Tish Oney

Peggy Lee

A Century of Song

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A June 2020 Library Journal Starred ReviewOne hundred years after the legendary singer's birth, this book brings to life the career of an iconic performer whose contributions to the Great American Songbook, jazz, popular music, and film music remain unparalleled.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 382g
• ISBN-13: 9781538183113
• ISBN-10: 1538183110
• Artikelnr.: 67656924

Autorenporträt

Tish Oney has appeared as soloist with symphony orchestras, big bands, and jazz combos at performing arts centers, concert halls, and jazz festivals throughout the world. Possessing a doctorate in jazz from USC, she has taught at scores of institutions as a professor and artist-in-residence, successfully pursuing a dual career in performance and pedagogy. As musicologist, author, jazz singer, lyric soprano, arranger, composer, and conductor, Dr. Oney performs and teaches worldwide. She composes and arranges a wide variety of commissioned concerts and writes peer-reviewed articles on jazz theory and voice pedagogy as well as books about music.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword, by John Chiodini
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: A Voice for the Big City
Chapter 2: A Capitol Idea
Chapter 3: Capitol Hits and The Peggy Lee Show
Chapter 4: Early Albums and the Decca Years
Chapter 5: A Flair for Film
Chapter 6: Telescriptions and Capitol Revisited
Chapter 7: 1960s Blues and Jazz
Chapter 8: Television and the Road to the Grammys
Chapter 9: Late Albums and Broadway
Chapter 10: That¿s Not All There Is
Epilogue
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Author