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Universal Tonality: The Life and Music of William Parker

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Universal Tonality: The Life And Music Of William Parker Cisco Bradley 384 Pages ISBN: # 978147801014 Duke University Press 2021 Who is William Parker? He is a jazz bassist, yes. But he is also a band leader, composer, writer & poet, community organizer, peace activist, and cultural anthropologist. Cisco ...

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Gerlando Gatto - Il Jazz Italiano In Epoca Covid

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Il jazz italiano in epoca covid Gerlando Gatto 217 pagine ISBN: 9781716705380 Autoprodotto 2020 Terzo libro di interviste a musicisti di Gerlando Gatto, dopo i precedenti Gente di jazz e L'altra metà del jazz. Ma questo nuovo lavoro ha un tema ben particolare, che gli impone una specifica ...

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This Is Bop: Jon Hendricks And The Art Of Vocal Jazz

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This Is Bop: Jon Hendricks And The Art Of Vocal Jazz Peter Jones 263 Pages ISBN: 978 1 78179 874 4 Equinox Publishing 2020 Few are the jazz singers accorded the fanfare usually reserved for the music's great instrumentalists. Jon Hendricks was one, taking scat and vocalese to unprecedented ...

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The Sound I Saw

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This article was co-written with Joshua Bleeker. The Sound I Saw Roy DeCarava 208 pages ISBN: # 13: 978-1644230107 David Zwirner Books 2019 When two or more art forms combine, they may serve and harmonize and support each other or they ...

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Billie Holiday: la vita e la voce

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Billie Holiday: la vita e la voce Guido Santato 151 pagine ISBN: 978-88-290-0287-0 Carocci Editore 2020 Il principale merito di Guido Santato nel suo Billie Holiday: la vita e la voce, pubblicato da Carocci Editore, è la capacità di districarsi abilmente nella selva di materiale bibliografico e discografico prodotto ...

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John Densmore: The Seekers: Meetings With Remarkable Musicians (And Other Artists)

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The Seekers: Meetings With Remarkable Musicians (and Other Artists) John Densmore 240 pages ISBN: #978-0306846236 Hachette Books2020 John Densmore's third book, The Seekers, carries the unusual distinction of featuring a blurb on its back cover that actually speaks accurately to the contents inside. John Doe, co-founder of seminal punk ...

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Chasin' the Bird: Charlie Parker in California

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Chasin' the Bird: Charlie Parker in California David Chisholm: writing drawing and lettering; Peter Markowski: colors 144 Pages ISBN: 978-1940878386 (13) Z2 Comics 2020 History remembers (and misremembers) the greats of human achievement. They are celebrated, critiqued, deemed over-rated, deemed under-rated, interpreted, and reinterpreted through myriad forms of expression, ...

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Hear My Train A Comin': The Songs Of Jimi Hendrix

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Hear My Train A Comin':The Songs Of Jimi Hendrix Kevin Le Gendre 240 Pages ISBN: 97818000500143 Equinox 2020 Few artists have burned as briefly and brightly as Jimi Hendrix, the Afro-American guitarist and singer who set the late 1960s alight with his virtuosity and showmanship. Fifty years after he ...

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Keith Jarrett: A Biography

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Keith Jarrett: A Biography Wolfgang Sandner 215 Pages ISBN: 9781800500112 Equinox Publishing 2020 Given his impact on jazz and solo improvisation this past half century, relatively few are the books on Keith Jarrett. This is surprising, considering all the critical acclaim, the phenomenal influence he has had on countless ...

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What, and Give Up Showbiz?

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What, and Give Up Showbiz: Six Decades in the Music Business Fred Taylor (with Richard Vacca) 276 Pages 978-1493051847 Backbeat Books 2020 In his upcoming biography (December, 2020), What, and Give Up Showbiz?: Six Decades in the Music Business, Boston's late legendary and iconic music impresario Fred Taylor ...


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