He's got an Olympic medal; she's got a career-ending injury. They may be stuck in a snowstorm, but things are heating up in this sports romance. Yes, I have an attitude problem. You would too if your Olympic potential career as a ski jumper crashed just as the sport was taking off, no pun intended. I'm working on that. I also have a good-for-nothing cheating husband. Trust me, I'll be working on that too. And now, thanks to Mother Nature, I'm snowed in at the airport. And some guy just knocked me over. I should be pissed, but he's very friendly. And very attractive. I'm not sure he's looking for someone like me. If I learned anything from soaring off mountains, it's sometimes biggest jump can bring the best reward.

42 big swinging hits arranged in our famous E-Z Play Today notation. Includes: Bandstand Boogie * Christopher Columbus * In the Mood * It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) * Java Jive * Jump, Jive an' Wail * Lazy River * Marie * Opus One * Steppin' Out with My Baby * Take the "A" Train * more.

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). This second edition features a new mix of 46 swingin' favorites! Includes: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy * In the Mood * It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) * Java Jive * Jump, Jive an' Wail * King Porter Stomp * Rag Mop * Satin Doll * Steppin' Out with My Baby * Stompin' at the Savoy * Take the "A" Train * That Old Black Magic * Woodchopper's Ball * Zoot Suit Riot * more!

Both a love story and a tribute to the entertainment mecca, this exploration shines a spotlight on one of the hottest acts in Las Vegas in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The illuminating depiction showcases the unlikely duo--a grizzled, veteran trumpeter and vocalist molded by Louis Armstrong and a meek singer in the church choir--who went on to invent "The Wildest." Bringing together broad comedy and finger-snapping, foot-stomping music that included early forays into rock and roll, Prima and Smith's act became wildly popular and attracted all kinds of star-studded attention. In addition to chronicling their relationships with Ed Sullivan, Frank Sinatra, Robert Mitchum, and other well-known entertainers of the day--and their performance of "That Old Black Magic" at President John F. Kennedy's inauguration--the narrative also examines the couple's ongoing influence in the entertainment world. Running concurrent with their personal tale is their role in transforming Las Vegas from a small resort town in the desert to a booming city where the biggest stars were paid tons of money to become even bigger stars on stage and television.

(Fake Book). The Real Vocal Book has many of the selections from Volumes 1 and 2 of the instrumental Real Books, but now with complete lyrics added to the pre-existing melody line. This edition features 300 essential songs arranged for low voice, including: Alfie * All of Me * Autumn Leaves * Bewitched * Bluesette * Don't Get Around Much Anymore * Fever * Georgia on My Mind * Misty * Moon River * My Funny Valentine * Satin Doll * and more.

(Music Minus One). Modern Swing burst upon the recording scene in 1998, began on the West Coast and soon consumed the entire country. As will be noted in these ten songs, any similarity to mid-century swing has been laid to rest, with the arrangements and the more rock-oriented stylings of these six bands, the vanguard of what has become a new and major force in American music. Includes a high-quality printed music book with drum charts and a compact disc containing a complete performance with soloist; then a second version with the accompaniment, minus you, the soloist. Performed by Greg Burrows, drums

(Easy Piano Songbook). This hip collection features easy arrangements of 21 swing favorites: Alright, Okay, You Win * Bandstand Boogie * Ding-Dong Daddy of the D-Car Line * Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me) * In the Mood * It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) * Java Jive * Route 66 * Satin Doll * Take the "A" Train * Zoot Suit Riot * more!

An essential work for rock fans and scholars, Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll surveys the origins of rock 'n' roll from the minstrel era to the emergence of Bill Haley and Elvis Presley. Unlike other histories of rock, Before Elvis offers a far broader and deeper analysis of the influences on rock music. Dispelling common misconceptions, it examines rock's origins in hokum songs and big-band boogies as well as Delta blues, detailing the embrace by white artists of African-American styles long before rock 'n' roll appeared. This unique study ranges far and wide, highlighting not only the contributions of obscure but key precursors like Hardrock Gunter and Sam Theard but also the influence of celebrity performers like Gene Autry and Ella Fitzgerald. Too often, rock historians treat the genesis of rock 'n' roll as a bolt from the blue, an overnight revolution provoked by the bland pop music that immediately preceded it and created through the white appropriation of music till then played only by and for black audiences. In Before Elvis, Birnbaum daringly argues a more complicated history of rock's evolution from a heady mix of ragtime, boogie-woogie, swing, country music, mainstream pop, and rhythm-and-blues--a melange that influenced one another along the way, from the absorption of blues and boogies into jazz and pop to the integration of country and Caribbean music into rhythm-and-blues. Written in an easy style, Before Elvis presents a bold argument about rock's origins and required reading for fans and scholars of rock 'n' roll history.

(Play It Like It Is). From rockabilly Stray Cat to swingster hepcat, Brian Setzer still struts his musical stuff. This great collection includes guitar transcriptions with tab for 10 songs from his super swingin' big band: The Dirty Boogie * Hoodoo Voodoo Doll * Jump, Jive An' Wail * Let's Live It Up * Rock This Town * Rumble in Brighton * Since I Don't Have You * Sleepwalk * Switchblade 327 * This Cat's on a Hot Tin Roof.