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Bix
by Mark Sullivan
Bix Scott Chantler 254 Pages ISBN: #9781501190780 (13) Gallery 13 2020 Leon Bismark “Bix" Beiderbecke's brief life has all of the hallmarks of a romantic legend. Wrote and recorded some of the landmark music in the early history of jazz; inspired a generation of soloists; overcame obstacles, including ...
Marco Colonna - E mio padre mi disse che non ero normale
by Neri Pollastri
E mio padre mi disse che non ero normale Marco Colonna ISBN: 9788897604839 Blonk 2020 Chiunque abbia avuto l'occasione di ascoltare Marco Colonna, quarantunenne polistrumentista romano che si sta imponendo come una delle personalità artistiche più interessanti della penisola, sarà stato colpito dal rigore del suo lavoro, che si ...
Peggy Lee: A Century Of Song
by Ian Patterson
Peggy Lee: A Century Of Song Tish Oney 250 pages ISBN: 978-1-5381-2847-3 Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2020 A Century of Song marks the centenary of Peggy Lee's birth, but coming eighteen years after her death, the title is a reminder of the enduring legacy of one of the ...
Brother Robert: Growing Up with Robert Johnson
by C. Michael Bailey
Brother Robert: Growing Up with Robert Johnson Annye C. Anderson, Preston Lauterbach 224 Pages ISBN: # 978-0306845260 Hachette Books 2020 Brother Robert: Growing Up with Robert Johnson is a slim memoir told by Annye C. Anderson, step-sister of Robert Johnson, to author Preston Lauderbach (The Chitlin' Circuit And The ...
Blues Come to Texas: Paul Oliver and Mack McCormick's Unfinished Book
by C. Michael Bailey
Blues Come to Texas: Paul Oliver and Mack McCormick's Unfinished Book Alan B. Govenar (Compiler), Kip Lornell (Contributor) John and Robin Dickson Series in Texas Music, sponsored by the Center for Texas Music History, Texas State University 472 Pages ISBN: # 978-1623496388 Texas A&M University Press 2019 While ...
Playing For Keeps: Improvisation In The Aftermath
by Ian Patterson
Playing For Keeps: Improvisation In The Aftermath Edited by Daniel Fischlin & Eric Porter 352 Pages ISBN: 978-1-4780-0814-9 Duke University Press 2020 Musical improvisation is often described as a conversation. A universal language. Musicians trading back and forth seem to be having a blast, which, on occasion, for ...
Blues From Laurel Canyon: My Life As A Bluesman
by Doug Collette
Blues From Laurel Canyon: My Life As A Bluesman John Mayall with Joel McIver 336 Pages ISBN: #978-1785581786 Omnibus Press 2019 Blues From Laurel Canyon seems an odd assignation of a name for John Mayall's memoir, if only because that main title doesn't quite correspond to its subtitle My ...
Kick It: A Social History Of The Drum Kit
by David A. Orthmann
Kick It: A Social History Of The Drum Kit Matt Brennan 371 Pages ISBN: #978-0-19-068387-0 Oxford University Press 2020 Matt Brennan's Kick It: A Social History Of The Drum Kit is a complex, meticulously researched piece of work that spans several centuries. In the course of over three ...
The Ballad of Tommy LiPuma
by Doug Collette
The Ballad of Tommy LiPuma Ben Sidran 286 pages ISBN: #978-0578556604 Nardis Books 2020 Keyboardist, vocalist, composer and author, plus long-time compatriot of none other than 'The Space Cowboy' himself, Steve Miller, Ben Sidran is the epitome of well-crafted spontaneity. As was, in his own inimitable fashion, musician/producer/entrepreneur ...
