Thoughout the second half of the 20th century, Studs Terkel hosted some of the world's most prominent musicians on his radio show. Interviews with a.o. Louis Armstrong, Ravi Shankar, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.Granta, 2005; 301 pp.; EN; hbVan/List Price € 29,50 Voor/Our Price € 10,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 63 %
This volume includes some of Nat Hentoff's best recent work - short essays, long interviews, and personal recollections. From Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong to Ornette Coleman and the long/neglected women in jazz, Hentoff brings the greats to life and traces their art to gospel, blues, and many other forms of American music.Univ. of California, 2010; 246 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 37,50 Voor/Our Price € 12,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 65 %
A celebration of an American musical giant, this book charts B.B. King's rise from abject poverty in the Mississippi Delta to his place as an internationally respected entertainer. The focus is on the music he has made over a 51-year recording career.Backbeat Books, 2005; 352 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 19,95 Voor/Our Price € 8,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 57 %
It's hard to imagine that the cool could ever go out of style. It may be harder to imagine a world where people no longer aspire to coolness. In this intriguing cultural history, Goia shows why cool isn't a timeless concept and how it has begun to lose ground. Tolling the death knell for the cool, this thought-provoking book reveals how and why a new cultural tone is emerging, one marked by sincerity, earnestness, and a quest for authenticity.Speck Press, 2009; 251 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 25,00 Voor/Our Price € 9,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
Recorded in 1959 in 9 miraculous hours, Miles Davis' album Kind of Blue is the bestselling piece of music in jazz history. Williams' history considers the album within its wider cultural context, showing how the record influenced such diverse artists as Steve Reich and the Velvet Underground.Norton, 2010; 309 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 25,95 Voor/Our Price € 9,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 62 %
Norwegian jazz journalist Randi Hultin began opening her home to visiting musicians in 1953, among them Count Basie, John Coltrane, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins a.o. Memories of the greatest jazz musicians captured on camera, in sketches and on the recordings on the accompanying CD.Sanctuary; 400 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hb + CDVan/List Price € 22,50 Voor/Our Price € 9,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 56 %
Carmen McRae is well known as one of jazz music's most masterful improvisers, and is ranked among the greatest jazz singers of all time. She grew up during the swing era in Harlem, and participated in the transition from swing to bebop playing with all the important musicians and in all the major clubs. By the end of her life, she had performed all over the world, recorded over 60 albums, and had been recognized with numerous awards.Billboard, 2001; 154 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 24,95 Voor/Our Price € 8,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 64 %
In this collection of his articles Levin's takes the reader into the recording studios, the night clubs, and into the lives of the musicians who made the great moments of the traditional jazz and swing eras.UCP, 2002; 338 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 23,95 Voor/Our Price € 9,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
Award-winning jazz writer Floyd Levin has personally known many of the jazz greats who contributed to the music's colourful history. In this collection of his articles, published over a 50-year period, Levin takes us into the nightclubs, the recording studios, the record companies, and into the lives of the musicians who made the great moments of the traditional jazz and swing eras.Univ. of California; 358 pp.; EN; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 34,95 Voor/Our Price € 12,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 64 %
This is the first book to focus on Miles Davis and John Coltrane's musical interaction and its historical context, on the ways they influenced each other and the tremendous impact they've had on culture since then. It chronicles the drama of their collaboration.Thomas Dunne, 2008; 294 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 24,95 Voor/Our Price € 9,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 62 %
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