Music Related Books
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poppachubby
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Wow...
I wonder what a used set would run on Ebay? Looks amazing.
Another wish list addition. $1515.25 for the eight volume set, but hey, free shipping!
The Grove Dictionary of American Music
I wonder what a used set would run on Ebay? Looks amazing.
poppachubby
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Looks awesome... you should make a project to scan it and share here!!!
Flabio
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I'll second this! Geoff Dyer writes "improvisations" on stories concerning the lives of various jazz players such as Charles Mingus, Lester Young, Art Pepper, The Duke and others that somehow manages to capture something as true as a straight up biography, while putting his own subjective spin on it. How jazzy is that?
Flabio
Active Member
Here's a funny one, "Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life: A Book by and for the Fanatics Among Us". I think that fits some of us, no? Almond tells his own story of how he became a fan(atic) and sometime music critic, and lots of other stuff, including this snarky analysis of the song "Africa" by Toto, which he claims is "the love child of imperialism and Muzak".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b2aGe8_Ag0
For the punkers, I like this one about the Brit side of the story, "England's Dreaming".
And on this side of the pond, "Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk"
And now for something completely different! For classical music, I really like this one:
And for a brilliant read that puts 20th century classical composers in their political and historical context, check out, "The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century" by Alex Ross. Sounds boring, but it's so interesting it'll make you want to buy some CDs. I mean vinyl!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b2aGe8_Ag0
For the punkers, I like this one about the Brit side of the story, "England's Dreaming".
And on this side of the pond, "Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk"
And now for something completely different! For classical music, I really like this one:
And for a brilliant read that puts 20th century classical composers in their political and historical context, check out, "The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century" by Alex Ross. Sounds boring, but it's so interesting it'll make you want to buy some CDs. I mean vinyl!
poppachubby
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I would love to read that Hentoff book.
BlindBoyGrnt
Nullius in verba
I didn't notice in these posts the groundbreaking book by Anthony Scaduto from the early 70s that I read soon after it was released. In-depth, and presented Zimmy, warts and all.
"Bob Dylan: A Biography" by Anthony Scaduto
Edit: I just checked to see what our library has on Dylan - there are 52 books, including one in LARGE PRINT. Yes, some of us are getting older.
"Bob Dylan: A Biography" by Anthony Scaduto
Edit: I just checked to see what our library has on Dylan - there are 52 books, including one in LARGE PRINT. Yes, some of us are getting older.
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chicks
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+1 Nat and Leonard Feather were the two critics whose reviews I turned to most when I was a youngster trying to understand jazz.
KevinCorr
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KevinCorr
Super Member
Reading Monk's biography Leonard Feather really looks bad. Amazing he never lost his credibility for being so wrong about Monk, critically savaging him during his darkest times before he made it big. Now I look at Feather's take with a grain of salt.
poppachubby
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Can't be right all the time. I think it shows us today just how revolutionary he really was as a composer and player. Even super hip crtitics didn't get it.
poppachubby
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Wow never seen that before looks fantastic Bob.
poppachubby
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Sweet Bob!!!