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Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life
by Joel Roberts
By Laurence Bergreen Broadway Books 1997, 0-553-06768-0 The history of jazz began with a gunshot. On New Year's Eve 1912, young Louis Armstrong, then singing for spare change with a street-corner quartet, “borrowed" a .38 revolver from one of the many “stepfathers" who regularly visited his mother. In keeping with a time-honored ...
The Man That Was Mingus
by R.J. DeLuke
Myself, When I Am Real Gene Santoro Oxford Univ Press ISBN: 0195097335 Charles Mingus stands as one of jazz music’s imposing figures. Imposing because of the breadth and depth of his music, but also for his charisma and at time tempestuous personality.Like many great artists, his ...
Blue Note Jazz Photography Of Francis Wolff
by AAJ Staff
Michael Cuscuna Charlie Lourie Oscar Schnider 176 pages Universe PublishingFor those of us who can't erase from our minds the haunting photography of Francis Wolff, Universe Publishing offers solace in the form of Blue Note Jazz Photography Of Francis Wolff. The 1995 book, The Blue Note ...
Blue Note Jazz Photography Of Francis Wolff
by AAJ Staff
Michael Cuscuna Charlie Lourie Oscar Schnider 176 pages Universe PublishingFor those of us who can't erase from our minds the haunting photography of Francis Wolff, Universe Publishing offers solace in the form of Blue Note Jazz Photography Of Francis Wolff. The 1995 book, The Blue Note ...
Getting Sentimental Over You
by Kyle Simpler
Getting Sentimental Over You Roger Karshner Noble Porter ISBN 0963414747 Roger and Kristen Warner are moving into a Cincinnati residential area, when their new next door neighbor, Noble Johnson, is gracious enough to help them carry a few belongings. Later that day, he invites the couple to visit with him ...
Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton
by AAJ Staff
Diane Wood Middlebrook Houghton Mifflin, 1998 ISBN 0-395-65489-0 In the Billy Tipton biography “Suits Me," there's a picture of the little-known pianist standing next to Duke Ellington. Snapped in an Albany, Ore., nightclub in 1954, the photo is as close to jazz fame as Tipton ever reached.While he reportedly played ...
Seeing Jazz: Artists and Writers on Jazz
by Joel Roberts
Foreword by Clark Terry Afterword by Milt Hinton Chronicle Books, 1997 0-8118-1732-6 Jazz has always been about more than just music. It is an attitude. A spirit. A lifestyle. And probably more than any other musical genre, it has inspired artistic creativity in non-musical forms. Many of the twentieth century's ...
Ella Fitzgerald, The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa
by Bob Jacobson
Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa Andrea Davis Pinkney Brian Pinkney (Ill) Hyperion Press ISBN 0786805684 Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney, who previously collaborated on the children's picture book “Duke Ellington", have now brought us Ella's story, from teenage street-corner dancing to international fame. It's all ...
The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Jazz
by Jim Nelson
The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Jazz Loren Schoenberg Grand Central Press ISBN 0-399-52794-X National Public Radio evokes a bounty of strong emotions in the United States. Some loathe the idea of publicly funded media while others champion NPR as the last bastion of sensational-free news and culture. ...
Jimi Hendrix: The Making of an Icon
by AAJ Staff
Jimi Hendrix and the Making of Are You Experienced Sean Egan A Capella Books ISBN 1556524714 Everyone who's passionate about music has a soft spot. For this listener, it's John Coltrane and Stefan Betke. (Who can argue with Sun Ship or [komfort.labor] ?) A close friend has a peculiar obsession ...
