Roxane Orgill
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English
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When Esquire magazine planned an issue to salute the American jazz scene in 1958, graphic designer Art Kane pitched a crazy idea: how about gathering a group of beloved jazz musicians and photographing them? He didn't own a good camera, didn't know if any musicians would show up, and insisted on setting up the shoot in front of a Harlem brownstone. Could he pull it off? In a captivating collection of poems, Roxane Orgill steps into the frame of Harlem...
4) Go-go baby!
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Pub. Date
[2004]
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First edition.
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English
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A mother and her five-year-old take the energetic baby on an outing and end up chasing a runaway stroller.
5) Dream lucky: when FDR was in the White House, Count Basie was on the radio, and everyone wore a hat
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Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
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English
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The time: 1936-1938. The mood: Hopeful. It wasn't wartime, not yet. The music: The incomparable Count Basie and Benny Goodman, among others. The setting: Living rooms across America and, most of all, New York City.
Dream Lucky covers politics, race, religion, arts, and sports, but the central focus is the period's soundtrack-specifically big band jazz-and the big-hearted piano player William "Count" Basie. His ascent is the narrative thread of the...
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