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Johnny Cash: The Life and Legacy of the Man in Black
by Nenad Georgievski
Johnny Cash: The Life and Legacy of the Man in Black Alan Light 216 Pages ISBN: 1588346390 Smithsonian Books 2018 In recent years, there hasn't been a shortage of books and documentaries on the subject of late singer and songwriter Johnny Cash. During his lifetime, Cash himself wrote two ...
Claudio Bonomi: Agorà Underground
by Mario Calvitti
Agorà Underground Claudio Bonomi 252 pagine ISBN: #978-88-97389-44-6 Crac Edizioni 2018 Il nome degli Agorà probabilmente non dirà molto alla maggior parte dei lettori più giovani, ma per chi ha vissuto la gloriosa stagione del rock progressivo italiano a metà degli anni '70 rievoca uno dei gruppi più ...
Luca Bragalini: Dalla Scala a Harlem. I sogni sinfonici di Duke Ellington.
by Maurizio Zerbo
Dalla Scala a Harlem. I sogni sinfonici di Duke Ellington. Luca Bragalini 296 pagine ISBN: # 978-88-5920-367-4 EDT 2018 Luca Bragalini è uno degli esponenti di punta della nuova storiografia jazzistica, che mira a rivalutare un filone ellingtoniano fin qui poco e male analizzato. In questo volume la ...
Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin
by Nenad Georgievski
Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin 400 Pages ISBN: # Reel Art Press 2018 It was 50 years ago when a group of four people gathered in the basement in Central London for a rehearsal in order to fulfill touring obligations from the band they ...
What's Big and Purple and Lives in the Ocean?: The Moby Grape Story
by Doug Collette
What's Big and Purple and Lives in the Ocean?: The Moby Grape Story Cam Cobb 288 Pages ISBN: #978-1911036319 Jawbone Press 2018 In writing The Moby Grape Story, Cam Cobb serves a higher purpose, not just for the ill-fated band itself, but rock and roll history in general. The ...
Jorma Kaukonen: Been So Long - My Life & Music
by Doug Collette
Been So Long: My Life & Music Jorma Kaukonen 368 Pages ISBN: # 978-1250125484 St. Martin's Press 2018 Anyone who reads Jorma Kaukonen's memoir Been So Long is bound to be surprised. But what the venerable musician recounts in My Life and Music may startle fans and followers most ...
Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon
by R.J. DeLuke
Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon Maxine Gordon 261 Pages ISBN: #9780520280649 University of California Press 2018 Dexter Gordon's place among those who created and performed some of the most influential music of the 1940s, 1950 and the early 1960s, when so many giants walked the ...
Blues From the Bayou: The Rhythms of Baton Rouge by Julian C. Piper
by C. Michael Bailey
Blues From the Bayou: The Rhythms of Baton Rouge Julian C. Piper 159 Pages ISBN: # 978-1455623099 Pelican Publishing Company, Inc. 2018 History may be told horizontally or vertically or some combination of both. Some historians give a 360-degree panoramic view of their subject, while others drill down deep ...
Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans, 3rd Edition
by C. Michael Bailey
Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans, 3rd Edition John Broven 360 Pages ISBN: # 978-1455619511 Pelican Publishing Company, Inc. 2016 Where Julian C. Piper's Blues From The Bayou: The Rhythms Of Baton Rouge (Pelican Publishing, 2018) represents a history told vertically, drilling deep into a small slice of time ...
The Other Night at Quinn's
by David A. Orthmann
The Other Night at Quinn's: New Adventures In The Sonic Underground Mike Faloon 269 Pages ISBN: #978-1-941576-24-3 Razorcake / Gorsky Press 2018 In addition to absorbing the sounds on recordings and live performances, the traditional route to an appreciation of jazz and improvised music usually entails seeking out the ...
