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The History of Jazz, Second Edition
- By: Ted Gioia
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 21 hrs and 59 mins
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Ted Gioia's History of Jazz has been universally hailed as a classic - acclaimed by jazz critics and fans around the world....
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An Exciting Opportunity Missed
- By Kindle Customer on 02-02-15
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41. The History of Jazz, Second Edition
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 21 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 05-14-14
- Language: English
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Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
- The History of the Disc Jockey
- By: Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 24 hrs and 12 mins
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This is the first comprehensive history of the disc jockey, a cult classic now updated with five new chapters and substantial additional material. It's the definitive account of DJ culture, from the first record played over airwaves to house, hip-hop, techno, and beyond....
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"Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" changed my life
- By max on 01-18-23
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42. Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
- The History of the Disc Jockey
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 24 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 07-31-20
- Language: English
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Jazz
- A History of America's Music
- By: Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
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Here are the stories of the extraordinary men and women who made the music: Louis Armstrong, the fatherless waif whose unrivaled genius...
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Good content but reading not clear
- By Ken on 02-07-03
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43. Jazz
- A History of America's Music
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 01-07-01
- Language: English
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How Women Made Music
- A Revolutionary History from NPR Music
- By: National Public Radio Inc
- Narrated by: Alison Fensterstock, Ann Powers
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
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Acclaimed critic and TtT co-founder Ann Powers and contributor Alison Fensterstock draw from every Turning the Tables season and the full 50-years of NPR archives to bring a vibrant, entertaining history of women in folk, rock, rap, hip hop, salsa, bubblegum pop, and much more.
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44. How Women Made Music
- A Revolutionary History from NPR Music
- Narrated by: Alison Fensterstock, Ann Powers
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 10-01-24
- Language: English
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Corporate Rock Sucks
- The Rise and Fall of SST Records
- By: Jim Ruland
- Narrated by: Jim Ruland
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
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In Corporate Rock Sucks, music journalist Jim Ruland relays the unvarnished story of SST Records. SST was the most popular indie label by the mid-80s - until a tsunami of legal jeopardy, financial peril, and dysfunctional management brought the empire tumbling down....
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Warning: This book may lead to buying More stuff
- By Chris Lane on 05-11-22
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45. Corporate Rock Sucks
- The Rise and Fall of SST Records
- Narrated by: Jim Ruland
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 04-12-22
- Language: English
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Major Labels
- A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres
- By: Kelefa Sanneh
- Narrated by: Kelefa Sanneh
- Length: 18 hrs and 59 mins
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An epic achievement and a huge delight, the entire history of popular music over the past 50 years refracted through the big genres that have defined and dominated it: rock, R&B, country, punk, hip-hop, dance music, and pop....
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Pure Pleasure Cultural History
- By A. Yerkes on 11-09-21
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46. Major Labels
- A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres
- Narrated by: Kelefa Sanneh
- Length: 18 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 10-05-21
- Language: English
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Maestros and Their Music
- The Art and Alchemy of Conducting
- By: John Mauceri
- Narrated by: John Mauceri
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
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An exuberant, uniquely accessible look inside the enigmatic art and craft of conducting, from a celebrated conductor whose international career has spanned half a century....
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Disappointing. Dry.
- By Jane on 12-30-17
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47. Maestros and Their Music
- The Art and Alchemy of Conducting
- Narrated by: John Mauceri
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 11-07-17
- Language: English
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Music as an Art
- By: Roger Scruton
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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Roger Scruton turns again to the meaning of tonality and sound in a most satisfying and provocative new work....
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48. Music as an Art
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 08-23-18
- Language: English
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Please Please Tell Me Now
- The Duran Duran Story
- By: Stephen Davis
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
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Lifelong fans and interested newcomers will love this stunning biography of Duran Duran by the best-selling author of Gold Dust Woman and Hammer of the Gods....
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The Story You (Probably) Already Know
- By Don on 10-28-21
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49. Please Please Tell Me Now
- The Duran Duran Story
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 07-03-21
- Language: English
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She Begat This
- 20 Years of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
- By: Joan Morgan
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
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Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the acclaimed and influential debut album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill with this eye-opening and moving exploration of Lauryn Hill and her remarkable artistic legacy....
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Skipping—audio problems
- By Paula C. Clark on 08-13-18
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50. She Begat This
- 20 Years of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 08-07-18
- Language: English
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Original Gangstas
- The Untold Story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the Birth of West Coast Rap
- By: Ben Westhoff
- Narrated by: J.D. Jackson
- Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
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A monumental, revealing narrative history about the legendary group of artists at the forefront of West Coast hip-hop: Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac Shakur....
