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Christopher Wilkinson

    Questo autore è specializzato nella storia della musica afroamericana, con particolare attenzione al jazz, e nella storia della musica colta da una prospettiva multiculturale. Il suo lavoro esplora le ricche e diverse tradizioni musicali che hanno plasmato il panorama musicale americano. Analizza stili, temi e contesti storici per offrire ai lettori una comprensione più profonda di questi generi influenti. Il suo approccio enfatizza le connessioni e le interazioni tra diverse culture musicali.

    Jazz on the Road
    The Sketchbooks of Chris Wilkinson
    My Revision Notes: WJEC Eduqas GCSE (9-1) Geography B
    My Revision Notes: Eduqas GCSE (9-1) Geography B Second Edition
    Big Band Jazz in Black West Virginia, 1930 1942
    My Revision Notes: WJEC B GCSE Geography
    • Exploring the vibrant intersection of jazz and coal towns during the Great Depression, this book highlights the impact of legendary musicians who brought joy and resilience to struggling communities. Through captivating narratives, it reveals how these artists not only entertained but also uplifted spirits, fostering a sense of hope amidst economic hardship. The study delves into the cultural significance of jazz in this historical context, showcasing the power of music to unite and inspire.

      Big Band Jazz in Black West Virginia, 1930 1942
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    • The Sketchbooks of Chris Wilkinson

      • 143pagine
      • 6 ore di lettura

      Covering every stage of the design process, this book features working drawings of a architect and also includes sketches from structures for the London Olympics to the restoration and reconstruction of the three Grade II listed gas holders in Kings Cross, London - as well as a gazetteer with photographs of the final projects.

      The Sketchbooks of Chris Wilkinson
    • Jazz on the Road

      • 279pagine
      • 10 ore di lettura

      An exploration of the life and music of Don Albert, a jazz musician born in New Orleans in 1908. In addition to providing an account of the daily life of working musicians on the road, this book examines how the issue of race influenced Albert's life, as well as the music of the era.

      Jazz on the Road
    • The Gods and the Demons Are Not Two

      A Tantra of the Great Perfection

      • 232pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      To those familiar with the esoteric traditions of Buddhism, the Great Perfection is well known as a pathway of instant enlightenment, a vehicle for a sudden breakthrough of enlightened awareness here in the present. We may wonder, though, what the Great Perfection has to say about the obvious reality that there are all kinds of different beings who live under all kinds of conditions, and the reality that we ourselves go through all kinds of emotional turbulence even as we study the Great Perfection. What does the Great Perfection have to say about the demonic side of things? What does it say about our understandings of what divine beings are? How does it integrate a vision of the divine and the demonic into the fabric of instantaneous enlightenment? How do practitioners of the Great Perfection understand their own demons and preferred deities, and come to terms with them? In a world view wherein everyone is already enlightened, what is the function of compassion? These concerns are addressed in The Gods and the Demons Are Not Two. This Tantra offers a lengthy discussion of the demonic and the divine, with information on the recognition of demons and their different classes, how we can know whether our lives are controlled by demons, a discussion of exorcism, and a thorough presentation on the Great Perfection's concern for all classes of living beings. We are introduced into a mythological world populated by a wide variety of demonic and heavenly beings and are encouraged to "share the taste" (ro snyoms) of what life is like for them, a kind of sympathetic comprehension of other beings. We are guided through the realms of samsara, and encouraged to share in the taste of what it would be like if we were some other being. How would it feel to be an element, a demon, an illness, a denizen of hell, an animal, or a god? Empathy is used to point us toward an understanding of a kind of perfection that there is in each and every living thing, a great perfection.

      The Gods and the Demons Are Not Two