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Kurt Gottschalk: Little Apples
by Florence Wetzel
Little ApplesKurt GottschalkSoftcover; 184 pagesISBN: 978-0-557-31119-4Spearmint Lit2011 Stories about New York City tend to focus on the city's glamorous side. But in a population of eight million people, only a tiny slice of the city's residents actually live the Sex and the City ...
LZ-'75: The Lost Chronicles of Led Zeppelin's 1975 American Tour
by Phillip Woolever
LZ-'75: The Lost Chronicles of Led Zeppelin's 1975 American Tour Stephen DavisHardcover; 217 pagesISBN: 978-1-592-40589-3Gotham Books2010 It's been a long time since they rocked and rolled, but even more than 30 years after calling it quits, Led Zeppelin remains one of the music ...
Experimentalism Otherwise
by Ian Patterson
Experimentalism OtherwiseBenjamin Piekut 283 pagesISBN: 978-0-520-26850-0University California Press2011 The historical scope of Benjamin Piekut's study of avowedly experimentalist music in Experimentalism Otherwise is confined to what Peikut tantalizingly describes as “four disastrous confrontations within the world of New York experimentalism in 1964." Nevertheless, ...
Derek Bailey: Improvvisazione. Sua natura e pratica in musica
by AAJ Italy Staff
Improvvisazione. Sua natura e pratica in musica Di Derek Bailey ETS Non è un caso che la nuova edizione italiana dell'Improvvisazione di Derek Bailey sia uscita per iniziativa di un filosofo, Arnold I. Davidson, che ne ha proposto la pubblicazione in una collana di filosofia. Il libro di Bailey resta non solo un volume di importanza ...
Alex Steinweiss, The Inventor of the Modern Album Cover
by AAJ Italy Staff
Alex Steinweiss, The Inventor of the Modern Album Cover di Alex Steinweiss, Kevin Reagan, Steven Heller Edizioni Taschen 420 pagine, Euro 49.99 Come tutte le edizioni della Taschen, non è certo questo un libro che si possa portare a letto la sera per conciliare il sonno: non per il soggetto, che anzi per la sua alta ...
Still Inside: The Tony Rice Story
by Jack Huntley
Still Inside: The Tony Rice StoryTim Stafford and Caroline WrightHardcover; 315 pagesISBN: 978-0-578-05113-0Word of Mouth Press, Inc2010 It's a life already mythologized by devotees--how a country boy discovers a god-given talent for guitar and a natural ear, and grows up to dominate the ...
Music Is Rapid Transportation...From The Beatles To Xenakis
by Chris May
Music Is Rapid Transportation...From The Beatles To Xenakis Editor: Daniel Kernohan Paperback; 280 pagesISBN: 9781895166047Chavari Press2010 Music Is Rapid Transportation...From The Beatles To Xenakis is a book many jazz fans would probably like to write. It is, basically, a list of favorite albums. ...
Gypsy Jazz: In Search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy Swing
by Florence Wetzel
Gypsy Jazz: In Search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy Swing Michael Dregin Paperback; 332 pagesISBN: 978019975625-4Oxford University Press2010 Midnight, Pigalle. The red-light district of Paris glows in a nocturnal carnival of neon and incandescent color.... Welcome to Michael ...
Dashiki
by Chris May
Dashiki Florence Wetzel Paperback, 233 pages ISBN: 9781450286626 iUniverse 2011 Billed as “a jazz mystery with a dash of romance," Florence Wetzel's murder-based thriller is that rare beast: a novel set in the jazz world which rings true in every detail. That alone makes it a ...
Follow Your Heart: John McLaughlin Song by Song
by Ian Patterson
Follow Your Heart: John McLaughlin Song by SongWalter KoloskySoftcover; 306 pagesISBN: 978-0-9761016-5-9Abstract Logix Books2010 The title of Walter Kolosky's guide to the entire compositional oeuvre of guitarist/composer John McLaughlin captures the essence of what makes McLaughlin tick. Whether alienating jazz purists at the ...
