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Cohodas, Nadine

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ISBN 10: 0375424016 ISBN 13: 9780375424014

Casa editrice: Pantheon Books, 2010

Riassunto

A portrait of the mid-20th-century singer traces the challenges she faced acquiring her education, her 1959 debut at New York City's Town Hall and her relationships with such contemporaries as Lorraine Hansberry and James Baldwin.

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Queen: The Life and Music of Dinah Washington
 
“Nadine Cohodas’s superb biography restores the luster of Washington’s crown, detailing a life lived not always wisely but certainly with vigor.”
—The Boston Globe
 
“Vital . . . Copious reporting [makes] Queen essential reading.”
—The Washington Post Book World
 
“Rises above the limitations of the usual star bio.”
—Chicago Tribune
 
“Enthralling . . . Cohodas has done her homework . . . Her biography of this peculiarly modern performer is essential reading for people interested in pop culture.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
 
“Cohodas vividly portrays the troubled singer, often allowing Washington to speak for herself.”
—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
 

Spinning Blues into Gold
 
“Cohodas’s absorbing history is more than a story of the proto-rock era . . . It’s a captivating American story of improvisation at many levels.”
—The Wall Street Journal
 
“Combines the intelligence and conciseness of a political reporter and the contagious enthusiasm of a dyed-in-the-wool music fan.”
—Billboard

L'autore:

Nadine Cohodas is the author of several books, most recently Queen: The Life and Music of Dinah Washington, which received an award for Excellence in Research in Recorded Jazz Music from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections. She lives in Washington, D.C.

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• Editore: Pantheon Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0375424016
• ISBN 13: 9780375424014
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 449