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UNINA9910454175503321 |
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Stein Crease Stephanie |
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Titolo |
Gil Evans [[electronic resource] ] : His Life and Music |
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Chicago, : Chicago Review Press, 2003 |
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1 online resource (418 p.) |
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Evans, Gil, 1912-1988 -- Biography |
Evans, Gil, 1912-1988 |
Jazz musicians -- Canada -- Biography |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Front Cover; Table of Contents; Stockton; Prince of Swing; Hollywood; Thornhill-His Band and His Sound; Wartime; 52nd Street Annex; Moon Dreams; Jambangle; Out of the Cool; Svengali; Sweet Basil; Epilogue (Parabola); Notes; Bibliography; Selected Discography; Index |
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The life (1912?1988) and career of Gil Evans paralleled and often foreshadowed the quickly changing world of jazz through the 20th century. Gil Evans: Out of the Cool is the comprehensive biography of a self-taught musician whom colleagues often regarded as a mentor. His innovative work as a composer, arranger, and bandleader?for Miles Davis, with whom he frequently collaborated over the course of four decades, and for his own ensembles?places him alongside Duke Ellington and Aaron Copland as one of the giants of American music. His unflagging creativity galvanized the most promine |
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UNINA9910452638803321 |
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Ballard Michael B |
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Grant at Vicksburg [[electronic resource] ] : the general and the siege / / Michael B. Ballard |
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Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c2013 |
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1-299-44076-2 |
0-8093-3241-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (229 p.) |
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Electronic books. |
Vicksburg (Miss.) History Siege, 1863 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Long road to Vicksburg -- A regular siege and paranoia -- River of lies -- Rampant racism -- Congressman and coterie -- Closely hemmed in -- Big black, black powder, brush fires -- Surrender, clutter, impact. |
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