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Listening to Prestige: Chronicling Its Classic Jazz Recordings, 1949–1972

by Mike Jurkovic
March 21, 2026

Listening To Prestige Tad Richards 278 Pages ISBN: # 9798855804959 Excelsior Editions/State University of New York 2026 Hubris and romanticism are the clashing hallmarks of history and jazz, like all human endeavors, is no exception. A sinuous, serpentine, and often torturous road through the American landscape: Slavery, poverty, migration, ...

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Listening To Prestige

by Kyle Simpler
March 17, 2026

Listening To Prestige Tad Richards 278 Pages ISBN: # 9798855804959 Excelsior Editions/State University of New York 2026 Shortly after World War II ended, a young music lover named Bob Weinstock opened a record store in Times Square, New York City. The store specialized in jazz recordings, the music that ...

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Tad Richards: Listening to prestige

by Angelo Leonardi
March 13, 2026

Listening to Prestige Tad Richards 266 pagine ISBN: #978-8-85580495-9 State University Of New York Press 2025 Sappiamo tutti che il ruolo delle etichette indipendenti è stato determinante per la diffusione del jazz moderno, negli Stati Uniti degli anni quaranta e cinquanta. Se il contributo della Blue Note Records è ...

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Philly Joe Jones Biography: The Life and Legacy of a Drummer Who Transformed Modern Jazz

by David A. Orthmann
February 16, 2026

Philly Joe Jones Biography: The Life and Legacy of a Drummer Who Transformed Modern JazzMichael C. Davis140 pagesISBN: #9798269455297Self Published2025 Anyone who is seeking out anecdotes about Philly Joe Jones's relationships with a veritable who's who of jazz greats, or particulars of his life off the bandstand, might want to steer clear of Michael ...

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Let Me Be Frank: The Extraordinary Life and Music of Frank Sinatra, Jr.

by Victor L. Schermer
February 7, 2026

Let Me Be Frank: The Extraordinary Life and Music of Frank Sinatra, Jr.Bruce Klauber and Andrea Kauffman216 Pages ISBN: # 97-1-4968-5865-8 University Press of Mississippi2025 Sid Mark, the legendary Philadelphia broadcaster who for many years hosted the iconic radio show “The Sounds of Sinatra," liked to tell a ...

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Franco Bergoglio: Alla Scoperta di Charlie Parker

by Angelo Leonardi
January 26, 2026

Alla scoperta di Charlie Parker--Eredità culturale e storia di un gigante del jazz Franco Bergoglio 343 pagine ISBN: #979-12-56170012 Shake Edizioni 2025 A settant'anni dalla scomparsa, Charlie Parker resta un punto di riferimento centrale per giovani musicisti e appassionati, continuando a emozionare con uno stile rimasto attuale, in quanto ...

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Bill Anschell: Benched

by Paul Rauch
January 2, 2026

Benched Bill Anschell 158 Pages ISBN: # 9798270830021 Blow Hard Music 2025 Bill Anschell is a Seattle-based pianist that has been the recipient of national acclaim for his work as a leader and sideman in jazz. He has released eleven albums as a leader or co-leader on the ...

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The Philosophy Of Jazz

by Ian Patterson
December 30, 2025

The Philosophy Of Jazz Kevin Le Gendre 105 Pages ISBN: 978 0 7123 5503 2 British Library 2025 If you had to recommend just one book on jazz history to a neophyte, which would it be? Ted Gioia's The History of Jazz (Oxford University Press, ...

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Concerto for Cootie. The Life and Times of Cootie Williams

by Richard J Salvucci
December 4, 2025

Cootie. The Life and Times of Cootie Williams Steven C. Bowie 443 Pages ISBN: #9781496859440 University Press of Mississippi 2025 Benny Goodman, who had employed Harry James and Ziggy Elman in his nonpareil 1937 trumpet section, preferred trumpeter Cootie Williams to them, admiring his “unlimited power." Williams had come ...

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Tom Waits and Anton Corbijn: Waits/Corbyn

by Nenad Georgievski
November 30, 2025

Waits/Corbijn Tom Waits and Anton Corbijn 272 pages 978-3791393254 Prestel Publishing2013/2025 Anton Corbijn and Tom Waits are creative forces whose respective crafts have redefined their fields. Corbijn, a Dutch photographer and filmmaker, is celebrated for his stark, atmospheric images that have captured the essence of artists such as ...