Book / Magazine News

African American Jazz Musicians in the Diaspora

Source: All About Jazz
February 19, 2003

African American Jazz Musicians in the Diaspora is a new book that examines the migration of Jazz Musicians to France, Germany, England, Holland, Russia, China, Japan, Turkey, Morocco, and other countries from the end of World War I to the present. These musicians found that the Jim Crow Laws were not universal, and they were hailed as the epitome of high culture all over the world. For example, soprano saxophone virtuoso Sidney Bechet played at England's Buckingham Palace in 1919, ...

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Buddy Defranco Biography Released

Source: All About Jazz
February 3, 2003

Parkside Publications is pleased to announce the release of A Life in the Golden Age of Jazz: A Biography of Buddy DeFranco, by Fabrice Zammarchi and Sylvie Mas. Celebrating Buddy's 80th birthday this month, this major jazz biography traces the career of one of the “senior statesmen" of jazz, and may be the most comprehensive jazz biography ever produced. It's done in large “coffee-table" format, with 386 pages and 324 photos, all produced in beautiful duotone on heavy matte paper. ...

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Send Your Bio for Lewis Porter's Encyclopedia

Source: All About Jazz
January 3, 2003

Updated: September 23, 2004 The deadline for this project has come and gone. Please do not reply to this solicitation.

A CALL TO ALL JAZZ MUSICIANS TO BE INCLUDED IN A NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA EDITED BY LEWIS PORTER--I'M NOW ACCEPTING INFO THROUGH JANUARY 31st, 2003!!

Please send this to EVERY professional jazz artist on your mailing lists.

BASICALLY I NEED YOUR LATEST BIO, INCLUDING DISCOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY, AND A BIT OF YOUR FAMILY HISTORY.

SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS--IF YOU ...

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Book Signing for "The Traveler" and Musical Performance with Perry Robinson

Source: All About Jazz
November 18, 2002

Thursday, November 21

Book signing for The Traveler and musical performance with Perry Robinson, Mark Whitecage on horns, Bob Arkin on bass, Hilly Dolganes on piano, and others to be announced

The Uptown 33 North Front Street, Kingston, NY 9:00 pm, $10, 845-339-8440

Born in 1938, Perry Robinson is the son of famous composer Earl Robinson ("The House I Live In," “Joe Hill"). For the past 50 years he has devoted himself to the art of ...

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Ben Ratliff's "The New York Times Essential Library: Jazz A Critic's Guide To The 100 Most Important Recordings"

Source: All About Jazz
November 8, 2002

For both newcomers just beginning their jazz library and veterans looking to deepen their understanding, Ben Ratliff's THE NEW YORK TIMES ESSENTIAL LIBRARY: JAZZ A Critic's Guide to the 100 Most Important Recordings (Times Books/An imprint of Henry Holt and Company, November 6, 2002; $16.00) offers a compact yet wide-ranging collector's guide that no fundamental or diverse library should be without. Ratliff draws on his expertise as a jazz and pop critic at The New York Times to fill this ...

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Real and Original Tunes and the Music of Stuart H. Tresser is Now Available in a Bb Folio

Source: All About Jazz
November 1, 2002

Tresser Printing Office has just printed “Real and Original Tunes", and the music of Stuart H. Tresser for Bb instruments (Horns). If you would like to purchase a copy, contact:

TRESSER PRINTING OFFICE 90 East 46th Street Brooklyn, New York 11203-1815

This 32 page collection of original melodies, and music is NOT yet available in stores, and can be ordered directly. Price per copy is $7.00 plus $1.30 shipping or $ 8.30 each. Make check or ...

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The NPR Curious Listener's Guide To Jazz by Loren Schoenberg

Source: All About Jazz
September 12, 2002

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Alyn Shipton's Exhilarating History of America's Red Hot Music: "Jazz Makers Vanguards of Sound"

Source: All About Jazz
September 11, 2002

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