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Book Review: White Jazz by James Ellroy
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Music and More by Tim Niland
The fourth and final installment in James Ellroy's epic L.A. Quartet is one of his bleakest titles (and that is really saying something) but overcomes this with a rollicking and jittery energy that never lets up. Police lieutenant Dave Klein is stuck between a rock and a hard place: he's murdered a suspect, one of many crimes he has committed in the line of duty. The federal prosecutor is bearing down, threatening to prosecute him unless he rolls over on ...
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The Story Behind the Smile: Terry Teachout's "Pops"
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Riffs on Jazz by John Anderson
I just finished reading Terry Teachout's biography of Louis Armstrong, Pops, which is now out in paperback, and can recommend it wholeheartedly. Teachout, the drama critic of the Wall Street Journal, had access to a lot of previously unavailable material on Armstrong, including over 650 reels of tape recordings made by “Satchmo" during the last two decades of his life. This provides a very intimate and fascinating look at the man behind the very public persona: his dope smoking, his ...
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Jazz and Drugs in 1960
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
For the November 1960 issue of Playboy, the magazine assembled a panel of musicians to discuss drug addiction in the jazz world and the public's perception of jazz as a result. The topic was a hot one back then, coming off the 1950s. And yet in historical perspective, the topic's urgency seems somewhat ludicrous. Within seven years, drugs would become an integral part of the rock and youth culture, resulting in psychedelic album covers, masses of stoned concertgoers and rock-star ...
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Enter Music Publishing Thrives And Survives In 2010 Looking Back At DRUM!'s Rolling Ride Over The Year
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JCM Media
San Jose, Calif.,—Enter Music Publishing, publishers of hip, drum/percussion magazines worldwide and online, had a very interesting year. Despite the economy, the company was very successful in regard to its commitment in covering the drum industry in its position as the best magazine in the industry. Here's what happened... Getting Down With The Drummies Enter Music Publishing's Drummies, its annual awards/poll consisting of 40 categories, had record-breaking results with more than 6500 drummers casting votes. This year's Drummies had some ...
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New Book "Free to be Creative at the Piano" Frees the Muscian Within
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Edward Weiss
Edward Weiss has announced the release of his new book, “Free to be Creative at the Piano: A Revolutionary Approach to Music Making." Weiss is a well-known pianist and composer, and the webmaster of Quiescence Music. His new 342-page book is available in paperback at Amazon.com and retails for $12.97. The book is a comprehensive guide that anyone can use to learn to play New Age music. The system is the only one of its kind currently available and represents ...
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All Roads Lead to Newton Grove
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Jazz Loft Project by Sam Stephenson
All Roads Lead to Newton Grove. By Pamela Monk Kelley. 2010. All Roads Lead to Newton Grove is a new book on the Monk family history by Pamela Monk Kelley. Her grandfather, Theodore Babe Monk, and Thelonious Monk's father, Thelonious, Sr., were brothers. They were born and raised in Newton Grove, North Carolina. Thelonious, Sr. moved to Rocky Mount for work in the growing railroad town. Pam's father Conley F. Monk moved to New Haven, CT many years ago. Pam ...
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“I Slept With Joey Ramone – A Punk Rock Family Memoir” Released In Paperback; New Added Epilogue Contains Detailed Updated Events!
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Stephen M. Thornton
When Mickey Leigh—musician and brother of punk rock star Joey Ramone—wrote “I Slept With Joey Ramone—A Punk Rock Family Memoir," he thought he'd told it all: what it was like to grow up as Joey's younger brother, how the formation of the Ramones band came to be, the behind the scenes highs and lows of the music business in the tumultuous and exciting punk rock era. But that is not the end of the story! The release of the paperback ...
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Miles: The Companion Guide to the Autobiography, Final Cover Reveal
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Marc Antomattei Productions
Last month on Halloween day, All About Jazz was exclusively the first jazz website to break the news about a new Miles Davis book (Miles: The Companion Guide to the Autobiography) currently in the works by Marc Antomattei Press. At that time the author shared a brief synopsis about the book with AAJ. The short news release was one of the most read and shared news articles during the month of November. About a month later on Thanksgiving Day we ...
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