Composers Musicians category: 3267 books
by Kevin Dodds
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2011
In July of 1984, Edward Van Halen was the most popular musician in the world in the most popular band in the worldthe band that to this day bears his own surname. As a 12-year-old, author Kevin Dodds experienced his first Van Halen concert, and it changed his life.
In this biography, Dodds...
Space Between the Stars
My Journey to an Open Heart
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2009
Deborah Santana is best known for her marriage to music icon Carlos Santana–a thirty-year bond that endures to this day. But as a girl growing up in San Francisco in the 1960s, daughter of a white mother and a black father–the legendary blues guitarist Saunders King–her life was charged with...
Coltrane
The Story of a Sound
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2008
John Coltrane left an indelible mark on the world, but what was the essence of his achievement that makes him so prized forty years after his death? What were the factors that helped Coltrane become who he was? And what would a John Coltrane look like now--or are we looking for the wrong signs?
In...
Amy Winehouse
The Biography 1983-2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
A detailed biography that pays tribute to the award-winning singer whose turbulent life and untimely death have captivated the world
An indisputable musical icon and controversial celebrity figure, Amy Winehouse's unique blend of jazz, pop, and soul singing and songwriting brought...
Django
The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2004
Django Reinhardt was arguably the greatest guitarist who ever lived, an important influence on Les Paul, Charlie Christian, B.B. King, Jerry Garcia, Chet Atkins, and many others. Yet there is no major biography of Reinhardt. Now, in Django, Michael Dregni offers a definitive portrait of this great...
Harold Jones
The Singer's Drummer
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2011
The Singers Drummer chronicles the music and times of Harold Jones, a world class musician whose career spans the last five decades of jazz and big band swing music. This book highlights Jones career as he evolved into the drummer of choice for some of our most popular vocal legends. But it is about...
by James R Blandford
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2009
Polly Jean Harvey has won worldwide recognition for her raw, bluesy music while remaining one of rock's most enigmatic and private figures. Starting out as PJ Harvey, the first female artist to win the prestigious Mercury Music Prize has spent more than a decade creating a series of scorching albums...
Wasn't That a Time
The Weavers, the Blacklist, and the Battle for the Soul of America
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
The dramatic untold story of the Weavers, the hit-making folk-pop quartet destroyed with the aid of the United States government--and who changed the world, anyway
Following a series of top-ten hits that became instant American standards, the Weavers dissolved at the height of their fame. Wasn't...
The Original Guitar Hero and the Power of Music
The Legendary Lonnie Johnson, Music, and Civil Rights
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Lonnie Johnson (18941970) was a virtuoso guitarist who influenced generations of musicians from Django Reinhardt to Eric Clapton to Bill Wyman and especially B. B. King. Born in New Orleans, he began playing violin and guitar in his father’s band at an early age. When most of his family was wiped out...
He's a Rebel
Phil Spector--Rock and Roll's Legendary Producer
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2000
Phil Spector created the "wall of sound," produced the Beatles' last record, persuaded the Ramones to go "pop," made the Righteous Brothers sound respectable, and was a millionaire by age 21. His credits include some of the most important and memorable songs of the 1960s: The Ronettes'...
Roger Daltrey
The Biography
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2012
'Hope I die before I get old', sang Roger Daltrey over forty years ago, but it didn't quite work out like that.
The wild and passionate lead singer for supergroup The Who is still very much alive. The premature deaths of fellow group members Keith Moon and John Entwistle leaves Daltrey and...
I'd Rather Be the Devil
Skip James and the Blues
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Providing a clear look into the life of one of the greatest Mississippi bluesmen, this is the first biography of the late Skip James, perhaps the most creative and idiosyncratic of all blues musicians. His 1931 performances of "Devil Got My Woman," "I'm So Glad," and "22-20...
Learning to Listen: The Jazz Journey of Gary Burton
An Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
(Berklee Press). In "Learning to Listen," Gary Burton shares his 50 years of experiences at the top of the jazz scene. A seven-time Grammy Award-winner, Burton made his first recordings at age 17, has toured and recorded with a who's who of famous jazz names, and is one of only a few openly...
by Nicholas Jennings
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
**Shortlisted for the 2017 Legislative Assembly of Ontario Speaker's Book Award
Nominated for the 2018 Heritage Toronto Award - Historical Writing: Book
The definitive, full-access story of the life and songs of Canada's legendary troubadour**
Gordon Lightfoot’s name is synonymous...