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Very Informative and well told
- By guyzilla on 02-19-17
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51. Original Gangstas
- The Untold Story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the Birth of West Coast Rap
- Narrated by: J.D. Jackson
- Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 09-15-16
- Language: English
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They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
- By: Hanif Abdurraqib
- Narrated by: Hanif Abdurraqib
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
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In essays that have been published by the New York Times, MTV, and Pitchfork, among others—Abdurraqib uses music and culture as a lens through which to view our world so that we might better understand ourselves, and in so doing proves himself a bellwether for our times....
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The brilliance of Hanif
- By Anonymous User on 09-18-24
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52. They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
- Narrated by: Hanif Abdurraqib
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 11-15-22
- Language: English
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Songs in the Key of MP3
- The New Icons of the Internet Age
- By: Liam Inscoe-Jones
- Length: 10 hrs
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In Songs in the Key of MP3: The New Icons of the Internet Age, Liam Inscoe-Jones explores five contemporary artists who broke the old rules of sound, style and the music industry at large: Devonté Hynes (of Blood Orange), FKA Twigs, Oneohtrix Point Never, Earl Sweatshirt and SOPHIE.
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53. Songs in the Key of MP3
- The New Icons of the Internet Age
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release date: 03-13-25
- Language: English
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All the Years Combine
- The Grateful Dead in Fifty Shows
- By: Ray Robertson
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
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In All the Years Combine: The Grateful Dead in Fifty Shows, Robertson listens to and writes ecstatically about fifty of the band's most important and memorable concerts in order to better understand who the Grateful Dead were, what they became, and what they meant-and what they continue to mean.
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54. All the Years Combine
- The Grateful Dead in Fifty Shows
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 06-25-24
- Language: English
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Beatles '66
- The Revolutionary Year
- By: Steve Turner
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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A riveting look at the transformative year in the lives and careers of the legendary group whose groundbreaking legacy would forever change music and popular culture....
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Great listen
- By Tad Davis on 07-28-18
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55. Beatles '66
- The Revolutionary Year
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 03-06-18
- Language: English
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God Only Knows
- The Story of Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys and the California Myth
- By: David Leaf
- Narrated by: Alex Knox, David Leaf
- Length: 19 hrs and 37 mins
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Originally published in 1978 as The Beach Boys and the California Myth, this groundbreaking study was both the first full-length book on the band and the first to recognize Brian Wilson as one of the most significant and influential artists of the twentieth century....
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Fascinating,
- By prism on 04-25-23
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56. God Only Knows
- The Story of Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys and the California Myth
- Narrated by: Alex Knox, David Leaf
- Length: 19 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 03-21-23
- Language: English
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This Ain't No Disco
- The Story of CBGB
- By: Roman Kozak
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
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CBGB was the birthplace of punk and new wave in America in the 1970s. The Ramones, Blondie, Television, Talking Heads and many other groundbreaking...
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57. This Ain't No Disco
- The Story of CBGB
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 11-19-24
- Language: English
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Why Bob Dylan Matters
- By: Richard F. Thomas
- Narrated by: Nick Landrum
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
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When the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan in 2016, a debate raged. Some celebrated while many others questioned the choice....
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Classical Dylan
- By Buretto on 11-27-17
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58. Why Bob Dylan Matters
- Narrated by: Nick Landrum
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 11-21-17
- Language: English
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Century of Song
- 101 Songs That Shaped American Music
- By: Noah Lefevre
- Narrated by: Brian Telestai
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
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Embark on a complex and inspiring journey through the last 101 years as told through some of the most memorable hits and the artists behind them.
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59. Century of Song
- 101 Songs That Shaped American Music
- Narrated by: Brian Telestai
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 09-17-24
- Language: English
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There Was Nothing You Could Do
- Bruce Springsteen's “Born in the U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland
- By: Steven Hyden
- Narrated by: Steven Hyden
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
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On June 4, 1984, Columbia Records issued what would become one of the best-selling and most impactful rock albums of all time. An instant classic, Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. would prove itself to be a landmark not only for the man who made it, but rock music in general.
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Reads like a college term paper
- By Jeremy on 10-26-24
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60. There Was Nothing You Could Do
- Bruce Springsteen's “Born in the U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland
- Narrated by: Steven Hyden
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 05-28-24
- Language: English
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