Richard Carlin Boeken

Morris Levy, a pivotal figure in popular music, co-founded the iconic Birdland nightclub at nineteen, fostering the bebop movement and supporting jazz legends like Dizzy Gillespie and Count Basie. He was a trailblazer in creating one of Broadway's first integrated clubs. In 1957, he established Roulette Records, which not only showcased prominent jazz artists but also achieved pop success with acts such as Buddy Knox and Tommy James. This biography explores Levy's influential role in shaping the music industry and his lasting legacy.

Celebrates the seventy-five years of the Apollo Theater, from the Harlem Renaissance to the present, discussing its significance in African American entertainment and its role in social and political racial issues.

Country Music: A Very Short Introduction presents a compelling overview of the music and its impact on American culture through its key artists and styles from the minstrel era to today. Truly the voice of the people, country music illuminates our cultural story, from our nation's birth to today.

This story is a very factual, believable tale that would be of interest to all readers, because most people who are educated and avid readers would be mesmerized by the scientific facts and the fictional explanations of time travel at the speed of light. Enterprise fans will devour the novel as pure magic. The characters are easy to read and believable. The actual story could actually happen, so therefore, taking this into consideration wraps them up in reading every chapter and wanting more.

Drawing from a rich trove of archival sources, Eubie Blake: Rags, Rhythm, and Race tells the extraordinary story of a key 20th-century African American composer and traces the path his career blazed for other black artists.