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Secret Carnival Workers
by Kurt Gottschalk
Secret Carnival Workers By Paul Haines, edited by Stuart Broomer Paperback; 232pages ISBN: 0978342607 Coach House Books 2007 Jazz and poetry ought to be natural kindred spirits. Both are about individualistic expression, projecting sentiment over logic. But with rare exception, “jazz poetry" tends to be pretty ...
High Hat, Trumpet and Rhythm: The Life and Music of Valaida Snow
by Jim Santella
High Hat, Trumpet and Rhythm Mark Miller Softcover; 187 pages ISBN: 1-55128-127-9 The Mercury Press 2007 Ever wonder why so many jazz biographies differ when it comes to hard facts? From Mark Miller's biography of Valaida Snow, it appears that inflation and exaggeration play a major ...
Subversive Sounds - Race and the Birth of Jazz in New Orleans
by Nic Jones
Subversive Sounds - Race and the Birth of Jazz in New Orleans Charles Hersch Hardcover; 210 pages ISBN-13: 978-0-226-32867-6 University of Chicago Press 2008 In avoiding any pre-planned model with which to simplify the subject of this book, Charles Hersch has produced something that's ...
A Power Stronger Than Itself - The AACM and American Experimental Music
by Nic Jones
A Power Stronger Than Itself - The AACM and American Experimental Music George E. Lewis Hardcover; 690 pages ISBN: 0226476952 University of Chicago Press 2007 There is arguably no-one better placed than trombonist and Association For The Advancement Of Creative Musicians' member George E. Lewis to ...
Jazz: An Introduction to the History and Legends Behind America's Music
by Karen Hogg
Jazz: An Introduction to the History and Legends Behind America's Music Bob Blumenthal Paperback; 192 pages ISBN: 0061241792 Collins Discover 2007 Distinguished critic Bob Blumenthal offers up an intelligent, concise history in his book Jazz: An Introduction to the History and Legends Behind America's Music. While ...
A Power Stronger Than Itself
by Clifford Allen
A Power Stronger Than Itself George E. Lewis Hardcover; 690 pages ISBN: 0226476952 University of Chicago Press 2008 A long time coming, George Lewis' AACM tome is an in-depth socio-musicological study of a cooperative of musicians, the economic and political factors that gave rise to its ...
Jazz: An Introduction to the History and Legends Behind American Music
by Jim Santella
Jazz: An Introduction to the History and Legends Behind American Music Bob Blumenthal Softcover; 192 pages ISBN: 0061241792 Harper Collins 2007 With this reference work for the average reader, Bob Blumenthal has made the study of jazz easy on the eye as well as enlightening. His ...
Lee Konitz: Conversations on the Improviser's Art
by Nic Jones
Lee Konitz: Conversations on the Improviser's Art Andy Hamilton Paperback; 312 pages ISBN: 0472032178 University of Michigan Press 2007 Saxophonist Lee Konitz has long been known for the singularity of his musical approach. Andy Hamilton's book accordingly serves Konitz a whole lot better than ...
Logos and Language: A Post-Jazz Metaphorical Dialogue
by Lyn Horton
Logos and Language: A Post-Jazz Metaphorical Dialogue Steve Dalachinsky and Matthew Shipp Softcover; 97 pages ISBN: 978-2-9531508-0-3 2008Getting to the bottom of things requires stamina and focus. The medium for this process is crucial in distilling the essence of the pursuit, and when it comes to ...
The Uncrowned King of Swing: Fletcher Henderson and Big Band Jazz
by Nic Jones
The Uncrowned King Of Swing: Fletcher Henderson And Big Band Jazz Jeffrey Magee Oxford University Press Paperback; 244 pages. ISBN 978-0-19-534065-5 2008 This book first came out in hardback in 2005, but the intervening years have done nothing to diminish its status as the volume ...
