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Lennie Tristano - il profeta incompreso

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 1, 2007

Lennie Tristano - il profeta incompreso di Franco Fayenz e Riccardo Brazzale. Stampa alternativa - Nuovi equilibri, Viterbo 2006. Pagine 146 + 1 Cd, euro 18. Anticipando le auspicabili celebrazioni per il trentennale della morte di Tristano, che cadrà nel 2008, questo libro riprende con poche varianti il testo di Franco Fayenz già edito dalla stessa ...

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Duane Allman & Eric Clapton: The Triumph And Tragedy Of Two Guitar Heroes

by Doug Collette
January 27, 2007

Skydog: The Duane Allman Story Randy Poe Hardcover; 320 pages ISBN: 0879308915 Backbeat 2006 Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs By Derek And The Dominos Jan Reid Hardcover; 160 pages ISBN: ...

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Considering Genius: Writings On Jazz

by Mark Rattner
January 26, 2007

Considering Genius: Writings On Jazz Stanley Crouch Hardcover; 339 pages ISBN: 9780465015177 Perseus Books Group 2006 Stanley Crouch's Considering Genius is a collection of essays on jazz that spans the writer's thirty-year career as social critic, arbiter of jazz aesthetics, and antagonist to the jazz establishment. ...

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Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006

by C. Michael Bailey
January 21, 2007

Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006 Mary Gaitskill, Guest Editor; Daphne Carr, Series Editor Trade Paperback; 329 pages ISBN: 0306814994 Da Capo Press 2006 Da Capo Best Music Writing turns six this year with a new series editor, Daphne Carr. Carr is a music journalist, critic, ...

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Alive At The Village Vanguard: My Life In and Out of Jazz Time

by Russ Musto
January 14, 2007

Alive at the Village Vanguard: My Life In and Out of Jazz Time Lorraine Gordon/Barry Singer Hardcover; 288 pages ISBN: 0634073990 Hal Leonard 2006 For anyone who has never had the edifying experience of listening to Village Vanguard proprietress Lorraine Gordon recounting tales from the legendary ...

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Dark Magus: The Jekyll And Hyde Life Of Miles Davis

by R.J. DeLuke
January 12, 2007

Dark Magus: The Jekyll And Hyde Life Of Miles Davis Gregory Davis Hardcover; 224 pages ISBN: 0879308753 Backbeat Books 2006 The pitch for this new book about Miles Davis, written by his eldest son, makes bold promises. Reading Gregory Davis on his iconic father will, we ...

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A Certain Respect For Tradition

by Jerry D'Souza
December 20, 2006

A Certain Respect For Tradition Mark Miller Softcover; 192 pages ISBN: 1-55128-125-2 themercurypress.ca 2006 Mark Miller is back with another book. The prolific Miller has written seven books since 1982, including the indispensable Such Melodious Racket: The Lost History Of Jazz In Canada and ...

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Nicky's Jazz Christmas

by J. Robert Bragonier
December 19, 2006

Nicky's Jazz Christmas Carol Friedman Hardcover; 24 pages ISBN: 1576873412 PowerHouse Books 2006 The question “Where will the next generation of jazz fans come from? is never far beneath the surface at Jazz Forums and lists I frequent. To address this issue, many musicians, ...

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Nuove pagine su nuovi suoni

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 13, 2006

AA.VV. Remix-Remake - Pratiche di replicabilità A cura di Nicola Dusi e Lucio Spaziante Meltemi editore - 2006 - 430 pp. - 28 euro AA.VV. Millesuoni - Deleuze, Guattari e la musica elettronica A cura di Roberto Paci Dalò e Emanuele Quinz Cronopio 2006 - 184 pp - 14.50 euro Fa estremamente piacere incominciare a trovare ...

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Jazz ABZ and Jazz

by Joel Roberts
December 9, 2006

Jazz ABZ: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits Wynton Marsalis and Paul Rogers (illustrator) Hardcover; 76 pages ISBN: 0763621358 Candlewick 2005 Getting kids interested in jazz can be a challenge in the age of Britney Spears and “High School Musical," but it's vital if ...