[audiobook] New Directions in Sustainable Design by From Routledge in Arts-Photography

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Will Friedwaldrsquo;s illuminating; opinionated essaysmdash;provocative; funny; and personalmdash;on the lives and careers of more than three hundred singers anatomize the work of the most important jazz and popular performers of the twentieth century. From giants like Ella Fitzgerald; Louis Armstrong; Frank Sinatra; and Judy Garland to lesser-known artists like Jeri Southern and Joe Mooney; they have created a body of work that continues to please and inspire. Here is the most extensive biographical and critical survey of these singers ever written; as well as an essential guide to the Great American Songbook and those who shaped the way it has been sung. The music crosses from jazz to pop and back again; from the songs of Irving Berlin and W. C. Handy through Stephen Sondheim and beyond; bringing together straightforward jazz and pop singers (Billie Holiday; Perry Como); hybrid artists who moved among genres and combined them (Peggy Lee; Mel Tormeacute;); the leading men and women of Broadway and Hollywood (Ethel Merman; Al Jolson); yesterdayrsquo;s vaudeville and radio stars (Sophie Tucker; Eddie Cantor); and todayrsquo;s cabaret artists and hit-makers (Diana Krall; Michael Bubleacute;). Friedwald has also written extended pieces on the most representative artists of five significant genres that lie outside the songbook: Bessie Smith (blues); Mahalia Jackson (gospel); Hank Williams (country and western); Elvis Presley (rock rsquo;nrsquo; roll); and Bob Dylan (folk-rock). Friedwald reconsiders the personal stories and professional successes and failures of all these artists; their songs; and their performances; appraising both the singers and their music by balancing his opinions with those of fellow musicians; listeners; and critics. This magisterial reference bookmdash;ten years in the makingmdash;will delight and inform anyone with a passion for the iconic music of America; which continues to resonate throughout our popular culture.From the Hardcover edition.