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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Decker, Todd R.     Subjects     Astaire, Fred.     Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.     Dancers -- United States -- Biography.     Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Decker, Todd R.       by title:      Music makes me : Fre...         MARC Display

Music makes me : Fred Astaire and jazz / Todd Decker. by Decker, Todd R. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011. Subjects Astaire, Fred.   Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.   Dancers -- United States -- Biography.   Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography. ISBN:  9780520268883 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520268881 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520268906 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0520268903 (pbk. : alk. paper) Description:  xii, 375 p. : ill., music, ports. ; 23 cm. Contents:  Part One: Astaire among Others : "There's a difference and Astaire is it" ; "I am a creator" -- Part Two: Astaire at the studios: "I play with the very best bands" ; "Tell them to let it swing" ; "Fixing up" tunes -- Part Three: Astaire in jazz and popular music: "Keep time with the time and with the times" ; "Jazz means the blues" ; "Anything that will send me" ; "You play and I'll dance." Requests:  0 Summary:  Fred Astaire is best known for his brilliant dancing in the movie musicals of the 1930s, but in Music Makes Me, Todd Decker argues that Astaire's work as a dancer and choreographer, particularly in the realm of tap dancing, made a significant contribution to the art of jazz.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Lihue Public Library Adult Nonfiction 781.65092 Astaire De Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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