Billboard Books/Watson-Guptill.Billboard Books/Watson-Guptill 770 Broadway, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10003 www.wgpub.com Two outstanding new music titles are top picks for readers of music history. Nadine Cohodas' Queen: The Life And Music Of Dinah Washington Dinah Washington (August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was a blues, R&B and jazz singer. Because of her strong voice and emotional singing, she is known as the Queen of the Blues. (0823084477, $19.95) provides a gorgeous biographical bi·o·graph·i·cal also bi·o·graph·ic adj. 1. Containing, consisting of, or relating to the facts or events in a person's life. 2. Of or relating to biography as a literary form. survey of not only jazz/blues/pop singer Dinah Washington's life, but the music atmosphere of her times. Chapters survey her rise to stardom star·dom n. 1. The status of a performer or entertainer acknowledged as a star. 2. Star performers considered as a group. , her musical changes between jazz, blues and pop genres, and her outlook on life, based on extensive family interviews and newly uncovered documents. A 'must' for Dinah Washington fans. Debra DeSalvo's The Language Of The Blues: From Alcorub To Zuzu (082-3083896, $16.95) is essential reading for any who would understand blues references and the origins and meanings of blues terms. Author and musician Debra DeSalvo researched lyrics lyrics npl [of song] → paroles fpl lyrics lyric npl [of song] → Text m , traced them through obscure archives and references, and interviewed blues artists: the result is an outstanding survey. |
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