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Art Deco jazz singer JOSEPHINE BAKER Bar Des Folies Africaines nude Bar Poster Review by Paul Colin $17.77 The great reproduction of the "Bal Africains" Performance Ad Poster of Josephine Baker at Des Folies, Paris. African-American jazz singer, Josephine Baker got her start on the Harlem stage in New York City. Then she traveled to France, where became a successful music hall act in Paris. This poster was created by Paul Colin, the poster artist and stage designer for the Theatre des Champs- Elysees. ...

Jimmie Giuffre Newspaper Review Article 1967 jazz Original newspaper article on Jimmie Giuffre from a 1967 newspaper. 6"x6" newspaper article...

Greatest Songs from the Musicals $5.49 ...

Stereo Review & Chesky Records: Gold Stereo And Surround Sound Set-Up Disc $18.98 ...

Chicago & All That Jazz $4.31 As "Chicago" Packs them in at the Theaters Worldwide, Join Stars of the West End and Broadway as We Present the Very Best of "Chicago" Along with a Selection of the Biggest Songs from Such Musicals as "Cabaret", "New York New York" and "a Chorus Line"....

The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings: Ninth Edition $21.90 The essential guide to recorded jazz, now in its ninth editionFirmly established as the world’s leading guide to jazz, this celebrated reference book is a mine of fascinating information and insightful—often wittily trenchant—criticism. For this completely revised edition, Richard Cook and Brian Morton have reassessed each artist’s entry and updated the text to incorporate thousands of additio...

Sessions with Sinatra: Frank Sinatra and the Art of Recording $12.33 Featuring 100 photographs of Frank Sinatra working with orchestras and arrangers, listening to playbacks, and, of course, singing, this book tells the whole story of how he created the Sinatra sound and translated the most intense personal emotions into richly worked-out songs of unrivalled expressiveness. One of the thrills of listening to Sinatra is wondering how he did it-and this book explains...

Stranded: Rock and Roll for a Desert Island $0.80 When rock critic Greil Marcus asked 20 other writers on rock what one rock-and-roll album they'd want to take to a desert island, the resulting 20 fervent essays by the likes of Dave Marsh, Lester Bangs, and Robert Christgau became this engaging book. It's a brief but intense amusement to imagine spending the rest of your life under a coconut palm listening to The Kinks, The Eagles, Van Mo...

1 Open with an interesting quip about the group or CD that grabs readers’ attention. This can be a discussion of the group’s name, interesting facts about the background of the group, or facts about their latest tours or releases.
Step2 Describe the overall mood of the CD with your eyes closed. How does it make you feel? Does it remind you of anything? When can you picture yourself listening to it?
Step3 Pick out a few songs that you could really discuss and focus the last few sentences of the review on these songs. This is where you would talk about the musicality, quality, and lyrics of the CD.
Step4 Don’t forget to close the review. Who would you recommend it to and why?