{"title":"Aaron Cohen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAaron Cohen\u003c\/strong\u003e offers compelling insights into the world of arts and culture, capturing the spirit of iconic figures and movements with vivid storytelling and rich detail. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eAretha Franklin's Amazing Grace\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMove on Up\u003c\/em\u003e, explore the intersections of music, history, and social change, inviting readers to experience the energy and emotion behind transformative moments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect engaging narratives that celebrate artistic expression while providing thoughtful context and cultural commentary. Cohen’s writing stands as a tribute to creativity and resilience, perfect for those fascinated by the stories that shape the arts and influence society.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"aretha-franklins-amazing-grace-by-aaron-cohen-9781441148889","title":"Aretha Franklin's Amazing Grace","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a fascinating and thoroughly researched exploration of the best-selling gospel album of all time. For two days in January 1972, Aretha Franklin sang at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles while tape recorders and film cameras rolled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEveryone there knew the event had the potential to be historic: five years after ascending to soul royalty and commercial success, Franklin was publicly returning to her religious roots. Her influential minister father stood by her on the pulpit. Her mentor, Clara Ward, sat in the pews.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFranklin responded to the occasion with the performance of her life, and the resulting double album became a multi-million seller—even without any trademark hit singles. But that was just one part of the story. Franklin's warm, inimitable voice, virtuoso jazz-soul instrumental group, and Rev. James Cleveland's inventive choral arrangements transformed the course of gospel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough new interviews, musical and theological analyses as well as archival discoveries, this book sets the scene, traces the recording's traditional origins and pop infusions, and describes the album's enduring impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover this journey through \u003cem\u003eAretha Franklin's Amazing Grace\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455522488556,"sku":"9781441148889","price":21.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/71ZOuEGx5aL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774777925"},{"product_id":"move-on-up-by-aaron-cohen-9780226653037","title":"Move on Up","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e Book of 2019, Notable Chicago Reads\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e Top 10 Arts Book of 2019\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNo Depression\u003c\/i\u003e Top Music Book of 2019\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCurtis Mayfield. The Chi-Lites. Chaka Khan. Chicago’s place in the history of soul music is rock solid. But for Chicagoans, soul music in its heyday from the 1960s to the 1980s was more than just a series of hits: it was a marker and a source of black empowerment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMove On Up\u003c\/i\u003e, Aaron Cohen tells the remarkable story of the explosion of soul music in Chicago. Together, soul music and black-owned businesses thrived. Record producers and songwriters broadcast optimism for black America’s future through their sophisticated, jazz-inspired productions for the Dells and many others. Curtis Mayfield boldly sang of uplift with unmistakable grooves like “We’re a Winner” and “I Plan to Stay a Believer.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMusicians like Phil Cohran and the Pharaohs used their music to voice Afrocentric philosophies that challenged racism and segregation, while Maurice White of Earth, Wind, and Fire and Chaka Khan created music that inspired black consciousness. Soul music also accompanied the rise of African American advertisers and the campaign of Chicago’s first black mayor, Harold Washington, in 1983.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis empowerment was set in stark relief by the social unrest roiling in Chicago and across the nation: as Chicago’s homegrown record labels produced rising stars singing songs of progress and freedom, Chicago’s black middle class faced limited economic opportunities and deep-seated segregation, all against a backdrop of nationwide deindustrialization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on more than one hundred interviews and a music critic’s passion for the unmistakable Chicago soul sound, Cohen shows us how soul music became the voice of inspiration and change for a city in turmoil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471231402220,"sku":"9780226653037","price":43.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226653037-move-on-up.jpg?v=1775236210"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/aaron-cohen.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}