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Music Genius & Industry Legend Quincy Jones Releases 'Songbook'

Source: Michael Ricci
February 5, 2010

With the new video in the works we can all remember the original video of We Are the World. Watching all of our favorite 80's musicians and actors sing their hearts out while being lead by a music Icon, Quincy Jones.

Now we can all feel apart of his musical genius with the release of the songbook The Art and Soul of Quincy Jones. Published by Cherry Lane Music and approved by the legend himself, this keepsake collection celebrates the ...

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Reading "New Orleans Style and the Writing of American Jazz History"

Source: Lubricity
February 5, 2010

New Orleans Style and the Writing of American Jazz History by Bruce Boyd Raeburn

As I mentioned earlier, the year 2010 will see me delving deeply into the still-emerging field of jazz academia.  As a part of that process, Im going to be reading a lot of books and articles.  Furthermore, I am going to be summarizing and commenting on their contents for my own research.

Given that, I thought that Lubricity would be a good place for me to ...

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Randy Sandke's New Book "Where the Dark and Light Folks Meet - Race and the Mythology, Politics, and Business of Jazz" Has Just Been Published on Scarecrow Press

Source: Michael Ricci
February 3, 2010

Randy Sandke tackles the stubborn and controversial question of whether jazz is the product of an insulated African-American environment, shut off from the rest of society by strictures of segregation and discrimination; or whether it is more properly understood as the juncture of a wide variety of influences under the broader umbrella of American culture. This book takes the latter course and shows how the widely accepted exclusionary view has led to decades of misunderstanding surrounding the true history and ...

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The Hypochondriacs

Source: Michael Ricci
February 3, 2010

Brian Dillon's book takes a look at nine famous people and their real and perceived ailments.

One of the gags in Woody Allen's “Whatever Works" involves Allen's neurotic alter ego (Larry David) bemoaning an ulcer. When his ridiculously young girlfriend (Evan Rachel Wood) reminds him that he doesn't have an ulcer, he retorts, “I didn't say I don't have an ulcer -- I said they haven't found one yet." That, in a nutshell, is hypochondria today: health anxiety, inflamed by ...

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Interview: Jeff Gomez of Print is Dead: Books in Our Digital Age (PT. 2)

Source: HypeBot
January 28, 2010

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor, Read Part One

Has the digital age made possible and brought forth the circumstances and tools necessarily to allow for the emergence of a middle class of authors, who can support themselves on a humble income, as opposed to the 'star system' that revolves around ones capacity to become a New York Times Bestseller?

Jeff Gomez: Yes, I think so, although not necessarily outside of the regular publishing system. Instead, the Internet is the ...

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A Life in Music Portrayed by an NEA Jazz Master and His Legendary Friends

Source: Michael Ricci
January 22, 2010

I Walked with Giants: The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath Jimmy Heath and Joseph McLaren Foreword by Bill Cosby, introduction by Wynton Marsalis

Publication Date: February 26, 2010

A life in music portrayed by an NEA Jazz Master and his legendary friends

“I have long admired Jimmy's passion heard so clearly in his music; he is a soulful musician and a consummate educator. In these pages he gives a new voice to his love of life and ...

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A Discussion and Reading by Author Karen Chilton of Her New Book: Hazel Scott: The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist, from Cafe Society to Hollywood to HUAC

Source: Michael Ricci
January 20, 2010

In this fascinating biography, Karen Chilton traces the brilliant arc of the gifted and audacious pianist Hazel Scott, from international stardom to ultimate obscurity. A child prodigy, born in Trinidad and raised in Harlem in the 1920s, Scott's musical talent was cultivated by her musician mother, Alma Long Scott as well as several great jazz luminaries of the period, namely, Art Tatum, Fats Waller, Billie Holiday and Lester Young. Career success was swift for the young pianistshe auditioned at the ...

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New Children's Book Celebrates Django

Source: Michael Ricci
January 14, 2010

“When I think about the best guitar players ever, the first name that comes to mind is Django Reinhardt. No one has ever equaled his sound or technique." - Willie Nelson “The story of Django Reinhardt is a natural for younger audiences...Christensen supports the inspirational story with rich, vibrant paintings that capture the texture and tone of the landscapes in Django's life. The art steals the show here, but the text works fine, too, describing the essence of Django's story ...

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