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Stan Kenton: This is an Orchestra!
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Michael Ricci
The University of North Texas Press has confirmed publication of a new book on Stan, with an anticipated publishing date of Spring, 2010. This exciting new project takes an in-depth look at Stan's life and music. Author Michael Sparke will be known to many Kenton devotees for his discographical work, and his liner notes on labels such as Capitol, Mosaic, Tantara and Status. Sparke writes from a fan's point of view, but sorts the musical wheat from the chaff, with ...
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AllAboutJazz-New York October 2009 Issue Now Available!
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Michael Ricci
When talking about the impact of Thelonious Monk, where does one begin? Is it his inimitable style and approach to the piano, one still being dissected today worldwide? Is it his body of compositional work, music absolutely essential to the repertoire of both the most straightahead and avant garde groups? Or perhaps his persona, defining the introspective and cerebral jazz player, is a good starting point. Certainly his massive discography, Picasso-like in its divisions, on labels like Blue Note, Riverside ...
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Emil Viklicky Releases New Book of Transcriptions for Solo Piano
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Michael Ricci
The Digital Dilemma: Finding a Path to Salvation
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HypeBot
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor
With the rise of corporatism in the record industry throughout the 80's and 90's, executives disconnected themselves from what used to matter the most to them: the music. As the business evolved from the long-range, career-building view that artist development allowed to the short-term, hit-making machine that mass-media provided, they grew dependent on a business scheme that was never intended to serve music fans as actual people, who had a personal connection to their culture, ...
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Led Zeppelin: Visual Biography
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JamBase
Led Zeppelin: Good Times, Bad Times A Visual Biography Of The Ultimate Band
By Jerry Prochnicky & Ralph Hulett, foreword by Anthony DeCurtis Arrives October 1
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin: Good Times, Bad Times, A Visual Biography of the Ultimate Band captures the public and private lives of the legendary band through rare and iconic photographs, accompanied by insightful commentary. The book arrives in the 40th anniversary year of the group's first two albums, Led Zeppelin I and ...
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Thelonious Monk the Life and Times of an American Original
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Michael Ricci
"...[A] breath of fresh air amongst the biographies of our legendary jazz musicians. This book is thorough, detailed and written with a true affinity for Monk's humaneness and creative musical output." --Chick Corea Composer, performer, icon of the jazz world: Thelonious Sphere Monk broke rules of musical composition and created a body of work and a sound distinctively his own. His songs (“Round Midnight,” “Straight, No Chaser,” “Well, You Needn’t,” “Ruby, My Dear”), with their witty use of dissonance and ...
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Early Reviews of 'The Jazz Composer, Moving Music off the Paper'
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All About Jazz
Early reviews of the jazz composer, moving music off the paper
His commentaries give you new listening experiences and understanding, mindstorm of a book. Chris Searle, The Morning Star
This evaluation of the art is accessible to any layman with ears. Contradicting conventional wisdom about some composers … he backs his positions with evidence and references and makes readers think hard about what they listen to. This is an important book. Doug Ramsey, Rifftides ...
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Son House Bio, Preachin the Blues: The Life and Music of Son House
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Just Roots PR
Guitarist/vocalist Son House was a powerful, impassioned performer and a pivotal figure in Delta Blues.
University of Rochester professor Dan Beaumont has announced his forthcoming book, Preachin’ the Blues: The Life And Music Of Son House.
This is the first full-length biography of Son House, and will be published by Oxford University Press in 2010.
About Son House Son House was born approximately March 21, 1902 in Riverton, Mississippi. House’s life was one of “dramatic reversals.” Whereas a ...
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