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9781781793619 | Equinox, May 3, 2016, cover price $29.95
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9780199756575 | Oxford Univ Pr, July 18, 2013, cover price $29.95
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9780190263546 | Reprint edition (Oxford Univ Pr, September 1, 2015), cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Paul McCartney and John Lennon described him as the Beatles' "favorite group," he won Grammy awards, wrote and recorded hit songs, and yet no figure in popular music is as much of a paradox, or as underrated, as Harry Nilsson.
9780515129779, titled "Longarm and the Mad Bomber's Bride" | Jove Pubns, December 1, 2000, cover price $4.99 | also contains Longarm and the Mad Bomber''s Bride | About this edition: U.
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9781522668701 | Mp3 una edition (Audible Studios on Brilliance audio, June 14, 2016), cover price $9.99 | About this edition: Paul McCartney and John Lennon described him as the Beatles' "favorite group," he won Grammy awards, wrote and recorded hit songs, and yet no figure in popular music is as much of a paradox, or as underrated, as Harry Nilsson.
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9781845530884 | Equinox, March 15, 2014, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Jazz trombonist Chris Barber formed his first band in the late 1940s, but it is the band that he has led from 1954, after parting company with trumpeter Ken Colyer, that has established all kinds of records for success and longevity.
9780299068400, titled "University of Wisconsin: 125 Years" | Univ of Wisconsin Pr, June 1, 1975, cover price $15.00 | also contains University of Wisconsin: 125 Years
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9780195141535 | Oxford Univ Pr, October 12, 2010, cover price $35.00 | also contains Hi-de-ho Man: The Life of Cab Calloway
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9780199931743 | Reprint edition (Oxford Univ Pr, February 12, 2013), cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Clad in white tie and tails, dancing and scatting his way through the "Hi-de-ho" chorus of "Minnie the Moocher," Cab Calloway exuded a warm charm and sophistication that endeared him to legions of fans.
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9780252034657 | 1 edition (Univ of Illinois Pr, September 1, 2009), cover price $35.00 | About this edition: This first biography of Jimmy McHugh captures a lively and significant contributor to American songwriting.
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9780826417893, titled "A New History of Jazz" | 2 rev upd edition (Continuum Intl Pub Group, January 6, 2007), cover price $38.95 | About this edition: Presents a history of jazz music in the United States and abroad, focusing on the personalities who were behind the creation of the music.
9780826447548, titled "A New History of Jazz" | Bloomsbury USA Academic, February 1, 2002, cover price $70.00 | About this edition: Presents a history of jazz music in the United States and abroad, focusing on the personalities who were behind the creation of the music.
9780132205900, titled "Driver Education and Traffic Safety" | 2 edition (Prentice Hall, February 1, 1976), cover price $25.55 | also contains Driver Education and Traffic Safety
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9780826429728 | 2 rev upd edition (Bloomsbury USA Academic, May 15, 2008), cover price $34.95
9780826473806 | Continuum Intl Pub Group, March 1, 2004, cover price $41.95
9780826463388 | Continuum Intl Pub Group, December 30, 2002, cover price $24.95
9780826465924, titled "A New History of Jazz" | Reprint edition (Bloomsbury USA Academic, October 1, 2002), cover price $42.95
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9780195141535, titled "Hi-De-Ho: The Life of Cab Calloway" | Oxford Univ Pr, October 12, 2010, cover price $35.00 | also contains Hi-De-Ho: The Life of Cab Calloway
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9781845532222 | Equinox, July 30, 2006, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Few British jazz musicians have been at the cutting edge of as many movements as Ian Carr.
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9780826457967 | 2 rev sub edition (Continuum Intl Pub Group, July 1, 2002), cover price $37.95 | About this edition: Traces the life and career of Fats Waller, describes the background of the period, and discusses his major recordings.
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9780826476197 | Bloomsbury USA Academic, March 15, 2005, cover price $32.95
9780826465344 | 2 reprint edition (Continuum Intl Pub Group, September 1, 2003), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Traces the life and career of Fats Waller, describes the background of the period, and discusses his major recordings.
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9780826417244 | Bloomsbury USA Academic, February 28, 2005, cover price $21.95
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9780415972574 | Routledge, November 1, 2004, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: First Published in 2005.
9781904768227 | Gardners Books, September 1, 2004, cover price $30.30 | About this edition: Interviews with 30 key jazz pianists.
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9780826460158 | Bloomsbury USA Academic, April 1, 2004, cover price $29.95
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9780195126891 | Oxford Univ Pr, February 21, 2002, cover price $55.00 | About this edition: More than fifty biographical profiles cover the lives and accomplishments of pioneering and contemporary jazz greats, including such performers as Louis Armstrong, Wynton Marsalis, and Sarah Vaughan.
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9780195091328 | Oxford Univ Pr, June 3, 1999, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: A biography of the American jazz trumpeter follows his career from the swing, bebop, and big band performances of the 30s, 40s, and 50s, through his recordings in the early 1990s
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9780195144109 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, July 19, 2001, cover price $34.99 | About this edition: A biography of the American jazz trumpeter follows his career from the swing, bebop, and big band performances of the 30s, 40s, and 50s, through his recordings in the early 1990s.
9780756775988 | Diane Pub Co, March 1, 1999, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Dizzy Gillespie was one of the most important and best loved musicians in jazz history.
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9780304701063 | Cassell, August 1, 1998, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Beginning with a portrait of Buddy Bolden, "the first man of jazz", this book also contains Danny Barker's own recollections of Storyville in its last days, and of life on the road with Cab Calloway, with a memoir of trombonist Charlie Green.
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9780304336111 | Cassell, June 1, 1996, cover price $30.00
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9780304703166 | Cassell, May 1, 1998, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: This autobiography covers seven decades of jazz, taking in Cheatham's deputization for Louis Armstrong in the 1920s, involvement with Cab Calloway's orchestra in the 1930s and development of a unique style of solo singing from the 1950s until his death in June 1997.
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9780811423199 | Heinemann/Raintree, September 1, 1993, cover price $22.83 | About this edition: Text and pictures introduce the woodwind family of instruments, such as flutes, saxophones, oboes, bassoons, and their relatives
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9780811423151 | Heinemann/Raintree, September 1, 1993, cover price $22.83 | About this edition: Examines vocal music throughout history, discussing how the voice works, different kinds of singing and songs, and the technology involved in recording and playing back vocal music.
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9780811423175 | Heinemann/Raintree, September 1, 1993, cover price $22.83 | About this edition: Text and pictures introduce the brass family of instruments, such as trumpets, trombones, tubas, and their relatives
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9780811423168 | Heinemann/Raintree, September 1, 1993, cover price $22.83 | About this edition: Describes various types of percussion instruments--including different drums, xylophones, cymbals, and shakers--discussing how they are played and their use in music around the world
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9780811423182 | Heinemann/Raintree, September 1, 1993, cover price $22.83 | About this edition: Introduces the keyboard family of instruments, electronic music, and the role of the conductor
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9780811423205 | Heinemann/Raintree, September 1, 1993, cover price $22.83 | About this edition: An introduction to the string family of instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, harp, guitar and their relatives.
Traces the life and career of Fats Waller, describes the background of the period, and discusses his major recordings
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9780876637470 | Universe Pub, February 1, 1989, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Traces the life and career of Fats Waller, describes the background of the period, and discusses his major recordings
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9780195205114 | Oxford Univ Pr, October 1, 1986, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: The author recounts his life and career as a musician, discusses the history of jazz, and shares his impressions of the many musicians with whom he worked
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