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Living the Jazz Life: Jazz Stories x 40
by R.J. DeLuke
Living the Jazz Life W. Royal Stokes Oxford University Press ISBN: 0195081080 ”Living the Jazz Life,” isn’t groundbreaking stuff, but it needn’t be. It’s a group of musicians (not exclusively jazz – the blues is well represented) speaking about their lives, the things and people that influenced them, and some ...
Miles, From the Eyes of a Friend
by R.J. DeLuke
Miles to Go Chris Murphy Thunder's Mouth Press ISBN: 1560253614 A new book on Miles Davis has hit the stands and it’s bound to garner some reaction because of its subject matter: another take on the Price of Darkness, or whatever moniker one wants to stick on the musical and ...
Fakebook: Getting to the Heart of Art
by R.J. DeLuke
Fakebook Richard Terrill Limelight Editions ISBN: 087930619X Art, by its very nature, affects different people in different ways. But the common thread is that, when it’s right, art gets beneath the surface into the soul in some way.To fans of jazz, the music is more than ...
Miles and Me
by R.J. DeLuke
Miles and Me Quincy Troupe Univ of CA Press 200pp. 0520216245 After years of worship from afar, a young writer meets his idol at a party in a short matter-of-fact encounter that ends with the Black Prince sliding almost mysteriously out the door and into ...
Thelonious, the Onliest
by R.J. DeLuke
The Thelonious Monk ReaderRob Van Der BliekOxford Univ PressISBN: 019512166X The “Reader" series on great jazz artists is a great idea, and the continuation of the project in the subject of Thelonious Sphere Monk is particularly welcome.“The Thelonious Monk Reader," (Oxford University Press, 286 pages) ...
Gil Evans-Out of the Cool: His Life and Music
by R.J. DeLuke
Gil Evans-Out of the Cool Stephanie Stein Crease A Cappella Books ISBN: 1-55652-425-0 A new, welcome book on the life of the great arranger and musical ideologist Gil Evans provides a portrayal of a multi-faceted man, both professionally and personally. While magazine articles and items found in the ...
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 ...
Swing It: An Annotated History of Jive
by R.J. DeLuke
Swing It: An Annotated History of Jive Bill Milkowski ISBN: 0823076717 Billboard Books2001 The history of jazz music is rich with characters, “scenes,” stages in music development and musical progress—all peppered with its own mythology.One feature of the jazz world over the years is ...
Dynamic Duo: Brackeen and Konitz
by R.J. DeLuke
VanDyck Nightclub Schenectady, NY Miles Davis was right.Decades ago he barked at criticism over his hiring of a white alto saxophonist named Lee Konitz. No one, he said, had a tone like Lee’s, a tone Davis wanted.Now at age 73, Konitz —no longer a Henry Kissinger look-alike with his silver hair and ...
The Real Swing: Count Basie Orchestra
by R.J. DeLuke
ount Basie Orchestra Fonda-Fultonville H.S. Fonda, NY Swing music experienced a bit of a renaissance over the last couple years, a craze that spawned a group of new young sings groups -- energetic and somewhat fun, but marginally talented and extremely unauthentic. But the real thing came to Fonda-Fultonville High ...
