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New Book from LSU Press: Traditional New Orleans Jazz...
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Thomas W. Jacobsen
Longtime New Orleans jazz journalist has recently published a book, Traditional New Orleans Jazz, Conversations with the Men Who Make the Music (LSU Press, 2011). Baton Rouge, LA- About a century after its beginnings, traditional jazz remains the definitive music of New Orleans and an international hallmark of the city. In Traditional New Orleans Jazz veteran jazz journalist Thomas Jacobsen discusses the music's legacy with a who's who of the present-day scene's players, from Lionel Ferbos—the city's oldest working jazz ...
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Gunther Schuller: A Life in Pursuit of Music & Beauty
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Michael Ricci
Simultaneously the memoir of a famed composer, conductor, and music educator, and an important historical sourcebook on the American musical scene during the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, the autobiography of Gunther Schuller chronicles the first thirty-five years of this multifaceted and expansive figure's life and work. Schuller began composing music at an early age and joined the Cincinnati Symphony as its principal French horn player at seventeen. Since then he has written for many major orchestras and his ...
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"Keystone Korner: Portrait of a Jazz Club" Photographs and Interviews by Kathy Sloane; Edited by Sascha Feinstein and Kathy Sloane
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Michael Ricci
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. In the December 2005 issue of Jazz Times, esteemed jazz critic Nat Hentoff presented a challenge to writers: “There should be a book about those jazz clubs that have been a vital part of the evolution of the music... with reminiscences by the musicians who played and hung out there." Keystone Korner: Portrait of a Jazz Club answers this summons. During the 1970s, when jazz clubs all over America were folding under the onslaught of rock and roll ...
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"David Baker: A Legacy in Music" By Monika Herzig, with a Foreword by Quincy Jones
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Michael Ricci
From Studio to Stage with One of the World's Best-Loved Living Legends in Music BLOOMINGTON, Ind. A Living Legend, musician, educator, and composer David Baker has made a distinctive mark on the world of music in his nearly 60-year career—as performer (chiefly on trombone and cello), educator, composer, and conductor. In this richly illustrated volume accompanied by a full-length CD, with a foreword by Quincy Jones, Monika Herzig explores Baker's artistic legacy, from his days as a jazz musician in ...
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Jazz & Blues Florida October 2011 Online Edition Posted
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Charles Boyer
The new edition of Jazz & Blues Florida, Florida's free online source for information on live jazz and blues in clubs, concerts and festivals, is now available. The October 2011 online edition of JAZZ & BLUES FLORIDA has been posted at JazzBluesFlorida.com. This month's edition can be read in .pdf format, as well as in a new and improving web-page presentation. This month's preview features include: Main Feature: Sammy Figueroa & His Latin Jazz Explosion Béla Fleck and ...
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The life and times of Papa Jo Jones, gifted raconteur and one of the greatest drummers in the history of jazz
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Anne Klingbeil
Rifftide: The Life and Opinions of Papa Jo Jones By Papa Jo Jones As Told to Albert Murray Edited by Paul Devlin Afterword by Phil Schaap University of Minnesota Press Available: October 2011 The things that I have, I'll give to you. This is my legacy with you, Albert. This is my last hoo-rah. So begins the autobiography of Jonathan David Samuel Jones—or as the world better knows ...
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Jeremy Steig's New Digital Picture Books with Soundtrack
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Jeremy Steig
The new digital picture books (for viewing on your computer display) by Jeremy Steig feature his drawings and music and are available for download from DL-MARKET, one of Japan's biggest digital content markets. These picture books can be a great way to introduce jazz to children, and also a wonderful opportunity to enjoy Jeremy's art and music with original stories by Asako. The picture books are sold at the Coffee Break Theater of Jeremy's website. Each digital picture book runs ...
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Pianist David Haney Purchases Cadence Magazine
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Seattle Jazz Scene
It has been a busy summer for David Haney, pianist, composer, and sometimes Seattleite. In July, he completed his 13th and 14th albums for the New York-based C.I.M.P. Records and Cadence Jazz Records, featuring drum legend Andrew Cyrille and bassist Dominic Duval. He was also featured on the July cover of Cadence magazine. Not long after, Haney purchased Cadence upon learning that it had plans to cease publication. Cadence is a thorough on-going documentation of the improvised music scene for ...
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