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-==== Jazz, Rhythm and the Blues ====+====== Jazz, Rhythm and the Blues ====== 
 +[[welcome|Home]] >> [[readers_advisory|Readers Advisory]] >> [[bibliographies_for_adult_readers|Bibliographies for Adults]] >> [[Jazz, Rhythm and the Blues]]\\
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 Biography of William Christopher Handy (1873-1958) traces his Alabama childhood during Reconstruction, his musical training, and his early career performing in ragtime and vaudeville venues. Highlights Handy’s ability to write scores and publish commercially, his relocation to Memphis and then Harlem, and the accident that blinded him.\\ Biography of William Christopher Handy (1873-1958) traces his Alabama childhood during Reconstruction, his musical training, and his early career performing in ragtime and vaudeville venues. Highlights Handy’s ability to write scores and publish commercially, his relocation to Memphis and then Harlem, and the accident that blinded him.\\
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 Becoming Billie Holiday\\  Becoming Billie Holiday\\ 
 by Carole Boston Weatherford\\ by Carole Boston Weatherford\\
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 Princess Noire\\ Princess Noire\\
 by Nadine Cohodas\\ by Nadine Cohodas\\
-Biography of musician Nina Simone (1933-2003) chronicles her training as a classical pianist, foray into singing and jazz, and rise from Atlantic City clubs to the Newport Jazz Festival and European venues. Discusses Simone’s financial troubles, civil rights involvement, and mental illness that affected her career and personal life.+Biography of musician Nina Simone (1933-2003) chronicles her training as a classical pianist, foray into singing and jazz, and rise from Atlantic City clubs to the Newport Jazz Festival and European venues. Discusses Simone’s financial troubles, civil rights involvement, and mental illness that affected her career and personal life.\\ 
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 +**DB 72358**\\ 
 +Pops: a life of Louis Armstrong\\ 
 +by Terry Teachout\\ 
 +Biography of jazz musician Louis Armstrong by a drama critic and former musician. Uses newly available material to portray the trumpeter in the contexts of his time. Traces Armstrong's impoverished childhood in turn-of-the-twentieth-century New Orleans, his ascent in the music world, and his personal life. Some strong language.\\ 
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 +**DB 75698**\\ 
 +When I left home: my story\\ 
 +by Buddy Guy\\ 
 +Legendary blues guitarist Buddy Guy (born 1936) reminisces about growing up as the son of Louisiana sharecroppers, moving to Chicago in 1957 and playing in nightclubs, and working with Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Junior Wells, Eric Clapton, and the Rolling Stones. Strong language.\\
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