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3 Shades of Blue
- Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
- By: James Kaplan
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 80
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Story5 out of 5 stars 80
In 1959, America’s great indigenous art form, jazz, reached the height of its power and popularity. James Kaplan’s magnificent 3 Shades of Blue captures how that golden era came to be, and its pinnacle with the recording of Kind of Blue. It’s a book about music, and business, and race, and heroin, and the cities that gave jazz its home, and the Black geniuses behind its rise. It’s an astonishing meditation on creativity and the strange environments where it can flourish most.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great deep dive into a pinnacle of jazz, marred by author bias against later jazz years
- By Michael J. Anderson on 04-08-24
- 3 Shades of Blue
- Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
- By: James Kaplan
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
Well paced. Well researched. Well done.
Reviewed: 03-25-24
I am biased. Kind of Blue is my favorite set of music, so I am drawn to any insights to its genesis. This book provides just that. I have read the biographies of Coltrane and Davis and this exposition provides even more insight to their life and times. The treatments of Bill Evans, Cannonball Adderley and, Philly Joe Jones are equally enlightening.
Dion Glover is the perfect presenter.
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Becoming Ella Fitzgerald
- The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song
- By: Judith Tick
- Narrated by: Carmen Jewel Jones
- Length: 19 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) possessed one of the twentieth century's most astonishing voices. Historian Judith Tick offers a sublime portrait of this ambitious risk-taker whose exceptional musical spontaneity made her a transformational artist. Becoming Ella Fitzgerald clears up long-enduring mysteries. Archival research and in-depth family interviews shed new light on the singer's difficult childhood, the tragic death of her mother, and the year she spent in a girls' reformatory school—where she sang in its renowned choir and dreamed of being a dancer.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Thorough history. but I couldn't finish it. I'll have to get the book.
- By CapitalHeel on 01-14-24
- Becoming Ella Fitzgerald
- The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song
- By: Judith Tick
- Narrated by: Carmen Jewel Jones
Thorough history. but I couldn't finish it. I'll have to get the book.
Reviewed: 01-14-24
The narration is not good. She has an annoying meter that has odd stops after conjunctions and many articles. Sounds like AI.
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Summer of '85
- By: Chris Morrow, Kevin Hart, Charlamagne Tha God, and others
- Narrated by: Kevin Hart
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,578
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,398
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,393
Welcome to the summer of 1985 in Philadelphia, when the city was rocked—in almost every sense of the word—by two unprecedented events: Mayor W. Wilson Goode’s May 13 decision to bomb the headquarters of MOVE, a controversial Philadelphia-based radical communal organization, and the July 13 Live Aid concert, where international rock royalty convened in Philly to raise money for victims of the Ethiopian famine. Separated by just two months and eight miles, these events would showcase both the best and the worst of the so-called City of Brotherly Love.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Misleading title and poor execution
- By Scott on 10-28-22
- Summer of '85
- By: Chris Morrow, Kevin Hart, Charlamagne Tha God, SBH Productions
- Narrated by: Kevin Hart
Thorough, balanced, well-documented
Reviewed: 08-10-22
They weaved the narrative of on two facially different phenomena masterfully. Mad props for Kevin Hart's narration talent
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Decoding Dogs: Inside the Canine Mind
- By: Ellen Furlong, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Ellen Furlong
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 558
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 473
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 471
They might be our best friends, but we often have no idea what they are thinking. Peer inside the fascinating world of the mind of the dog with associate professor of psychology Ellen Furlong of Illinois Wesleyan University. Ever wonder how the same nose that always manages to find the worst-smelling place in the park to roll around can also be trained to sniff out cancer, bombs, and even endangered plants and animals? As you embark on a penetrating look at the canine brain, you’ll break down the unique ways dogs think and feel.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dogs!
- By Anonymous User on 08-19-20
- Decoding Dogs: Inside the Canine Mind
- By: Ellen Furlong, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Ellen Furlong
Meh
Reviewed: 11-20-21
Interesting, but not much more. I like dogs, so I enjoyed it. She is serious about her work.
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The Dead Are Arising
- The Life of Malcolm X
- By: Les Payne, Tamara Payne
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 619
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 538
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Story5 out of 5 stars 535
An epic biography of Malcolm X finally emerges, drawing on hundreds of hours of the author's interviews, rewriting much of the known narrative.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Much more depth than the Haley book.
- By CapitalHeel on 11-03-20
- The Dead Are Arising
- The Life of Malcolm X
- By: Les Payne, Tamara Payne
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
Much more depth than the Haley book.
Reviewed: 11-03-20
Fills many spaces omitted from, or ignored by the Haley "Autobiography". See for yourself.
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