Beneath Missouri skies : Pat Metheny in Kansas City, 1964-1972 / by Brewer, Carolyn Glenn

Table of Contents: “…Before: The Beatles and the Ed Sullivan Show -- Miles Davis at Lincoln Center Philharmonic Hall and the recording of Four and More -- Chapter One: Pat's musical awakening -- Opposition to the Guitar -- musical heritage of Lee's Summit -- Unity Band -- Keith House -- Chapter Two: First Band Camp -- The Junior Kix Band -- Paul Smith -- The New Sounds Trio Plus -- Westvale Summer -- John McKee -- Chapter Three: Kansas City Comeback in the Sixties -- Kix Band -- Jingles -- The Buddy DeFranco Concert -- Chapter Four: The Kansas City Jazz Incorporated Festivals -- The Flaming Pit -- Chapter Five: New Sounds, New Directions -- Dave Scott Meets Miles -- Jesus Christ Superstar -- Monte Muza -- Long Playing 33 1/3 Records -- The Other Side of Town-And The Atlantic -- John Elliott -- Chapter Six: New Influences, New gigs -- The KCJI Festival Tape -- Tommy Ruskin -- Chapter Seven: Kay Dennis -- The Landmark Band -- KCJI Festival With Kay Dennis -- Gary Sivils -- Chapter Eight: The Ramada Inn Gig -- A Place to Sit In -- Herman Bell -- Lewis and Clark Expedition -- Russ Long -- Visit to Attila Zoller -- Mike in the Army Band -- Chapter Nine: Four -- The Aquarius Concerts -- Stoneface -- Dean Stringer Rehearsal Band -- Chapter Ten: Landmark Mini-Festival -- Kookin' in Kirksville -- KCJI Festival -- The Tooth Brush -- Concert in the Creek -- Chapter Eleven: The College Question -- Trio Jam -- Herbie -- Chapter Twelve: Reflections on the Influence of Kansas City Jazz Musicians on Pat Metheny's Teenage -- Years -- After Missouri Skies -- Appendix: The Kansas City Jazz Scene -- Herman Bell -- David Belove -- Vince Bilardo -- Kevin Clements -- Jess Cole -- Carol Comer -- Kay Dennis -- Warren Durrett -- Rod Fleeman -- David Glenn -- John Hatton -- Russ Long -- Arch Martin -- Marilyn Maye -- John McKee -- Mike Metheny -- Monte Muza -- Dru Rachaner -- Ron Roberts -- Tommy Ruskin -- Dave Scott -- Gary Sivils -- Paul Smith -- Neal Stone -- Dean Stringer -- Bobby Watson -- Rob Whitsitt -- Brooks Wright -- Author's Note -- Endnotes.…”
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B Jenkins / by Moten, Fred

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Bop apocalypse : jazz, race, the beats, and drugs / by Torgoff, Martin

Bird : the complete Charlie Parker on Verve. by Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955

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From New York : the jazz life /

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Superbosses : how exceptional leaders master the flow of talent / by Finkelstein, Sydney

Mastering Gephi network visualization : produce advanced network graphs in Gephi and gain valuable insights into your network datasets / by Cherven, Ken

Table of Contents: “…Radial layoutsThe Hiveplot layout; The Radial Axis layout; Geographic layouts; The Geo layout; The Maps of Countries layout; Additional layouts; The Isometric layout; The Multipartite layout; The Layered layout; Network Splitter 3D; Additional layout tools; Assessing your graphing needs; Actual example -- The Miles Davis network; Analysis goal; Dataset parameters; Network density; Network behaviors; Network display; Temporal elements; Interactivity; Layout strengths and weaknesses; Testing layouts; Testing the ARF layout; Concentric layout; Testing the Radial Axis layout.…”
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Is it still good to ya? : fifty years of rock criticism, 1967-2017 / by Christgau, Robert

