[audiobook] The Fourth Network: How FOX Broke the Rules and Reinvented Television by Daniel M. Kimmel in Arts-Photography

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Howard Reich has reported on jazz for the Chicago Tribune for almost four decades; and in this time he has met musicians both celebrated and obscure. From his exclusive interviews with Frank Sinatra; Tony Bennett; Lena Horne; and Ella Fitzgerald; to profiles of the early masters like Louis Armstrong; Duke Ellington; and Billie Holiday; this book illustrates Reichrsquo;s deep understanding of the performances; recordings; and cultural legacies of these jazz masters.This book; comprising Reichrsquo;s award-winning Chicago Tribune articles; shows readers his unmatched critical insight and unrivaled access to the diverse range of jazz musicians the world over; including the little-known artists who; while never in the national spotlight; were nonetheless instrumental to the evolution of jazz. Divided thematically; Portraits in Jazz is a journey from the time of jazz musicrsquo;s originators; great singers; and early masters through to its courageous standouts; game changers; and regional influencers from Chicago to Cuba and across the globe.Reich; himself a piano performance major at Northwestern University; says in the introduction that studying theory and history are essential to understanding jazzrsquo;s inner-workings. But these portraits werenrsquo;t created as academic theses or history-book lessons. They are on-the-spot; in the heat of the moment questions of its greatest practitioners; articles and essays in the here and now; taking readers one step closer to the meaning of sound.