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Sittin' In: Jazz Clubs of the 1940s and 1950s

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Sittin' In Jeff Gold 256 Pages ISBN: # 978-0-06- 291470-5 Harper Design 2020 Every picture tells a story. After mining for gold in the form of photographic riches, author Jeff Gold knew he had a rare and precious find. Previously undiscovered vintage photographs from jazz clubs of the 1940's ...

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Bowie's Books: The Hundred Literary Heroes Who Changed His Life

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Bowie's Books. The Hundred Literary Heroes Who Changed His Life John O'Connell 263 Pages ISBN: 1526605805 Bloomsbury 2019 Only a handful of musicians have embraced the continuous changes of musical directions, characters, and styles that singer David Bowie has during his long and illustrious career. It is difficult to ...

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Jimmy Page: The Anthology

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The Anthology Jimmy Page 400 Pages ISBN: 978-1905662616 Genesis-Publications 2020 Just like the custom built Black Zoso Les Paul Gibson adorning the front cover, Jimmy Page: The Anthology is a lavishly crafted artifact that celebrates Jimmy Page's long and illustrious career. The Anthology is the third official book from ...

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Komeda: A Private Life In Jazz

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Komeda: A Private Life In Jazz Magdalena Grzebałkowska 456 Pages ISBN: 978 1 78179 945 1 Equinox Publishing2020 That it has taken over fifty years for the first English-language biography of Krzysztof Komeda to appear reflects the pianist/composer's underground status outside his native Poland. Yet no history of European ...

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Anton Corbijn: Mood/Mode

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Mode/Mood Anton Corbijn 240 Pages ISBN: 9463887377 Cannibal Publishing 2020 In a career that spans four plus decades, photographer and film director Anton Corbijn became one of the best-known names in music photography. He was behind the lens of some of the most iconic music images of all time. ...

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George Gruel: Lawyers Guns & Photos: Photographs and tales of my adventures with Warren Zevon - Deluxe International Edition

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Lawyers, Guns & Photos: Photographs and tales of my adventures with Warren Zevon George Gruel 112 Pages ISBN: # 978-0615617725 Big Gorilla Books 2020 George Gruel may not have been Warren Zevon's only jack-of-all-trades, road manager and aide-de-camp (for six years), but having been called out to the ...

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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 Bebop pioneer Charlie Parker came to California in December, 1945 to play alto saxophone in trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's band at Billy Berg's Hollywood jazz club. ...

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Instrumental by Dave Chisholm

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Instrumental Dave Chisholm 136 Pages ISBN: # 1940878152 Z2 Comics 2017 With Instrumental trumpeter/composer/cartoonist Dave Chisholm presents a black and white morality tale about a struggling young trumpeter and bandleader—with an accompanying soundtrack. There have been previous instances of visual/musical collaborations: I think of Alan Moore's The Birth ...

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Jazz: A Love Letter

Read "Jazz: A Love Letter" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello


Jazz: A Love Letter Frank McGowan 75 Pages ISBN: #-13: 978-1798827819 ISBN-10: 1798827816 Self Published 2020 Frank McGowan's self-described love letter delivers a Golden Guy's and former semi-professional trumpeter's glance in the proverbial musical rear-view mirror. The highly-entertaining work is chock-filled with reminisces, bump-intos and you-are-there anecdotes that will ...

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Ornette Coleman: The Territory And The Adventure

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Ornette Coleman: The Territory And The Adventure Maria Golia 368 Pages ISBN: #9781789142235 University of Chicago Press 2020 Ornette Coleman holds a singular place in jazz history. The seeds of change in jazz had been sewn by Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra, John Coltrane and their cohorts, but Coleman's ...


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