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Jazz: A History of America's Music. - Review - book review Jazz: A History of America's Music * Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns * Knopf * 490 pages * $65 It was as a novice that award-winning documentarian Ken Burns (The Civil War, Baseball) came to the s...(Continue Reading) Jazz: A History of America's Music. - Review - book review Jazz: A History of America's Music by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns Knopf, November 2000, $65.00, ISBN 0-679-44551-X Whenever anyone attempts to write a history of something as enormous and comp...(Continue Reading)A jazz violin virtuosa: with a background as diverse as her sound, violinist Regina Carter makes history by taking listeners on a musical adventure, uniting Regina Carter loves taking risks with her music. "I try to pull the rug from under my own feet," she says. "I always try to push myself." The classically ......(Continue Reading)Three Mo' Tenors: trio makes history with a rhythmic blend of jazz, soul and classical music - music group members Victor Trent Cook, Thomas Young, Rodrick THREE Mo' Tenors--Victor Trent Cook, Thomas Young and Rodrick Dixon--have taken the well-traveled act of tenors Luciano Pavarotti Placido Domingo and ......(Continue Reading)Jazz History Overview. - book review (book and three CDs), by Gordon Vernick and Geoffrey Haydon. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company (4050 Westmark Dr., Dubuque, IA 52004-1840), 2002. 217 pp., $83.95. Authors Gordon Vernick and Geoffre...(Continue Reading)
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