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Dream Lucky

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by Roxane Orgill

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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. covers politics, race, religion, arts, and sports, but the central focus is the period's soundtrack"šÃ„îspecifically big band jazz"šÃ„îand the big-hearted piano player William Count Basie. His ascent is the narrative thread of the book"šÃ„îhow he made it and what made his music different from the rest. But many other stories weave in and out: Amelia Earhart pursues her dream of flying around the world at its waistline. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., stages a boycott on 125th Street. And Mae West shocks radio listeners as a naked Eve tempting the snake. Critic Nat Hentoff praises the precise originality with which Roxane Orgill writes about music. In , she magically lets readers hear the past.
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  • Jumlah Halaman

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    Penerbit

    Harper Collins

  • Tanggal Terbit

    06 Aug, 2014

    Penulis
    Roxane Orgill
  • Bahasa

    Indonesia

    ISBN

    SCOOPG49566

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