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Mirio Cosottini - Improvvisare silenzi

Read "Mirio Cosottini - Improvvisare silenzi" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri

Improvvisare silenzi Mirio Cosottini 149 pagine ISBN: 979-12-55550-71-6 Progetti Sonori 2025 Mirio Cosottini è un personaggio singolare e dalla personalità multiforme: trombettista, compositore, improvvisatore, didatta, filosofo e disegnatore, è dedito allo studio anche teoretico del silenzio e dell'improvvisazione, temi ai quali ha dedicato i libri Playing with Silence (Mimesis, ...

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The Majesty of Chicago Jazz: Twenty-Five Visionaries Who Define the City's Sound

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by Karl Ackermann

The Majesty of Chicago Jazz: Twenty-Five Visionaries Who Define the City's Sound Howard Reich 288 Pages ISBN: #978-0-226-84644-6 University of Chicago Press 2026 Jazz may have been born in New Orleans, but it came of age in Chicago. In The Majesty of Chicago Jazz: Twenty-Five Visionaries Who Define the ...

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Cool Cat Blues: The Life and Times of Georgie Fame, as told to and adapted by Ben Sidran

Read "Cool Cat Blues: The Life and Times of Georgie Fame, as told to and adapted by Ben Sidran" reviewed by Mark McKergow

by Mark McKergow

Cool Cat Blues: The Life and Times of Georgie Fame Ben Sidran 160 Pages ISBN: 9781800509283 Equinox Publishing 2026 British singer and keyboardist Georgie Fame's long career reaches back to the pre-Beatles “swinging London" of the early '60s. After decades with small groups and big bands as well as ...

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Reimagining Panama's Musical And Cultural Narratives Of Jazz

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by Ian Patterson

Reimagining Panama's Musical And Cultural Narratives Of Jazz Patricia Zarate de Perez 203 Pages ISBN: 9781793621832 Lexington Books 2026 A young but precocious music, jazz thrust its way into almost every corner of the planet in double time, shaping and, in turn, being shaped by every culture it has ...

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Cool Heat: Anita O'Day And Her Dangerous Jazz Life

Read "Cool Heat: Anita O'Day And Her Dangerous Jazz Life" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Cool Heat: Anita O'Day and Her Dangerous Jazz Life James Gavin 214 Pages ISBN: # 978 80050 309 0 Equinox 2026 The last words James Gavin writes of the jazz singer, Anita O'Day in Cool Heat: Anita O'Day and Her Dangerous Jazz Life are in thanking the Equinox publication staff ...

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Blow By Blow: The Jeff Beck Story by Brad Tolinski And Chris Gill

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by Doug Collette

Blow By Blow: The Jeff Beck Story Brad Tolinski And Chris Gill 400 pages ISBN: #978-0306836589 Da Capo 2026 Brad Tolinski & Chris Gill do not just tell The Jeff Beck Story in their biography of the maverick guitar genius. Very early in its four-hundred pages, Blow By Blow ...

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Cosmic Music: The Life, Art And Transcendence Of Alice Coltrane

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by Ian Patterson

Cosmic Music: The Life, Art and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane Andy Beta 452 PagesISBN: 978 1 3996 2621 7 White Rabbit2026 As is often the case with marginalized, controversial or divisive figures in jazz, recognition of their achievements tends to come in a rush only after they have passed. Alice ...

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The Rolling Stones - The Biography

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by Thomas Cole

The Rolling Stones, The Biography Bob Spitz 704 ISBN-10 : 0593489098 ISBN-13 : 978-0593489093Penguin2026 Anticipation mounts as the lights are turned down low and finally... the curtain rises and the announcement from the PA system bellows--"Please welcome the Greatest Rock 'N' Roll Band in the World--THE ROLLING STONES!

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Mr. Moonlight: Brian Epstein and the Making of the Beatles By Philip Norman

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by Doug Collette

Mr. Moonlight: Brian Epstein and the Making of the Beatles Philip Norman368 Pages ISBN: 9780306837234 Da Capo 2026 Logic would suggest Philip Norman is uniquely qualified to write the biography of the late manager of the Beatles, Brian Epstein. After all, the British-born author composed Shout!: The Beatles in ...

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Mujician: Keith Tippett – The Authorised Biography by Martin Phillips

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by Mark McKergow

Mujician: Keith Tippett--The Authorised Biography Martin Phillips 325 Pages ISBN: 978 1916320697 Jazz In Britain 2026 Pianist, composer, improviser, and educator Keith Tippett (1947--2020) was a truly original voice in jazz. Born in Bristol, England, to a policeman father and Irish mother, he remained closely connected to his roots in southwest England. He is ...


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