Table of Contents: “…-- What I listen for in music -- Pops as pop: Louis Armstrong -- Not so misterioso: Thelonious Monk -- First lady of song: Billie Holiday -- Folksinger, wordslinger, start me a song: Woody Guthrie -- Frank Sinatra: 1915-1998 -- Chuck Berry: 1926-2017 -- Unnaturals: the coasters with no strings attached -- Black Elvis: Sam Cooke -- Tough love: Etta James -- The excitement! the terror!: Miles Davis's '70s -- Sister, oh sister: Kate and Anna Mcgarrigle -- Ramone -- Road to ruin -- Nevermore: Nirvana -- A long short story: the go-betweens -- Generation gaps: the Spice Girls -- Ooh, that sound: the Backstreet Boys -- Tear the sky off the mother: 'N Sync -- The world is his boudoir: Prince -- Queen of pop -- Familiar and fabulous -- Dylan back: world goes on -- Not dead yet -- How to survive on an apple pie diet: John Prine -- The unflashiest: Willie Nelson -- Music from a desert storm -- Ghost dance -- The Moldy Peaches slip you a roofie -- Attack of the chickenshits: Steve Earle -- Facing Mecca: Youssou N'dour -- Burning bright -- Quotations from Charmin M.I.A -- Right, the record -- Full immersion with suspect tendencies: Paul Simon's Graceland -- Fela and his lessers -- Vendant l'Afrique -- Dakar in gear -- A god after midnight: Youssou N'dour -- Franco de mi amor -- Years of history, thirty seconds of joy -- Tribulations of St. …”
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Visions of jazz : the first century / by Giddins, Gary

Table of Contents: “…. -- pt. 5: A mainstream music. Miles Davis (Kinds of Blues). Gerry Mulligan (Beyond cool). …”
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The road to reinvention : how to drive disruption and accelerate transformation / by Linkner, Josh, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Draw Up Your Personal Reinvention PlanExplore the Many Flavors of Reinvention; The Miles Davis; The Butterfly; The Bill Gates; The Curve Jump; The Passion Leap; The Adventure; Face Down Inevitable Obstacles; Detroit: Catalyst for Change; Chapter 10: Forge Your Legacy; Choose: Giver or Taker?…”
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Crossroads : the multicultural roots of America's popular music / by Barkley, Elizabeth F.

Table of Contents: “…-- Overview of the music tradition of jazz -- Stylistic categories -- Structural characteristics -- Jazz in a historical and social context -- Precursors to jazz : ragging and ragtime -- The "birth of jazz" in New Orleans : 1865-1917 -- The 1930s and 1940s : the swing era -- Vocal jazz -- The 1940s and 1950s : bebop -- The 1950s and 1960s : cool jazz and hard bop -- The 1960s and 1970s : the avant-garde, free jazz, and fusion -- The 1980s and 1990s : classicism, smooth or contemporary jazz, and acid jazz -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Boxed features -- Listening guide : "Take the A train" -- Insight : the New Orleans Creoles of Color -- Profile : Miles Davis -- 8. Gospel -- Overview of gospel music -- Distinguishing gospel from spirituals -- Structural characteristics -- Gospel music in a historical and social context -- The foundation for the development of gospel music -- The work of Thomas Dorsey in the 1920s -- The "birth" of gospel in Chicago and the 1930s and 1940s -- The recording and popularizing of gospel in the 1950s -- Gospel in the last half of the twentieth century -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Boxed features -- In-depth focus : camp meetings, bush meetings and "shouts" -- Listening guide : "How I got over" -- Insight : white gospel -- Profile : Kirk Franklin -- 9. …”

The pop, rock, and soul reader : histories and debates / by Brackett, David

Table of Contents: “…Jazz fusion -- Miles: the autobiography / Miles Davis (with Quincy Troupe) -- 61. Get on up disco -- "The dialectic of disco: gay music goes straight" / Andrew Kopkind -- 62. …”
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Music in the USA : a documentary companion /

Table of Contents: “…McCoy Tyner on "the jubilant experience of John Coltrane"s classic quartet -- 124. Miles Davis : excerpts from his autobiography -- 125. …”

Music in the USA : a documentary companion /

Table of Contents: “…McCoy Tyner on "the jubilant experience of John Coltrane"s classic quartet -- 124. Miles Davis : excerpts from his autobiography -- 125. …”
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