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  • Creed Taylor

    The Man Who Put Jazz on the Pop Charts

    The life and career of a producer who sought to bring jazz to the massesCreed Taylor was one of the most successful jazz producers of all time-and one of the most controversial. His career spanned five decades, in which he produced albums with legends such as John Coltrane, Ray Charles, George Benson, Bill Evans, Charles Mingus, Stan Getz, and Nina Simone. In 1960, he famously founded Impulse! ... Leer más

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    Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

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  • The Comedians

    Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy

    "Funny [and] fascinating . . . If you're a comedy nerd you'll love this book." — Pittsburgh Post-GazetteNamed a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews, National Post, and SplitsiderBased on over two hundred original interviews and extensive archival research, this groundbreaking work is a narrative exploration of the way comedians have reflected, shaped, and changed American culture over the past ... Leer más

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  • Allen Klein

    The Man Who Bailed Out the Beatles, Made the Stones, and Transformed Rock & Roll

    de Fred Goodman ...
    The story of the notorious rock and roll manager, revealing new, behind-the-scenes details about some of the biggest bands in music history.Allen Klein was like no one the music industry had seen before. Though he became infamous for allegedly causing the Beatles' breakup and robbing the Rolling Stones, the truth is both more complex and more fascinating. As the manager of both groups—not to ... Leer más

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  • The Jazz Standards

    A Guide to the Repertoire

    de Ted Gioia ...
    The Jazz Standards, a comprehensive guide to the most important jazz compositions, is a unique resource, a browser's companion, and an invaluable introduction to the art form. This essential book for music lovers tells the story of more than 250 key jazz songs, and includes a listening guide to more than 2,000 recordings. Many books recommend jazz CDs or discuss musicians and styles, but this is ... Leer más

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  • The Essential Jazz Recordings

    101 CDs

    de Ross Porter ...
    A guide to the all-time must-have jazz recordings by a maven of the genre.Possibly the twentieth century’s greatest musical innovation, jazz is now more popular than it has been for the past fifty years. But with the plethora of new recordings and the phenomenon in jazz of the same standards being recorded seemingly by almost every artist and band or trio, it’s very hard to know where to start or ... Leer más

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  • Becoming Ella Fitzgerald

    The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song

    de Judith Tick ...
    **An NPR “Books We Love” Pick of the YearA Kirkus Best Nonfiction Book of the Year“[A] radiant, rich, no-stone-unturned biography.”—Paula J. Giddings, author of When and Where I EnterA landmark biography that reclaims Ella Fitzgerald as a major American artist and modernist innovator.**Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) possessed one of the twentieth century’s most astonishing voices. In this first major ... Leer más

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  • How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll

    An Alternative History of American Popular Music

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    "There are no definitive histories," writes Elijah Wald, in this provocative reassessment of American popular music, "because the past keeps looking different as the present changes." Earlier musical styles sound different to us today because we hear them through the musical filter of other styles that came after them, all the way through funk and hip hop. As its blasphemous title suggests, How ... Leer más

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  • The Sound of the City

    The Rise of Rock and Roll

    Charlie Gillett, a British journalist, loves the music, and his passion is evident throughout The Sound of the City. Yet the greatest strength of the book is the way Gillett tracks the resistance of the music industry to early rock-and-roll, which was followed (needless to say) by a frantic rush to engulf and devour it.When first published The Sound of the City was hailed as having 'never been ... Leer más

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  • The History of Rock & Roll, Volume One: 1920–1963

    de Ed Ward ...
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    Ed Ward covers the first half of the history of rock & roll in this sweeping and definitive narrative—from the 1920s, when the music of rambling medicine shows mingled with the songs of vaudeville and minstrel acts to create the very early sounds of country and rhythm and blues, to the rise of the first independent record labels post-World War II, and concluding in December 1963, just as an ... Leer más

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  • Here Comes the Night

    The Dark Soul of Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm and Blues

    de Joel Selvin ...
    "I don't know where he's buried, but if I did I'd piss on his grave." —Jerry Wexler, best friend and mentorHere Comes the Night: Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm and Blues is both a definitive account of the New York rhythm and blues world of the early '60s, and the harrowing, ultimately tragic story of songwriter and record producer Bert Berns, whose meteoric career was fueled by his ... Leer más

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  • Satchmo

    The Genius of Louis Armstrong

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    "Elegant and affecting . . .A perceptive biography of Louis Armstrong and a sensitive appreciation of his music" (Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World )."A valuable, jubilant look at a great man and artist." — New York Times Book ReviewLouis "Satchmo" Armstrong has been called the most influential musician of the twentieth century: His magnificent career as a trum... ... Leer más

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