The Birth of the Cool of Miles Davis and His Associates (Pocket)
avFrank Tirro, Michael J. (EDT) Budds, Frank Tirro
ISBN: 9781576471289 - UTGIVEN: 2009-02Jazz, from its origins until World War II, was America's hot new music of the 20th century, and this music spread like wildfire to Europe and beyond. Shortly after the war ended a calming influence manifested itself in jazz and a new genre emerged with its own soundscape and quickly rose to worldwid[...]
Jazz (Pocket)
avFrank Tirro
ISBN: 9780393963687 - UTGIVEN: 199302The first edition of "Jazz" took the history of jazz up to 1960. Now, in recognition of the developments in jazz study since then, Frank Tirro has rewritten and expanded this text to include many of the latter-day giants, such as Miles Davies, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman and Wynton Marsalis. The [...]
The Humanities (Pocket)
avMary Ann Frese Witt, Charlotte Brown, Roberta Dunbar, Ronald G. Witt, Frank Tirro
ISBN: 9780618417766 - UTGIVEN: 2004-07-16This introductory text presents an overview of the liberal arts--literature, art, music, philosophy, and history--with a particular emphasis on literature. The unique selection of works from each culture provides students with a global understanding of the humanities. Several pedagogical features of[...]
