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Chris Searle: Red Groove

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Red Groove Chris Searle 283 pages ISBN: 978-1907869495 Five Leaves 2013 The life story of poet, teacher, author and activist Chris Searle is as intriguing as that of many of the musicians he discusses in Red Groove. Teaching at an inner city school in ...

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Albert Ayler: Lo spirito e la rivolta

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di Peter Niklas Wilson Albert Ayler e la sua musica non sono più un equivoco. Il tempo, che non sempre è galantuomo, ha reso giustizia al sassofonista di Cleveland. Non tanto perché ci fosse bisogno di levarlo dall'ombra; la centralità di Ayler non è mai stata in discussione. Il merito che va riconosciuto al ...

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Larry "Ratso" Sloman: On the Road with Bob Dylan

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On the Road with Bob Dylan Larry “Ratso" Sloman 461 pages ISBN: 1400045967 Crown Publishing 1978 (2002) In the autumn of 1975 singer songwriter Bob Dylan assembled a group of musicians for a variety show tour and this caravan named Rolling Thunder Revue enlisted people like poet Allen ...

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John F. Szwed: Space Is the Place. La vita e la musica di Sun Ra

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Space Is the Place. La vita e la musica di Sun Ra di John F. Szwed Minimum Fax18 euro Chi ama profondamente il jazz non può sottrarsi al fascino di Herman Poole Blount, alias Sun Ra (1914-1993). Ormai un classico della più aggiornata storiografia jazzistica, questo libro ne rievoca magistralmente i controversi aspetti biografici ed artistici. ...

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The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History And The Challenge of Bebop

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The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History And The Challenge of Bebop Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr. 240 pages ISBN: 978-0-520-24391-0 University of California Press 2013 A new book on pianist Bud Powell is something of an event. The first full length book on one of jazz's most dazzling ...

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Tony Allen: An Autobiography Of The Master Drummer Of Afrobeat

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Tony Allen: An Autobiography Of The Master Drummer Of Afrobeat Michael Veal ISBN: 978-0-8223-5591-5 Duke University Press 2013 First of all, drummers are going to love this book. With so few autobiographies of drummers in print, the publication of Tony Allen: An Autobiography of the Master Drummer of ...

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Maurizio Marino: Gianni Sassi – Fuori di Testa

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Gianni Sassi--Fuori di Testa di Maurizio Marino Castelvecchi Editore Gianni Sassi, nato a Varese nel 1938 e scomparso a Milano nel 1993, è stato uno dei 'comunicatori multimediali' più importanti e fondativi del nostro paese, in un'epoca tormentata e rigogliosa, carica di pulsioni politiche (alle quali Sassi è sempre stato sensibile) e di rivoluzioni intime che ...

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Mingus Speaks

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Mingus Speaks John F. Goodman 329 pages ISBN: 978-0-520-27523-2 University of California Press 2013 Many are the books written about bassist/composer and bandleader Charles Mingus--one of the most influential jazz figures of the post-war years. His own autobiographical work, Beneath the Underdog (Knopf, 1971) was a sprawling, boiling stew ...

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Jo Gelbard: Miles and Jo – Love Story in Blue

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Miles and Jo--Love Story in Blue di Jo Gelbard Authorhouse Jo Gelbard è stata l'ultima compagna di Miles Davis, la donna che lo ha tenuto per mano mentre il grande trombettista esalava l'ultimo respiro, nella notte di quel fatidico 28 settembre del 1991. In questo bel libro Jo racconta la propria storia, con particolare riguardo agli ...

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Larry Birnbaum: Before Elvis - The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll

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Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'n' RollLarry Birnbaum474 pagesISBN: 978-0810886285Scarecrow Press2013 “Rock 'n' Roll is just the blues sped up." That statement might have satisfied a generation of listeners who barely scratched beneath the surface of the genre, looking ...


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