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1) Whiplash
Series
Description
Andrew Neyman is an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite east coast music conservatory. Plagued by the failed writing career of his father, Andrew hungers day and night to become one of the greats. Terence Fletcher, an instructor equally known for his teaching talents as for his terrifying methods, leads the top jazz ensemble in the school. Fletcher discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer...
2) Soul
Pub. Date
[2021]
Appears on list
Description
Joe Gardner is a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. A misstep takes him from New York City to The Great Before, a fantastical place where new souls get their personalities before going to Earth. Determined to return to his life, Joe teams up with a precocious soul, 22, who has never understood the appeal of the human life. As Joe tries to show 22 what's great about life, he may discover...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
When his band votes him out due to his embarrasing musical antics, Dewey has to make the rent somehow. After intercepting a call for his substitute-teacher roomie Ned, Dewey finds himself in front of a class of elite elementary school students. Dewey decides to take on the music program and makes it his goal to teach them the gospel of rock and roll. His ulterior motive is to get them to compete against his former band for a cash prize.
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Olden days coat: When Sal find out that she'll be trading time with her playmates for Christmas at her Grandmother's house, she is less tan enthusiastic. But when she discovers a magical coat in her Grandmothers attic, her holiday becomes much more exciting ; Song for the season: When Cal and his niece move to Bethlehem, Kentucky, they are lacking Christmas spirit. But when they meet the lovely music teacher Lily Waite, both Cal and fern have a change...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Crown for Christmas: After being fired from her job as a maid at a New York City hotel, a woman takes on a temporary job as the governess to a young girl who is part of a royal family.
A Christmas melody: A clothing designer closes her small Manhattan boutique to return to her Ohio home town and live in her parents' former home.
It's Christmas, Eve: A school superintendent with a knack for turning around schools meets a single father who works as...
8) Whiplash
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Andrew Neyman is an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite East Coast music conservatory. Plagued by the failed writing career of his father, Andrew hungers day and night to become one of the greats. Terence Fletcher, an instructor equally known for his teaching talents as for his terrifying methods, leads the top jazz ensemble in the school. Fletcher discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer...
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