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The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Blues
by Kyle Simpler
The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to the Blues David Evans Perigee Books 2005 In his introduction to David Evans' recently published book, The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to the Blues, Taj Mahal says just listen to “any rock group of the last fifty years--including The Beatles and particularly ...
The Lost Wave
by Kyle Simpler
The Lost Wave by Charles Underhill Broma Books Many jazz listeners cite Miles Davis albums such as Bitches Brew and Jack Johnson as the true origin of jazz-rock fusion. Others, such as critic Alyn Shipton, contend that fusion actually started in England a few years before these records came out. In the ...
Girls Don't Like Real Jazz: A Jazz Patriot Speaks Out
by Kyle Simpler
Walter Kolosky Girls Don't Like Real Jazz: A Jazz Patriot Speaks Out Abstract Logix Books Hardcover, 186 pages ISBN: 0-9761016-0-2 2004 Thirty years ago, Frank Zappa commented that “jazz is not dead, it just smells funny." Today, no one seems very interested in the ...
Jazzwomen: Conversations With Twenty-One Musicians
by Kyle Simpler
Jazzwomen: Conversations With Twenty-One Musicians Wayne Enstice and Janis Stockhouse Indiana University Press 2004 Women have been active in jazz since its earliest days, but men have been remained the dominant figures throughout its history. While some performers such as Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald managed to achieve ...
Sonny Rollins: The Cutting Edge
by Kyle Simpler
Sonny Rollins, The Cutting Edge by Richard Palmer Continuum Books Besides being one of the most influential tenor saxophone players in jazz history, Sonny Rollins also happens to be one of its most enigmatic figures as well. Given his introspective nature and penchant for withdrawal, Rollins easily comes across as ...
Carmen McRae, Miss Jazz
by Kyle Simpler
Carmen McRae, Miss Jazz Leslie Gourse Billboard Books ISBN: 0879306289 In recent years, we have stretched the meaning of the word diva. In the past, it brought to mind a female vocalist like Maria Callas; nowadays it encompasses much more. There are literary divas, culinary divas, you name it. While ...
Rollin' and Tumblin'
by Kyle Simpler
Rollin' and Tumblin' Jas Obrecht Miller Freeman Books ISBN: 0879306130 There are always revolutions in the music world—periods where the sound makes a dramatic departure from the status quo. Western Swing, Rock and Roll, and Jazz-Rock Fusion are all examples of changes that helped broaden musical horizons. Another important development ...
You Can't Steal a Gift: Dizzy, Clark, Milt, and Nat
by Kyle Simpler
You Can't Steal a Gift Gene Lees Yale University Press ISBN: 15843002 When Gene Lees left Canada in 1955 to come to the United States, he had no idea what was awaiting him. Within a few years after his arrival, he landed the prestigious position of editor for ...
Fats Waller The Cheerful Little Earful
by Kyle Simpler
Fats Waller... Alyn Shipton Continuum Books ISBN 0826457967 The jazz world has its share of legendary figures, and Thomas “Fats” Waller ranks as one of the most memorable. His enormous talent and humor are only paralleled by his infamous hedonistic lifestyle. Obviously, Waller often approached life like an ...
Cookin': Hard Bop and Soul Jazz
by Kyle Simpler
Cookin.'.. Kenny Mathieson Canongate Books ISBN 1841952397 Music, much like language, never stays in one place too long; it continuously changes and develops. When bebop came onto the jazz scene, for example, it didn't take long for this evolutionary process to begin. One of bebop's most exciting offshoots ...
