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The Book Of Klezmer

by Elliott Simon
May 14, 2003

The Book of Klezmer: The History, The Music, The Folklore Yale Strom Chicago Review Press ISBN: 1556524455 Klezmer is a wellspring for NYC's jazz musicians and as Yale Strom points out in The Book of Klezmer ; this well runs very deep. While jazz's 'soul' is African-American spiritual ...

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The New York Times Essential Library: Jazz

by C. Michael Bailey
April 18, 2003

The New York Times Essential Library: Jazz A Critic’s Guide to the 100 Most Important Recordings Ben Ratliff Times Books, Henry Holt and Company. New York, 2002 ISBN 0-8050-7068-0 Here is a clear example of superb music writing: “Here we enter two ...

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Bossa Nova: The Story of the Brazilian Music That Seduced the World

by AAJ Staff
April 3, 2003

Ruy Castro Bossa Nova: The Story of the Brazilian Music That Seduced the WorldA Capella PressISBN: 1556524943To virtually all Americans, the words “bossa nova" are synonymous with Brazilian jazz. More specifically, they immediately trigger memories of bossa nova's greatest American hit, “The Girl From Ipanema." When Creed Taylor ...

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Quotable Jazz

by Kyle Simpler
April 2, 2003

Marshall Bowden & Mike Rooth Quotable Jazz Sound and Vision Books ISBN: 0-920151-55-8 Marshall Bowden definitely knows his stuff when it comes to jazz. He started playing music when he was only eight years old. This early exposure eventually led him to study music at Berklee. Later, he began working in ...

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Hidden Meanings of Jazz

by Kyle Simpler
April 1, 2003

R.D. Edwards Deciphering the Message: Hidden Meanings of Jazz Trump/Loyal Books In 1969, a rumor circulated concerning the alleged death of Paul McCartney. The thing that caused the real frenzy of interest with this story was that the Beatles supposedly had placed clues in their albums hinting at Paul's death. At the ...

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Hard Bop Academy: The Sidemen of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

by Kyle Simpler
March 4, 2003

On the album The Jazz Messengers Live at the Cafe Bohemia Volume 1, Art Blakey introduces trumpeter Kenny Dorham by saying that he had played with Charlie Parker “The Prophet of Modern Jazz." If Parker was the prophet, then Blakey was definitely one of its chief apostles. Just take a look at the musicians who formed ...

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Stan Getz: Nobody Else But Me

by Kyle Simpler
March 4, 2003

Dave Gelly Stan Getz: Nobody Else But Me Backbeat Books ISBN: 0879307293 192 pages In 1964, many British Invasion rock groups were making their way into the American music charts. For a while, though, England was getting a little competition from another musical import. Teens may ...

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Reed All About It

by Bob Jacobson
February 22, 2003

As in last year's Top Brass, Bob Bernotas brings us both the big names and relative newcomers, all with fascinating stories and perspectives. Compiled from articles which appeared throughout the '90's in Saxophone Journal, Wind Player and Jazz Player, this book includes 9 profiles, 17 interviews and l6 “master classes". Most of the 36 ...

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Faith in Time: the Life of Jimmy Scott By David Ritz

by Joel Roberts
February 11, 2003

Faith in Time: The Life of Jimmy ScottDavid RitzDaCapo Press (2002)ISBN: 0306810883272 pages Blessed with one of the sweetest voices and kindest dispositions in jazz, Jimmy Scott has also been cursed with some of the worst luck – though the still vibrant 77-year-old song stylist ...

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A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album

by Joel Roberts
February 11, 2003

A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album Ashley Kahn (foreword by Elvin Jones) ISBN: 978-0142003527 Viking/Penguin 2002 Few recordings in jazz have the mystique of A Love Supreme. Nearly 40 years after its release it's still revered by jazz fans as a work ...