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Book Review: White Jazz by James Ellroy
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 ...
The Story Behind the Smile: Terry Teachout's "Pops"
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 ...
Jazz and Drugs in 1960
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 ...
Enter Music Publishing Thrives And Survives In 2010 Looking Back At DRUM!'s Rolling Ride Over The Year
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 ...
New Book "Free to be Creative at the Piano" Frees the Muscian Within
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 ...
All Roads Lead to Newton Grove
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 ...
“I Slept With Joey Ramone – A Punk Rock Family Memoir” Released In Paperback; New Added Epilogue Contains Detailed Updated Events!
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 ...
Miles: The Companion Guide to the Autobiography, Final Cover Reveal
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 ...
Grab a Free Copy of the New Rockstar Philosophy
The crew at The New Rockstar Philosophy wants you to take their book while it's still free. On November 30, they're taking the download off their site. In the meantime, they're asking readers to help them with edits, suggestions, and spelling errors, among other things. Their goal is to emerge with a physical book; one the ...
Book: Maynard Ferguson
Ralph Junghem, Maynard! (Buster Ann). Jungheim's book is a collection of 30 transcribed reminiscences about the trumpeter and bandleader. Most of them are by musicians, but Ferguson's valet, bus driver and instrument maker also contribute. Some of the anecdotes are amusing, some interesting, some appalling. The exclamation point after his name in the title applies to ...
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