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Wynton Marsalis: Come il jazz può cambiarti la vita
by AAJ Italy Staff
Come il jazz può cambiarti la vita di Wynton Marsalis Feltrinelli 2009 ISBN 978-88-07-17163-5 - 14 euro “The Mayesty of the Blues": potrebbe essere il sottotitolo di questa agile guida introduttiva al jazz, che ha il pregio di sintetizzare norme teoriche basilari alla luce della diretta esperienza dell'autore. La storia, le forme, il senso del blues ...
Jazz Notes: Interviews Across the Generations
by Karen Hogg
Jazz Notes: Interviews Across the Generations Sanford Josephson Softcover; 208 pages ISBN: 0313357005 Praeger 2009 Jazz Notes is more than just a compilation of interviews with jazz greats. In addition to talks with luminaries like Hoagy Carmichael and Dave Brubeck, it includes updated conversations ...
Roy Nathanson: Subway Moon
by AAJ Italy Staff
Subway Moon di Roy Nathanson Buddy's Knife, 2009, 135 pagine Fondatore e leader dei Jazz Passengers, gruppo di punta dell'avanguardia bianca newyorkese, Roy Nathanson è anche un apprezzato versificatore. Pubblicato dalla casa editrice tedesca Buddy's Knife, Subway Moon raccoglie alcuni dei più rappresentativi versi del sassofonista statunitense, con l'aggiunta di un testo in prosa dedicato al ...
The Jazz Singers: The Ultimate Guide
by Jim Santella
The Jazz Singers: The Ultimate Guide Scott Yanow Softcover; 280 pages ISBN: 978-087930-825-4 Backbeat Books 2008 Anyone ever asked you to list your favorite CDs for a desert island stayover? What would Tom Hanks and Wilson listen to if they had had the foresight ...
Ron Carter: Finding The Right Notes
by Eugene Holley, Jr.
Ron Carter: Finding The Right Notes Dan Ouellette 435 pagesISBN: 978-0-615-26526-1 ArtistShare 2008 Songwriter and vocalist Gil Scott-Heron said that his basslines “glowed in the dark." Trumpeter Miles Davis proclaimed him the “anchor" of his groundbreaking quintet of the 1960s. And he literally laid down the groove for ...
Highbrow/Lowdown: Theater, Jazz, and the Making of the New Middle Class
by David Rickert
Highbrow/Lowdown: Theater, Jazz, and the Making of the New Middle Class David Savran Hardcover; 336 pages ISBN: 978-0-472-11692-8 University of Michigan Press 2009 Jazz was blamed for many of the societal ills of the 1920s, and with Highbrow/Lowdown David Savran considers, with intelligence, one ...
Ellington Uptown: Duke Ellington, James P. Johnson, and the Birth of Concert Jazz
by David Rickert
Ellington Uptown: Duke Ellington, James P. Johnson, and the Birth of Concert Jazz James Howland Hardcover; 360 pages ISBN: 978-0-472-11605-8 University of Michigan Press 2009 Ellington Uptown addresses the development of concert jazz, a largely neglected style that emerged near the beginning of the ...
The Ghosts of Harlem (Sessions with Jazz Legends)
by Russ Musto
The Ghosts of Harlem (Sessions with Jazz Legends) Hank O'Neal Paperback; 496 pages ISBN: 0826516270 Vanderbilt University Press 2009 Hank O'Neal is a jazz renaissance man--an author, photographer, concert promoter, label owner and record producer. Best known for his role as the owner/operator of Chiaroscuro Records, ...
Cuncordu e Tenore de Orosei, di Luca Devito
by AAJ Italy Staff
Cuncordu e Tenore de Orosei di Luca Devito Stampa Alternativa Viterbo, 2008 - 18,00 euro Del tradizionale canto sardo, a tenore e a cuncordu, si parla ormai con frequenza negli ultimi anni, un po' perché la Sardegna è uscita da quella tendenza - attraversata negli anni '60 e '70 - che la portava a nascondere le ...
State of the Axe: Guitar Masters in Photographs and Words
by Kurt Gottschalk
State of the Axe: Guitar Masters in Photographs and Words Ralph Gibson Paperback; 184 pages ISBN: 0300142110 Yale University Press 2008 Saxists have their mouthpieces and drummers their cymbals, but there's no fetish object quite like the guitar. It's played most often by peacocks, strutting and ...
