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Marc Myers Why Jazz Happened

18 Friday May 2012

Posted by Rob Young in Books, Jazz, What's New?

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Mar Myers, Why Jazz Matters

Why Jazz Happened is the first comprehensive social history of jazz. It provides an intimate and compelling look at the many forces that shaped this most American of art forms and the many influences that gave rise to jazz’s many styles. Rich with the voices of musicians, producers, promoters, and others on the scene during the decades following World War II, this book views jazz’s evolution through the prism of technological advances, social transformations, changes in the law, economic trends, and much more.

In an absorbing narrative enlivened by the commentary of key personalities, Marc Myers describes the myriad of events and trends that affected the music’s evolution—among them, the American Federation of Musicians strike in the early 1940s, changes in radio and concert-promotion, the G.I. Bill, the introduction of the long-playing record, the suburbanization of Los Angeles, the Civil Rights movement, the “British invasion” and the rise of electronic instruments. Continue reading →

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Why Do I Have To Think Like A Man?

28 Tuesday Dec 2010

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How To Think Like A Lady And Still Get The Man [Paperback] by Shanae Hall & Rhonda Frost

Shanae Hall is a former NFL wife, domestic violence survivor, and successful businesswoman. She is a popular TV and radio personality, frequenting programs like Jamie Foxx’s Sirius radio show ‘The Foxxhole,’ ‘Black Men Revealed’ (TV One) and ‘E! True Hollywood Story, Sports Stars, Private Lives.’ In 2005, she co-founded New Beginnings TRAP, a non-profit organization that empowers battered women to rebuild their lives.

She holds a B.A. in Film, Cinema and TV from California State University Northridge and is currently writing a screenplay adaptation of Why Do I Have to Think Like a Man?. A Sacramento native, she currently lives in Northern Los Angeles with her three children.

Rhonda Frost is the mother of three adult daughters and one teen son, and a prominent Realtor in the Atlanta area. She is a journalism student at Georgia State University and writes on finding love after 40 at More.com. –About the Author | Amazon

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