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Studs Terkel's Giants of Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
June 29, 2008

Studs Terkel's first book, Giants of Jazz, is a beautifully illustrated collection of portraits of America's jazz legends.

Inspired by a childhood fascination with jazz, Terkel uses firsthand interviews with artists such as Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker to tell the human stories behind the heroes that shaped this uniquely American music form. Reissued with the original illustrations and discography, Giants of Jazz offers a unique glimpse into the lives of America's jazz greats. ...

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Bobby Zankel & the Warriors of the Wonderful Sound in New Published Book "Tritone Tantra" in the Photonality Jazz Series

Source: All About Jazz
June 26, 2008

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Traps Magazine Sells out Lenny White; Issue 6 Feature on Return to Forever Drummer: Free Download Available

Source: All About Jazz
June 24, 2008

San Jose, Calif., -- With Return To Forever receiving rave reviews, it should be no surprise that Enter Music Publishing, publishers of hip, drum/percussion magazines worldwide, has completely sold out Issue 6, featuring Lenny White on the Cover. As a result, Enter Music Publishing has made available the Lenny White feature as a free download here. The success of the Lenny White Issue is similiar to that of Enter Music Publishing's Issue 3, featuring John Bonham on the cover, which ...

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Bruce Springsteen Limited Edition Book

Source: All About Jazz
June 22, 2008

Through the years, I've read almost every book written about Springsteen. Some are great and many are not. Over time, I've even become cynical when I hear about new books. In the last few years, there have been a plethora of coffee table book releases in the Springsteen world. Each one in itself is a gorgeous work of art that will glisten on your polished coffee table. However, chances are you are still missing the ultimate Bruce Springsteen keepsake; For ...

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Love at First Touch

Source: Michael Ricci
June 15, 2008

Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano. The real hero of Katie Hafner's book “A Romance on Three Legs" is not, as the subtitle suggests, the pianist Glenn Gould, or even the piano he was obsessed with, but a nearly blind man named Verne Edquist, who confirms that behind every great pianist is a great tuner. Hafner, a former correspondent for The New York Times, tells Gould's story through his obsessions, for which this Canadian virtuoso became almost as ...

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Recent Listening, in Brief

Source: All About Jazz
June 13, 2008

James Carter, Present Tense (Emarcy). When he burst onto the jazz scene from Detroit in the early '90s, Carter's virtuosity on an arsenal of woodwinds sometimes overrode content in his music. After a three-year recording hiatus, he reappears with no loss of dazzle and with the benefits of self-editing. Carter mixes original compositions and classics. Highlights: the rhythmic intensity of his flute work on Dodo Marmarosa's “Dodo's Bounce," his reflective gospel coda to a speedy baritone saxophone romp through Gigi Gryce's ...

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Book: Glenn Gould

Source: All About Jazz
June 11, 2008

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"Homeland & Hiphop " with Rick Iannacone / New Book Published in the Photonality Jazz Series

Source: All About Jazz
June 8, 2008

Homeland & HipHop is a visual music composition from the performance of legendary Philadelphia guitarist Rick Iannacone at Tritone on South Street in Philly. Rick's sound is like standing in the eye of a hurricane where everything is still and the movement of sound is whirling around you. One can hear homeland jazz, funk, hip hop, rock and a number of other music genres all fused into a distinct Iannacone Philly sound.This composition uses the medium of Photonality, which basically ...

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