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Ron Westray: Life In Reverse. Tales of a Very Stable Narcissist

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Life In Reverse. Tales of a Very Stable Narcissist Ron Westray 426 Pages ISBN: 9781839980398 First Hill Books / Anthem Press2021 Jazz trombonist Ron Westray (Columbia, SC, 1970) is a prestigious, unique, and generously gifted musician and composer, a brilliant educator, and most of all, an intelligent, witty and ...

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Jazz Places: How Performance Spaces Shape Jazz History

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Jazz Places: How Performance Spaces Shape Jazz History Kimberly Hannon Teal 208 Pages ISBN: 9780520303706 University of California Press 2021 The most famous jazz venues, with a small number of notable modern-day exceptions, are the stuff of jazz lore and legend, tethered inextricably to the bebop era and a ...

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Failure to Fracture: Learning King Crimson's Impossible Song

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Failure to Fracture: Learning King Crimson's Impossible SongAnthony Garone322 PagesISBN: 978- 1949267457Stairway Press2021 Failure to Fracture: Learning King Crimson's Impossible Song. It's as clear a mission statement as might be found anywhere. But musician, guitarist, husband, father, son and high tech professional Anthony Garone has spent more ...

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The History Of Bones

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The History Of Bones John Lurie 448 Pages ISBN: # 9780399592973 Random House 2021 If you are of a certain age (John Lurie was born in 1952) you probably, at one time wanted to be John Lurie. After reading his memoir The History Of Bones, maybe not so much. ...

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Anton Corbijn 1-2-3-4

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1-2- 3-4 Anton Corbijn 352 Pages ISBN: # Prestel 2015 “All great photographers have a third eye and Anton Corbijn has three third eyes," writes guitarist Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones fame about renowned photographer Anton Corbijn's art in the book 1-2-3-4. Richards is one of ...

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The Collected Works of Jim Morrison: Poetry, Journals, Transcripts, and Lyrics

Read "The Collected Works of Jim Morrison: Poetry, Journals, Transcripts, and Lyrics </em>" reviewed by Doug Collette


The Collected Works of Jim Morrison: Poetry, Journals, Transcripts, and Lyrics Jim Morrison 584 Pages ISBN: # 978-0063028975 Harper Collins 2021 As Jim Morrison's career evolved over its egregiously abbreviated lifespan, the lead vocalist for the Doors became as ambivalent about his image as the image itself turned ambiguous. ...

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The Spirit of Music: The Lesson Continues

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The Spirit of Music: The Lesson Continues Victor Wooten 368 Pages ISBN: 978-0593081662 Vintage Books 2021 When he is on stage with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Victor Wooten radiates such an earnest persona, it's easy to forgive him for the flash and flamboyance he displays in his ...

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La Ruta Del Jazz: Itinerario Del Jazz En Michoacán Durante El Siglo XX

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La Ruta del Jazz: Itinerario del Jazz en Michoacán durante el siglo XX Héctor Pena 159 Pages Self Published 2019 In 1884, the City of New Orleans hosted something called the Cotton Centennial Exposition, colloquially called a World's Fair. Alas, the Exposition was something of a bust, plagued by financial ...

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Beneath Missouri Skies: Pat Metheny in Kansas City 1964-1972

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Beneath Missouri Skies: Pat Metheny in Kansas City 1964-1972 Carolyn Glenn Brewer 266 Pages ISBN: # 978-1-57441-823-1 University of North Texas Press 2021 Although Pat Metheny is in many aspects a global citizen, he is first and foremost a native of Missouri. His midwestern-American background and influences appear in ...

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Flavio Caprera: Franco D’Andrea - Un Ritratto

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Franco D'Andrea--Un Ritratto Flavio Caprera 209 pagine ISBN: # 978-88-5925-727-1 EDT 2021 Lo scorso marzo, Franco D'Andrea ha compiuto ottant'anni. Giornalisticamente parlando, un'evidente e ghiotta occasione per ripercorrerne le vicende umane ed artistiche. Sarebbe tuttavia riduttivo vedere in questo Ritratto, che Flavio Caprera ha dedicato ...


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