death play as the cultural turmoil envelopes the people around them as they try, in different ways, to deal with the upheaval that the plague has caused.
Series
Criterion collection volume 505
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet ([32] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
In this 'enormously moving Depression-era depiction of the frustrations of family, aging, and the generation gap' [-- Container], an elderly couple must move in with their adult children when they lose their home.