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ECM Catalog
by AAJ Italy Staff
ECM Catalog A cura di Kenny Inaoka Kirara Sha - Kawade Shobou L'ECM Rercords (Editions of Contemporary Music) di Manfred Eicher non ha certo bisogno di presentazioni. Se da un lato può anche dividere gli appassionati di jazz per quella raffinatezza dei suoni, che la riporta ad una totale riconoscibilità, certamente è a tutt'oggi l'etichetta mondiale ...
Sun Ra: Interviews & Essays
by Florence Wetzel
Sun Ra: Interviews & EssaysJohn Sinclair, editorSoftcover; 256 pagesISBN: 9781900486729Headpress2010 In a jazz world full of colorful characters, nobody shines as brilliantly as keyboardist and bandleader Sun Ra (1914-93). Born Herman Blount in Alabama, Ra demonstrated musical talent and aptitude for hard work ...
Hi-De-Ho: The Life Of Cab Calloway
by David Rickert
Hi-De-Ho: The Life of Cab CallowayAlyn ShiptonHardcover; 288 pagesISBN 9780195141535Oxford University Press2010 During the swing revival of the 1990s it was singer and bandleader Cab Calloway, and not Benny Goodman or Duke Ellington or Glenn Miller, who provided the biggest influence--with the snazzy suits, ...
Cantare il lavoro - Mestieri e dintorni nella canzone d'autore
by AAJ Italy Staff
Cantare il lavoro - Mestieri e dintorni nella canzone d'autore Di Margherita Zorzi Editrice Zona In questa “modernità liquida" che trasforma i lavoratori in consumatori e da questi in spettatori, entro i recinti di una totalitaria “società dello spettacolo" (Guy Debord), le problematiche legate alle condizioni di lavoro (e non-lavoro) sono scientificamente occultate dai media e ...
Life
by Phillip Woolever
Life Keith Richards with James FoxHardback, 564 pages ISBN: 978 0 316 03438 8 Little, Brown2010 Life is a last laugh lullaby. In guitarist Keith Richards' well-received and heavily hyped reflection, the defiant rock icon, humble blues ambassador and momma's boy family anchor keeps ...
Funk&Soul Covers
by AAJ Italy Staff
Funk&Soul Covers di Joaquim Paulo Edizioni Taschen pagine 432 Euro 29,90 La Taschen, fondata nel 1980 a Colonia dall'allora diciottenne Benedikt Taschen e specializzata in libri illustrati d'arte, fotografia, costume e iconografia varia, fa le cose in grande: non tanto per il fatto che le dimensioni dei suoi volumi sono spesso monumentali, ma soprattutto perché, programmando ...
From a Broken Bottle Traces of Perfume Still Emanate: Volumes 1 to 3
by Florence Wetzel
From a Broken Bottle Traces of Perfume Still Emanate: Volumes 1 to 3Nathaniel MackeyPaperback; 560 pagesISBN 9780811218443New Directions2010 Nathaniel Mackey's magnum opus From a Broken Bottle Traces of Perfume Still Emanate: Volumes 1 to 3 is a literary adventure of the highest order, ...
Midnight at the Barrelhouse: The Johnny Otis Story
by Chris M. Slawecki
Midnight at the Barrelhouse: The Johnny Otis StoryGeorge LipsitzHardcover; 264 pagesISBN-10 0816666784University of Minnesota Press2010 For six decades, Johnny Otis played just about every role you can play in the music business: musician (on drums, vibes and piano), singer, songwriter, arranger, bandleader, talent maven, ...
The Da Capo Best Music Writing 2010
by C. Michael Bailey
The Da Capo Best Music Writing 2010Ann Powers, Guest Editor; Daphne Carr, Series EditorHardcover; 352 pagesISBN: 0306819252Da Capo Press2010 This is an editorial disguised as a review written by a music writer about a collection of articles written by other music writers, compiled and ...
A Biographical Guide To the Great Jazz and Pop Singers
by David Rickert
A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop SingersWill FriedwaldHardcover; 811 pagesISBN: 9780375421495Pantheon Books2010 Be prepared to spend a fair amount of extra money if you pick up Will Friedwald's A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers. Friedwald, one of ...
