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Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 419 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An account of the life of the influential jazz singer and civil rights advocate shares insights into her contributions as an African-American artist, drawing on inside sources to discuss her creative process and challenge misperceptions about her character.
"Queen of Bebop brilliantly chronicles the life of jazz singer Sarah Vaughan, one of the most influential and innovative musicians of the twentieth century and a pioneer of women's and civil rights....
Author
Series
Publisher
Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents information about Ella Fitzgerald, from her youth mired in tragedy to her rise to stardom as one of the top jazz singers of all time.
4) Billie
Publisher
Kino Lorber Edu
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Filled with unheard testimonies from musical greats like Mingus, Sylvia Syms and Count Basie, explore the depth and complexity of the powerful singer who was unafraid to expose the realities of Black life in America.
Publisher
Jezebel Productions
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, black & white, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
International Sweethearts of Rhythm "tells the story of the swinging, multiracial all-women jazz band of the 1940s"--Container ; Tiny and Ruby "is a rollicking portrait of two women who made a life together creating music"--Container ; Maxine Sullivan "is a long-overdue film portrait of the once famous, and now largely forgotten jazz vocalist Maxine Sullivan"--Container.
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