Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World (Häftad)
avJohn Szwed
ISBN: 9780143120735 - UTGIVEN: 201112The definitive biography of Alan Lomax-from John Szwed,"the best music biographer in the business" ("L.A. Weekly"). One of the most remarkable figures of the twentieth century, Alan Lomax was best known for bringing legendary musicians like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, and B[...]
Man Who Recorded the World (Inbunden)
avJohn Szwed
ISBN: 9780434012329 - UTGIVEN: 201012Writer, musicologist, archivist, singer, DJ, filmmaker, record, radio and TV producer, Alan Lomax was a man of many parts. Without him the history of popular music would have been very different. This book tells the story of a musical and political era.[...]
Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth (Inbunden)
avJohn Szwed
ISBN: 9780670014729 - UTGIVEN: 2015-03Published in celebration of Holiday's centenary, the first biography to focus on the singer's extraordinary musical talent
When Billie Holiday stepped into Columbia's studios in November 1933, it marked the beginning of what is arguably the most remarkable and influential career in ?twentieth-ce[...]
So What: The Life of Miles Davis (Häftad)
avJohn Szwed
ISBN: 9780684859835 - UTGIVEN: 2004-01Based on interviews with family and friends that have only now seen the light of day, this illuminating account of the jazz great's life reveals the influence of Miles Davis's life on his work as well as the musician's persistent desire to re-invent himself. Reprint.[...]
Billie Holiday (Inbunden)
avJohn Szwed
ISBN: 9781785150272 - UTGIVEN: 2015-03When eighteen-year-old Billie Holiday stepped into Columbia studios in November of 1933 to record 'Riffin' the Scotch' and 'Your Mother's Son-in-Law', it marked the beginning of what is arguably the most remarkable and important career in twentieth-century popular music. Today, Billie Holiday is an [...]
Space is the Place (Häftad)
avJohn F. Szwed
ISBN: 9780306808555 - UTGIVEN: 199808Sun Ra, a.k.a. Herman Poole "Sonny" Blount (19141993), has been hailed as "one of the great big-band leaders, pianists, and surrealists of jazz" (New York Times) and as "the missing link between Duke Ellington and Public Enemy" (Rolling Stone) . Composer, keyboardist, bandleader, philosopher, poet,[...]
Jazz 101 (Häftad)
avJohn F. Szwed
ISBN: 9780786884964 - UTGIVEN: 200211This guide to jazz will help curious culturephiles learn about this popular, yet occasionally intimidating, art form.[...]
Crossovers (Pocket)
avJohn F. Szwed
ISBN: 9780812219722 - UTGIVEN: 2006-12Ranging across genres from the popular to the scholarly, this selection of John Szwed's published essays abides in the intersection of race and art, jazz and rap: crossovers inside and outside the academy. With reviews written for the Village Voice and articles from academic journals, this volume in[...]
Space is the Place (Häftad)
avJohn F. Szwed
ISBN: 9781841950556 - UTGIVEN: 2000-10Sun Ra's music as it is about his passionate, often wildly unorthodox views on the galaxy, black people and spiritual matters. With the various incarnations of his inimitable Arkestra, his repertoire ranged from boogie-woogie to swing to be-bop to fusion to New Age, and his influence extended throug[...]
