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Duncan Heining: Trad Dads, Dirty Boppers, and Free Fusioneers - British Jazz, 1960-1975
by Mike Oppenheim
Trad Dads, Dirty Boppers, and Free Fusioneers: British Jazz, 1960-1975 Duncan Heining pp. 486 ISBN: 978-1-84553-405-9 Equinox Publishing Ltd. 2012 Trad Dads, Dirty Boppers, and Free Fusioneers: British Jazz, 1960-1975, by freelance writer Duncan Heining, is a significant addition to the jazz literature. Consisting of fourteen chapters and 450 ...
Tim Nikolsky: Australian Jazz Real Book
by Ian Patterson
Australian Jazz Real Book Tim Nikolsky 662 pages ISBN: 979-0-9009613-5-8 Australian Jazz Real Book 2013 It's been five years in the making, but finally, Melbourne guitarist Tim Nikolsky's one-man crusade to assemble an Australian Jazz Real Book has succeeded. In fact, as Nikolsky related ...
Hannah Rothschild: The Baroness - The search for Nica, the rebellious Rothschild
by Adriana Carcu
The Baroness: The Search for Nica, the Rebellious Rothschild Hannah Rothschild Pages 307 ISBN: 978-1-84408-603-0 Virago Press 2012 Pannonica Rothschild is the paragon of rebellious romanticism and of the fascination for music, carried to the ultimate consequence. She has become the symbol of those dreams we dare not fulfill, ...
Stefano Bollani con Alberto Riva: Parliamo di musica
by AAJ Italy Staff
Parliamo di musica di Stefano Bollani con Alberto Riva Mondadori, Milano 2012 PP. 138 Bollani non è uno scrittore esordiente. Si era già confrontato con il romanzo breve e con il racconto storico in due suoi libri, rispettivamente La sindrome di Brontolo e L'america di Renato Carosone. Insieme a David Riondino e Mirko Guerrini, ha messo ...
Brad Tolinski: Light and Shade - Conversations with Jimmy Page
by Nenad Georgievski
Light and Shade--Conversations with Jimmy PageBrad Tolinski320 PagesISBN: 978-0307985712Crown Publishing2012Music and mythology have shared stories for at least as long as recorded history. Mythology has always been important to rock 'n' roll music since its early days, and within that guitarist Jimmy Page is ...
Glen Boyd: Neil Young FAQ - Everything Left to Know About the Iconic and Mercurial Rocker
by Doug Collette
Neil Young FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Iconic and Mercurial RockerGlen Boyd400 pagesISBN: 978-1617130373Backbeat Books2012Glen Boyd's Neil Young FAQ contains plenty of good information and a fair amount of insight into the work of “The Iconic and Mercurial Rocker" referred to in ...
Gil Scott-Heron: The Last Holiday - A Memoir
by AAJ Italy Staff
Gil Scott-Heron The Last Holiday - A Memoir Grove Press - 320 pp. - $25 Unico, sregolato, fuori luogo, amatissimo, talentuoso, sprecone... questo e molto altro è stato Gil Scott-Heron, scomparso a soli sessantadue anni nel maggio del 2011. Provate però a chiedere un po' in giro. Anche da chi lo ha apprezzato si rischia sempre ...
1000 dischi per un secolo, 1900>2000
by AAJ Italy Staff
1000 dischi per un secolo, 1900>2000 di Enrico Merlin Il Saggiatore - 2012 - pp. 960, Di una cosa si può essere abbastanza certi: o l'editoria italiana non brilla per particolare fantasia o libri come questo continuano ad avere un forte riscontro di vendite. Facile che entrambe le opzioni siano vere. Non occorre infatti avere una ...
Barney Hoskyns: Trampled Under Foot - The Power and Excess of Led Zeppelin
by Nenad Georgievski
Trampled Under Foot: The Power and Excess of Led Zeppelin Barney Hoskyns 640 pages ISBN: 9780571259359 Faber and Faber 2012 It takes little for a band of such stature as Led Zeppelin to start a raging wildfire or to cause tsunami-like shockwaves every time ...
Marc Myers: Why Jazz Happened
by David Rickert
Why Jazz HappenedMarc Myers248 pagesISBN: 978-0-520-26878-4University of California Press2012Many books have been written on how jazz happened, but few have focused on why jazz happened. In Marc Myers' new book, Why Jazz Happened, he does just that: explore the economic, technological, and social forces ...
