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More journalistic than academic, Anything Goes has a relaxed spryness. ("Oklahoma!" in Mordden memorable formulation, "is a musical comedy undergoing psychoanalysis.") It's the work of an expert... — Los Angeles Times More…

The book concludes with a discussion of Brubeck's emergence as a social activist in the US, particularly with regard to the Civil Rights Movement. This work is very detailed and nuanced and includes... — Choice More…

There are two principle uses for a volume such as this. It can be grabbed to check quickly a fact or confirm memory - for example, an essential bit of chronology ar a quick reminder of a plot.... — The Times More…

I would highly recommend this book for the introductory undergraduate courses in world music or ethnomusicology and the upper-level courses on Caribbean and Latin American music and/or culture... — Journal of Folklore Research More…

Although there are numerous books about music theory fundamentals-clefs, key signatures, scales, harmony, and so on-there are far fewer about how to teach music theory. In this thought-provoking... — Choice More…