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2 reviews
Will Friedwald, Jerry Beck

The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1988

THE index on all Warner Brothers cartoon
Do you know that feeling? You're watching a Warner Brothers cartoon, and you would really like to know who made it and when. If you do, you should buy this book. It is not about highlights, it is not a history of Warner Brothers animation, but a list of ALL Warner Brothers shorts in chronological order, each item contains information about who made it, when it was made, with which stars and with ...

The Future of Jazz
Will Friedwald

Chicago Review Press, 2002

Jazz is now 100 years old, a venerable American institution predicated on the unpredictable. But recent signs-ranging from Ken Burns's documentary Jazz: A History of America's Music to the dominance, in terms of sales, of reissues over new recordings-have made many question whether jazz's past has now become more important than its future, or whether jazz has any future at all. In this book, composed entirely via e-mail, 10 leading jazz critics ...

Warner Bros. Animation Art

3 reviews
Warner Brothers, Will Friedwald, ...

DC NTS Rush, 2001

This book was an exceptional collection of old and new.
This book was well done and very appealing to the eye and informational to read. It gives the reader some good history of Warner Bros. cartoons and the rarely credited artists. Through-out the book there are pointers on how to draw various characters, but unfortunatly they are not as complete as one might have it. However, the overall is terrific.

Stardust Melodies

16 reviews
Will Friedwald

Pantheon, 2002

You Gotta Love a Book whose First Line is "Lucy holds a saxophone."
Will Friedland is a great raconteur, and his prose flows like a jazz solo, going off on tangents, quoting from other tunes, but all of it illuminating his central themes. If you are interested in music, you can't help but turn the pages with delight, as you discover new gems, and see new facets on the ones you've liked all along. If you aren't a musician, the discussion of the musical form, the ...

Sinatra! The Song Is You: A Singer's Art

25 reviews
Will Friedwald

Da Capo Press, 1997

no gossip or garbage-it's about the music!
i bot this book as a stocking stuffer for my wife, a casual sinatra fan thinking it was just another bio. then i started reading it. it sb noted that i owned 2 sinatra discs when i bot this book, i now have about 50. this book not only helped me understand the music i had already heard, but helped me seek out & discover the 100's of lost gems in sinatra's recorded works. again-no gossip, no ...

Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons

15 reviews
Jerry Beck, Will Friedwald

Holt Paperbacks, 1989

Finally! Now I know I've seen all the cartoons of one series
I have had a quest to see(and act out)all of the cartoons of Wile E. Coyote and Sylvester. But some episodes appeared on cable networks more than others, and others I saw, but missed the episode name. So I purchased this book to find out which cartoons I've actually seen. It describes the episodes with details such as the ACME products in each episode, the methods the villain uses, and other ...

Jazz Singing: America's Great Voices From Bessie Smith To Bebop And Beyond

13 reviews
Will Friedwald

Da Capo Press, 1996

Brings You Back to the Music
Friedwald has written a great book--precisely because it's opinionated, un-pretentious, filled with passionate likes and dislikes. Friedwald has apparently listened to every jazz-sung record in history, and his book makes you want to listen to all of it too--in my case, for the first time. For that I'd love to thank him personally. If you believe that understanding the conventions of an art ...

The Warner Brothers Cartoons
Will Friedwald, Jerry Beck

Scarecrow Press, 1981

Filmography for years 1929-1969. Cast of Characters, Index. Blue cloth hardcover, no DJ as issued.

Frank Sinatra: The Best of the Capitol Years

2 reviews
Will Friedwald

Alfred Publishing Company, 1997

Good selection, weak arrangements
Warning: In general, these are not the arrangements you hear on Sinatra records, at least the ones from the Capitol era. Usually they are not even close - different keys, less instrumentation, etc. For that reason, I found it to be an almost worthless compilation. Why not provide the arrangements people know and love?