Christiane Bird

This fully revised and updated edition is an inside look at all the places where jazz and blues live, from national clubs to unmarked holes in the wall, in 25 cities and the Mississippi Delta. With city-by-city listings for clubs, festivals, musicians' homes, historic theaters, record stores, and radio stations--and with brief histories of the music in each particular city--Bird's guide is an essential "where-to" for jazz and blues fans everywhere. Photos. Where did Charlie Parker first play with Dizzy Gillespie? What are the coolest clubs in Chicago? Which city has the largest jazz museum? Where is Howlin' Wolf buried? The answers can be found in "The Da Capo Jazz and Blues Lover's Guide to the U.S.," an insiders look at all the places where jazz and blues live, from national clubs to unmarked holes in the wall, in twenty-five cities and the Mississippi Delta. With the most up-to-date listings for festivals, historic theaters, record stores, and radio stations-plus anecdotes from club owners and musicians--this is the essential "where-to" for jazz and blues fans everywhere.

El Kurdistán es una tierra con una historia trágica, a la vez que el territorio más estratégico y rico de Oriente Próximo. Christiane Bird viaja al norte de Irak para relatar la historia kurda por medio de sus observaciones personales y de una concienzuda investigación. Ya sea bailando en una boda kurda en Irán o visitando algunos de los escenarios de los terroríficos ataques con armas químicas perpetrados por Saddam Hussein, la autora nos presenta un mundo deslumbrante.