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Serhii Artemov In Memoriam
by Ian Patterson
Serhii Artemov: In Memoriam Misha Lyshenko/Ukrainian Institute 40 Pages ISBN: 978-617-7699-56-8 Ukrainian Institute 2024 One day Serhii Artemov was playing jazz, exchanging musical ideas with his fellow musicians as he had done for years. The future looked bright for the young composer and bassist from Dnipro. The next day ...
In the Brewing Luminous: The Life & Music of Cecil Taylor
by Ian Patterson
In the Brewing Luminous: The Life & Music of Cecil TaylorPhilip Freeman 344 Pages ISBN: # ISBN 978-3-9553-261-9 Wolke Verlag 2024 “The thing that makes jazz so interesting is that each man is his own academy," Cecil Taylor once said, (quoted by Val Wilmer in Jazz People, Da Capo, ...
No, Don Porfirio Did Not Invent Jazz, but It Doesn't Matter
by Richard J Salvucci
Visiting Mexican Bands, 1876-1955 Dan Vernhettes 220 pages ISBN: #9782900946046 2022 It is a safe bet that asking a group of music aficionados “Who invented jazz" is likely to elicit a range of answers from “Everyone" to “No One." Even the earnest seeker is apt to come up with a ...
Talking the Groove: Jazz Words from the Morning Star
by Duncan Heining
Talking the Groove: Jazz Words from the Morning Star Chris Searle (foreword by Mike Westbrook) 394 pages ISBN: #978-1-9163206-7-3 Jazz in Britain 2024 Talking the Groove collects Chris Searle's more recent reviews, articles and interviews from the British socialist daily paper, the Morning Star, acting as a follow-up to ...
In the Brewing Luminous: The Life & Music of Cecil Taylor
by Jack Kenny
In the Brewing Luminous: The Life & Music of Cecil TaylorPhilip Freeman 344 Pages ISBN: # ISBN 978-3-9553-261-9 Wolke Verlag 2024 The sign over the nightclub says it all: Cecil Taylor starts where Thelonious Monk leaves off. Jazz has never really come to terms with Cecil Taylor. Comparisons with ...
Soul Salvation: A Gen X Love Letter to the English Beat
by Doug Collette
Soul Salvation: A Gen X Love Letter to the English Beat Marc Wasserman 284 Pages ISBN: # 979-8990026421 DiWulf Publishing2024 Fans of the English Beat, devoted or casual, may be somewhat disappointed Soul Salvation is not the thorough history the ska-pop band deserves. But as the subtitle states, A ...
Kosher Jammers: Jewish Connections In Jazz
by Chris May
Kosher Jammers: Jewish Connections In Jazz Volume 1: The USA Mike Gerber 406 pages ISBN: 979-8-224-74480-0 Vinyl Vanguard 2024 Jews have been so intimately, influentially and copiously involved in the story of jazz that every person's list of ten favourite musicians is almost certain to include one Jewish player, ...
Dave Mason: Only You Know And I Know
by Doug Collette
Only You Know And I Know Dave Mason with Chris Epting 272 Pages ISBN: #979-8218380175 DTM Entertainment 2024 To declare Dave Mason the Zelig of contemporary rock and roll might be accurate, but only to a certain degree. His many and varied associations with figures of note--Traffic, Eric Clapton's ...
Under The Surface: Joost Lijbaart, Sanne Rambags, Bram Stadhouders
by Ian Patterson
Under The Surface Joost Lijbaart, Sanne Rambags, Bram Stadhouders 100 Pages Self Published 2024 Why wait for your 10th anniversary to release a handsome, hardbound coffee-table book replete with stunning photos and illustrations charting your band's trajectory, when you can do so on your 9th? Then again, Under The Surface, ...
Unapologetic Expression: The Inside Story Of The UK Jazz Explosion
by Ian Patterson
Unapologetic Expression: The Inside Story Of The UK Jazz Explosion André Marmot 424 Pages ISBN: 978-0-571-37448-9 Faber & Faber 2024 Anyone who has kept half an eye on the UK/London jazz scene since the turn of the century will likely be aware that jazz there has gone from being ...
