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Post subject: [2009-04-16] "Somethin' Else: The Story Of Blue Note Records And The Birth Of Modern Jazz" hardcover book by Ashley Kahn  Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:27 am |
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Founded in 1939, the record label Blue Note defined modern jazz. With a roster of artists including Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Thelonious Monk, Blue Note revolutionized both the recording industry and American music like no other label before or since. Now, for the first time, this legendary house receives the full-length history it deserves, timed for the celebration of its seventieth anniversary. Jazz scholar Ashley Kahn has obtained unprecedented access to Blue Note archives and interviews with more than seventy musicians, producers, engineers, and journalists, yielding a treasure trove of anecdotes, documents, photographs, and recordings. Kahn traces the history of the label from its founding through its brilliant string of genre-defining albums in the 1950s and 60s, its influential fusion of jazz and R&B rhythms in the 70s, and its contemporary rebirth as the home of popular vocalists Bobby McFerrin, Cassandra Wilson, and Norah Jones. For the aficionado and the casual fan alike, Somethin’ Else is the definitive chronicle of an essential American institution. About the Author
Ashley Kahn, a music historian and producer, is the author of three previous books on jazz, and a regular commentator on NPR’s Morning Edition. His journalism has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, Downbeat, and Jazz Times.http://www.amazon.com/dp/0670020664/?tag=imwan-20
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Post subject: [2009-04-16] "Somethin' Else: The Story Of Blue Note Records And The Birth Of Modern Jazz" hardcover book by Ashley Kahn Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:48 am |
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Kahn has done a nice job with Kind of Blue, A Love Supreme and the Impulse! story. This should be worthwhile.
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