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New, expanded and updated edition of the best comprehensive survey of who's who of British jazz musicians. Over 900 biographies detail the work of musicians from every era of British jazz, ranging from those who played professionally before 1920 at the dawn of jazz in Britain, through to today's young stars.

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Presenting an insiders view of the music industry and music making in 13 countries, this work looks at the interactions between transnational communication and national cultures.

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The first biography of the legendary, beloved, long-running band Little Feat, by veteran music journalist Ben Fong-Torres.

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This discography is successful in its attempt to `present a complete picture of women instrumentalists' recording activity from 1913 to 1968.' Jan Leder also shows the significant contributions made by women in jazz and their involvement playing jazz since its beginnings.

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A guide to the world of contemporary and electronic music.

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Working On a Dream is a powerful and engaging study of this songwriter and performer's art. Springsteen has consistently summoned his creative power and artistic vision to indict political developments and demand the cultivation of a more compassionate and progressive society.

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Now available for a new generation of swing enthusiasts, reissued to coincide with the release of "The World of Swing" CD from Columbia/Legacy, this monumental history of big band jazz, documented through interviews with forty leading musicians, has been updated with a new introduction and discography by Dan Morgenstern.

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Offers the definitive study of the work of Bob Dylan, examining his creative persona and philosophy. In this comprehensive study, the author explores the convergence of biography, artistic philosophy, and musical style in Bob Dylan's oeuvre. It tackles each period of its subject's five-decade career and traces the entire history of Dylan's career.

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"This chronological account of the rock era and its evolution will appeal to many researchers interested in the period. This book will also appeal to trivia buffs with its inordinate amount of little-known information." Reference Books Bulletin

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Sam Cutler was the personal tour manager for the Rolling Stones at some of their major gigs. After the Altamont CA concert descended into hell, he was left to make peace with, among others, the Hell's Angels. He went on to manage The Grateful dead, Janis Joplin, he now lives in Australia with his Aussie wife.

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Of all the great pop-music books written, it is worth savouring You Don't Have To Say You Love Me for its brilliant sideways insight into one of the most exciting cultural periods Britain has ever seen.

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A companion volume to "You Just Fight for Your Life", this discography details 251 recording sessions. A song index, a name index that keys items to numbered sessions and an index of solos are included.

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He came from Outer Space...

It was the greatest invention in the history of pop music the rock god who came from the stars which struck a young David Bowie like a lightning bolt from the heavens.

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The great eccentric of British psychedelia and unsung national treasure - beloved of everyone from Led Zeppelin, R.E.M. to Stewart Lee and the late Jonathan Demme (who directed Storefront Hitchcock, a 1998 concert film conceived as 'a document not a documentary') - pens an idiosyncratic childhood memoir . . .

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A definitive retelling of the greatest year for music - 1975 - told fifty years on.

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Published alongside the major British Library exhibition, Beyond the Bassline is a landmark volume of essays, features and interviews which traces a new timeline underpinned by the Black artists and musicians who, over centuries, have shaped Britain's unique and globally significant musical culture.

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The definitive, untold story of Chappell Roan's artistic revolution, from small-town singer to a queer icon.

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