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Straight Life
Art Pepper (1925-1982) was called the greatest alto saxophonist of the post-Charlie Parker generation. But his autobiography, Straight Life, is much more than a jazz book--it is one of the most explosive, yet one of the most lyrical, of all autobiographies. This edition is updated with an extensive afterword by Laurie Pepper covering Art Pepper's last years, and a complete and up-to-date discography by Todd Selbert.
The Art Pepper Companion
Art Pepper (1925-1982) generally is considered the greatest alto saxophonist of the post-Charlie Parker generation. This collection contains interviews, reminiscences, reviews, critical profiles and essays, and gives particular attention to his grueling, lifelong battle with heroin. Includes a detailed chronology and rare photos and album covers. 4 color photos, 16 b&w photos.
Green Is a Chile Pepper
“A fun dive into culture and vocabulary (both English and Spanish) as well as color. And one more thing: the art work is just amazing!” —New York Family International Latino Book Award Winner Pura Belpré Award, Illustrator Honor Green is a chile pepper, spicy and hot. Green is cilantro inside our pot. In this lively picture book that Booklist described as “a cheerful color-concept book that presents a slice of Latino culture through food and fun,” children discover a world of colors all around them: red is spices and swirling skirts, yellow is masa, tortillas, and sweet corn cake. Many of the featured objects are Latino in origin, and all are universal in appeal. With rich, boiste...
The Genius of Art Pepper
Includes: Arthur's Blues * Blues for Blanche * Funny Blues * Landscape * Make a List, Make a Wish * Mambo de la Pinta * Mambo Kayoma * Mr. Big Falls His J.G. Hand * Our Song * Road Game * September Song * Tete a Tete.
Pinky and Pepper Forever
After Pinky's lethal performance art piece, her devoted girlfriend Pepper follows her into death, only to find that in Hell, Pinky is... thriving?! Pinky & Pepper Forever is a dark comedy full of furry fun and gay Catholic guilt. Follow these two puppygirls' relationship and artwork on Earth and their new life along the River Styx.
The Artist's Manual
The one-stop handbook of everything you need to know to get the most out of your passion for art. This ebook delivers what you need to become a more confident, creative artist - whatever your level of skill or experience. It's like having your very own studio assistant. Designed for modern artists who take inspiration from and make connections between different art traditions and techniques, The Artist's Manual covers drawing and painting; ceramics, sculpture, and printmaking; as well as newer areas such as digital art and animation. Brush up on basic know-how such as choosing the right tool, mixing watercolors, preparing a canvas, or mastering image-manipulation software. Learn how to glaze a pot, screenprint in halftones, or use perspective to bring drawings to life. Try mosaic, fresco, linocut, digital collage, and much more. Equipment, materials, and methods are fully explained and beautifully illustrated - there's everything you need to enjoy making art to the fullest and take your creativity to the next level.
But Beautiful
Lester Young fading away in a hotel room; Charles Mingus storming down the streets of New York on a too-small bicycle; Thelonius Monk creating his own private language on the piano. . . In eight poetically charged vignettes, Geoff Dyer skilfully evokes the embattled lives of the players who shaped modern jazz. He draws on photos and anecdotes, but music is the driving force of But Beautiful and Dyer brings it to life in luminescent and wildly metaphoric prose that mirrors the quirks, eccentricity, and brilliance of each musician's style.
Pepper Page Saves the Universe!
Landry Walker and Eric Jones' Pepper Page Saves the Universe is a middle-grade futuristic superhero story about a shy comic book girl-geek becoming her own superhero inspiration! The year is 2421. Awkward and shy, Pepper buries herself in the universe of the classic fictional superhero Supernova to avoid dealing with the perils of the 9th grade. But then fate intervenes when Pepper encounters a strange cat named Mister McKittens and stumbles into a volatile science experiment run by a sinister substitute teacher named Doctor Killian. Pepper is flung into another dimension, bringing her face to face with an order of cosmic beings who declare her to be the steward of their great power, champion of harmony in the universe, protector of worlds present and past. Now, in the 21st Century, Pepper finds that she herself is the real Supernova. But as Pepper soon learns, escapist fantasy and reality are two very different things.
Fifties Jazz Talk
More than 25 muscians who first came to prominence during the 1950s are the subject of this collection of interviews. The author's purpose has been to help preserve the oral history of a great American artform, and this book reveals that jazz musicians who can 'tell a story' with their horn when improvising can be just as articulate in conversation.
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