Tish Oney

Peggy Lee (eBook, ePUB)

A Century of Song

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A June 2020 Library Journal Starred Review Lee stood out among her peers as an exquisite singer possessing a cool vocal style, a songwriter frequently collaborating with leading composers of American jazz and film music, and a globally-loved entertainer with star quality. Tish Oney sheds new light upon this Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner's impressive musical talents while guiding the reader through the best of Lee's fifty-plus albums, radio and TV performances, creative contributions to the film industry, and over half a century of finely-polished live performances. Oney focuses on the evolution of Peggy Lee's recorded music, vocal development, artistic achievements, and contributions to American music while interviews with Lee's family, friends, and music colleagues reveal new insights and memories of this musical icon. Peggy Lee enables readers to discover a brilliant artist's inimitable legacy in the history of American popular music.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781538128480
• Artikelnr.: 59436925

Autorenporträt

Tish Oney has headlined with symphony orchestras, big bands, and jazz combos throughout the world and has recorded five albums as leader. Possessing a doctorate in jazz from University of Southern California, this internationally acclaimed jazz singer, musicologist, arranger, composer, and conductor has served several institutions as professor and visiting artist. She writes a column titled "Anatomy of a Standard" for All About Jazz and authored Peggy Lee: A Century of Song.

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