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Adriano Mazzoletti: Il Jazz in Italia. Dallo Swing agli anni sessanta
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il Jazz in Italia. Dallo Swing agli anni sessanta di Adriano Mazzoletti Edizioni EDT (2010) - Pagine 1642. Euro 54,00. Il secondo (doppio) volume di Adriano Mazzoletti segue la narrazione iniziata con Il Jazz In Italia. Dalle origini alle grandi orchestre e giunge fino alla metà degli anni sessanta. Diciamo subito che è un'opera monumentale e ...
The Jazz Fiction Anthology
by Florence Wetzel
The Jazz Fiction AnthologySascha Feinstein and David Rife, EditorsSoftcover; 500 pagesISBN: 978-0-253-22137-7Publisher2009 This fine anthology of jazz fiction is a treasure trove of stories and characters that illuminate the multicolored world of jazz. The editors--Sascha Feinstein and David Rife--are to be commended for their ...
Return of the King: Elvis Presley's Great Comeback
by C. Michael Bailey
Return of the King: Elvis Presley's Great Comeback Gillian Gaar Trade Paperback; 270 pages ISBN: 978-1-906002-28-2 Jawbone Press 2010 Elvis Presley continues to be one of the most recession- proof commodities since his death in 1977. The three years since 2007 have seen books written by Presley associates ...
The famous blue poet - I versi di Leonard Cohen per Minimum Fax
by AAJ Italy Staff
Leonard Cohen Confrontiamo allora i nostri miti Minimum Fax - 151 p. - 12.50 euro Leonard Cohen Le spezie della terra Minimum Fax - 207 p. - 13.50 euro In tempi nei quali l'equazione tra cantautore e poeta si muove tra facili e vendibili automatismi [in una sorta di malintesa e modaiola “pivanizzazione" di parte della ...
Princess Noire: The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone
by Larry Reni Thomas
Princess Noire: The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone Nadine Cohodas Hardback; 464 pages ISBN: 10-0375424016 Pantheon 2010 Nadine Cohodas' Princess Noire: The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone is a desperately sad but riveting tale about the troubled life and career of this uniquely talented ...
Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet
by Daniel Kassell
Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet Randall Sandke Hardcover; 288 pages ISBN: 0-8108-6652-8 Scarecrow Press 2010In Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet, musician and author Randall Sandke tackles the stubborn and controversial question of whether jazz is the product of ...
My Life with the Chord Chemist
by Jack Huntley
My Life with the Chord Chemist: A Memoir of Ted Greene, Apotheosis of Solo Guitar Barbara Franklin 276 pages ISBN: 10-1449575579 Create Space 2009 Throughout his career, the guitarist, author, and teacher Ted Greene (1946-2005) developed a devoted following of students and listeners. His ...
At The Jazz Band Ball: Sixty Years On The Jazz Scene
by Ian Patterson
At The Jazz Band Ball: Sixty Years On The Jazz Scene Nat Hentoff Hardcover; 246 pages ISBN: 978-0-520-26113-6 University California Press 2010 The photograph which adorns the jacket of Nat Hentoff's At the Jazz Band Ball: Sixty Years On The Jazz Scene--a collection ...
I Walked With Giants
by Russ Musto
I Walked with GiantsJimmy Heath/Joseph McLarenSoftcover; 344 pagesISBN: 1439901988Temple University Press2010 The title alone of Jimmy Heath's marvelous memoir speaks volumes about the man. The NEA Jazz Master is himself an acknowledged giant among his peers and his choice to name the book ...
Moving To Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life
by Florence Wetzel
Moving To Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life Wynton Marsalis with Geoffrey C. Ward 208 pages ISBN: 978-1-40006078-8 Random House 2008 Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis' passionate and inspirational Moving To Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life is not only an ode ...
