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Lee Morgan: His Life, Music and Culture

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Lee Morgan: His Life, Music and Culture Tom Perchard Hardcover; 256 pages ISBN: 1845532058 Equinox 2006 This is the first biography of Lee Morgan (1938-1972), an influential trumpeter who made a major impact on the jazz scene during his rather brief life. Author Tom Perchard not ...

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Il marziano del jazz - Vita e musica di Eric Dolphy

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Il marziano del jazz - Vita e musica di Eric Dolphy Di Claudio Sessa 2006 Luciano Vanni Editore - 125 pp. - 15 euro A più di quarant'anni dalla morte, la bibliografia su Eric Dolphy rimane ancora sorprendentemente scarna, incentrandosi quasi essenzialmente sulla biografia di Vladimir Simosko integrata per la parte discografica da Barry Tepperman. Questa, ...

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Paolo Fresu Talkabout di Luigi Onori

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Paolo Fresu Talkabout di Luigi Onori Nuovi Equilibri, Viterbo 2006 pagg. 287 euro 25 con DVD allegato Una “biografia inconsueta”: così l’autore definisce il suo ritratto a due voci, che ha per protagonista Paolo Fresu, jazzista tra i più popolari in Italia e in Europa. Inconsueta lo è per la non comune caratura del trombettista, uomo ...

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Luca D'Agostino - Tirait!

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Quaderni d’archivio 02 Discoteca Regionale FVG (Osoppo, 2006) Di origini milanesi, ma da sempre residente in Friuli, Luca D’Agostino ha iniziato a fotografare da giovanissimo, e non ha più smesso. I risultati oggi si vedono, perché Luca (che comunque giovane lo è ancora) è uno dei più apprezzati e accreditati fotografi del jazz in Italia, e ...

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The Hammond Organ: Beauty In The B

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The Hammond Organ: Beauty In The B Mark Vail Softcover; 319 pages ISBN: 0-87930-705-6 Backbeat Books 2002 The venerable Hammond B-3 organ has been grinding its way through jazz, as well as gospel, rhythm and blues and rock 'n' roll, since 1954. This book, ...

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"Il giro del giorno in ottanta mondi" di Julio Cortazar

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Julio Cortazar: Il giro del giorno in ottanta mondi Alet Edizioni, 2006 17 euro, ISBN 8-7520-016-5. Ventidue sono i libri in catalogo di Alet Edizioni, che spaziano liberamente tra vari campi del pensiero: la politica e la sociologia; l’arte ed il cinema. E poi c’è anche la musica con i suoi protagonisti, senza preclusione di generi. ...

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The Final Nite & Other Poems: Complete Notes From A Charles Gayle Notebook 1987-2006

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The Final Nite & Other Poems: Complete Notes From A Charles Gayle Notebook 1987-2006 Steven Dalachinsky 248 pages ISBN: 1-933254-15-7 Ugly Duckling Press 2006 During the last Vision Festival, Brooklyn-based poet and jazz connoisseur Steven Dalachinsky introduced an eagerly anticipated reunion of ...

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Jazz for Dummies, 2nd Edition

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Jazz for Dummies Dirk Sutro Paperback; 384 pages ISBN: 0-471-76844-8 Wiley 2006 First, please understand that Jazz for Dummies mostly isn't. Sure, Dirk Sutro's approach is partially for total newcomers, but he also provides advice for aspiring musicians and even jazz fanatics in search ...

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Stochelo Rosenberg - Part I

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Stochelo Rosenberg - Part I Stochelo Rosenberg, Harry Klunder and Leo Eimers Cento 2006 Although he is not widely known stateside (apart from having been a regular performer at The Django Reinhardt Festival), gypsy jazz guitarist Stochelo Rosenberg enjoys a large following in the Netherlands and throughout Europe.

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The Penguin Guide To Jazz Recordings, 8th Edition

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The Penguin Guide To Jazz Recordings Richard Cook and Brian Morton Softcover; 1534 pages ISBN: 0141023279 Penguin 2006 Now in its eighth edition, fourteen years since it first appeared, Richard Cook and Brian Morton's The Penguin Guide To Jazz Recordings is not going to spring any ...


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