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Lennie Tristano – C-Minor Complex

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Lennie Tristano - C-Minor Complex di Marco Di Battista Pagine 80 Euro 10,00. La dimensione, più che del libro vero e proprio, è quella del saggio lungo: qualche decina di pagine (non poco spazio è infatti destinato alla scrittura su pentagramma) traccia dapprima un profilo di Tristano (calato nella sua epoca, a sua volta succintamente ripercorsa) ...

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Dizionario del Pop-Rock

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Dizionario del Pop-Rock A cura di Enzo Gentile e Alberto Tonti Zanichelli Editore - Pagine 1896 - Euro 33 Oltre ad avere cambiato radicalmente il paesaggio sonoro del '900, la popular music ha ormai acquisito pieno status d'arte nonché la dovuta attenzione nel campo della ricerca storico-musicologica. A fornircene un quadro aggiornato provvede la nuova edizione ...

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Stealing Hearts At A Travelling Show: The Graphic Design of "U2"

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Stealing Hearts At A Travelling Show: The Graphic Design of “U2" Lisa Godson 106 Pages ISBN: 0954519302 AMP Visual 2003 Since its humble beginnings in the 1960s, the album cover has travelled a long distance from being a practical protective packaging to a miniature canvas rife with famous and ...

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Kevin Avery: Everything Is An Afterthought - The Life And Writings of Paul Nelson

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Everything Is An Afterthought: The Life And Writings of Paul NelsonKevin Avery497 PagesISBN: 978-1-60699-475-7Fantagraphics Books2011There was a golden age of music criticism ruled by names like Dave Marsh, Ben Fong-Torres, Robert Christgau, Jon Landau, Greil Marcus, Ralph Gleason, Lester Bangs...and Paul Nelson. Once the ...

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Pete Townshend: Who I Am

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Who I AmPete Townshend544 pagesISBN: 978-0062127242Harper2012Guitarist Pete Townshend's autobiography is an engrossing, memorable read, due to the rigorous discipline Townshend applies to his writing, comparable to that which he devoted to his greatest music.Nevertheless, anyone looking for the comprehensive story of this ...

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Walter Kolosky: Power, Beauty and Passion - The Story of the Legendary Mahavishnu Orchestra

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Power, Passion and Beauty: The Story of the Legendary Mahavishnu Orchestra Walter Kolosky Pages: 325 ISBN:978-0-9761016-8-0 Self-published e-book 2012 Walter Kolosky's Power, Passion and Beauty: The Story of the Legendary Mahavishnu Orchestra (Abstract Logix Books, 2005) now finds its way into e-book format, which is good news for ...

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Rob Jovanovic: Nirvana - The Recording Sessions

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Nirvana: The Recording Sessions di Rob Jovanovic Soundcheck Books Di libri sui Nirvana si potrebbero riempire tutti gli scaffali di una libreria. Alcuni validi, altri meno. Per lo più incentrati sulla vicenda personale del leader della band, Kurt Cobain, tragica icona del “grunge" (ovvero l'ultima vera rivoluzione del rock, esplosa a Seattle a cavallo tra gli ...

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The Rolling Stones - 50 Years

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The Rolling Stones--50 godinaHrvoje Horvat and Darko Glavan226ISBN: 978-953-313-079-8Profil knjiga d.o.o.2012Taking into consideration the short lifespan of a rock band, the longevity of the Rolling Stones can be counted as a miracle in an almost biblical sense. The question also arises of how many ...

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Diego Fischerman & Abel Gilbert: Piazzolla

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Piazzolla di Diego Fischerman & Abel Gilbert Minimum Fax Un approccio multidisciplinare era d'obbligo per la biografia di uno dei più importanti compositori del '900. Come la musica di Piazzolla fluttua tra vari mondi musicali e non (letteratura, cinema, teatro, danza), così questo splendido saggio a lui dedicato ne ricostruisce mirabilmente gli intrecci con i vari ...

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Neil Young: Waging Heavy Peace

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Neil Young Waging Heavy Peace502 pagesISBN: 9780339159466Viking2012An argument can be made that the three greatest artists in the history of contemporary rock music are Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Neil Young, in no particular order. The most controversial amongst the three would be Young. ...


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