Music

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807011843Author Gayle WaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

'Without a doubt the most important artist the blues has ever produced' Eric Clapton'No one did more to spread the gospel of the blues' President Barack Obama'One part of me says, "Yes, of course I can play." But the other part of me says, "Well, I wish...

Often more interesting than great battles, royal weddings or grand state occasions are the weird and wonderful tales of ordinary folk. These memories turn into valuable currency as our familiar world is vandalised in the name of progress... Rantings of...

Following his highly successful previous book, Zappa The Hard Way, Frank Zappa specialist Andrew Greenaway's second tome on the influential cult artist is something completely different! Frank Talk: The Inside Stories of Zappa's Other People is compiled...

Poised to become a jazz classic, Gary Giddins' Visions of Jazz: The First Century contains no fewer than 78 chapters illuminating the lives of virtually all major figures in jazz history. From Louis Armstrong's renegade style trumpet playing to Frank...

This book focuses on the genius of Smith's 1998 debut that remains his defining album. Many albums could be cited to support the claim that great suffering yields great art. Elliott Smith's "XO" should not be one of them. Smith's 1998 major label debut...

Complicated Shadows paints a detailed and accurate portrait of an intensely private and complex individual. It draws on nearly 50 exclusive interviews with schoolmates, pre-fame friends, early band members, journalists as well as members of The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143035947Author Renee FlemingFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Rod Stewart will be 60 in less than two years' time - yet his popularity (and his determination to continue living the rock-star life to the full) is undimmed by the passing years. Since turning 50, life has been as turbulent as ever for him; marriage to...

Her iconic blonde looks, stunning voice and songs of loneliness and melancholy have endeared her to millions, yet Agnetha Faltskog remains an enigmatic and distant figure. From her success as a teenage singer and songwriter in Sweden in the late 1960 s...

Swing is back in style, and with it a renewed interest in the Big Band Era. And few players dominated that era more than Harry James, whose soaring trumpet solos and romantic hit tunes influenced popular music for a generation. Now, Peter J. Levinson,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767926881Author Suze RotoloFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Crown Publishing Group (NY)Publisher Crown Publishing Group (NY)Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632867735Author Robert GordonFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Bloomsbury USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 538g

For Elvis, Christmas at Graceland was a time for family and friends, a respite from the road and the recording studio. It was a time to sing gospel songs around the piano and give out extravagant gifts. In this spirit, Christmas with Elvis is designed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780758214492Author Maxene AndrewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Kensington Publishing CorporationPublisher Kensington Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692980736Author Adam ReevesFormat PaperbackPage Count 402Imprint Half Pint PressPublisher Half Pint PressWeight(grams) 585g

The definitive biography of guitar icon and Grammy Award-winning artist Bill Frisell.FEATURING EXCLUSIVE LISTENING SESSIONS WITH: Paul Simon; Justin Vernon of Bon Iver; Gus Van Sant; Rhiannon Giddens; The Bad Plus; Gavin Bryars; Van Dyke Parks; Sam...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685890094Author Kurt CobainFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982122256Author Olivia Newton-JohnFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Gallery BooksPublisher Gallery BooksWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

Joseph Haydn is one of the greatest and most innovative of all composers, yet in some ways he is still curiously misunderstood. This engaging new Pocket Guide assesses what Haydn's music means to us today, and challenges some of the myths that have grown...

During the height of the Rolling Stones'success, Bill Wyman kept a diary, recoding the churning chaos of the band's creative evolution, power plays, recording sessions, tours, romances, drug busts, and financial disarray. Stone Alone is a meticulous,...

"Friend, asshole, angel, mutant," singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt "came along and made us gross and broken people seem . . . I dunno, cooler, I guess." A quadriplegic who could play only simple chords on his guitar, Chesnutt recorded seventeen critically...

A new edition of Johan Bakker's biography on musician Eva Cassidy. The Eva Cassidy phenomenon began too late for the woman herself to enjoy the fame, although whether she would have enjoyed it is another matter. This shy and sensitive singer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250181725Author Dennis DunawayFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 279gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

An indelible and irresistible portrait of the crucial formative years of the legendary rock band KISS and the music scene they changed forever-culminating with the groundbreaking success of their classic 1975 album Alive! and the smash single "Rock and...

An expert and informative appraisal of all of Elgar's works - from his juvenilia to the unfinished 3rd symphony - by the author of the acclaimed Gerald Finzi. The new Diana McVeagh book on Elgar is first-rate, wrote Gerald Finzi of her earlier study...

Rich Cohen enters the Stones epic as a young journalist on the road with the band and quickly falls under their sway - privy to the jokes, the camaraderie, the bitchiness, the hard living. Inspired by a lifelong appreciation of the music that borders on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671705725Author Frank ZappaFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 503g

The most radical and divisive composer of the twentieth century, Arnold Schoenberg remains a hero to many, and a villain to many others. In this refreshingly balanced biography, Mark Berry tells the story of Schoenberg's remarkable life and work,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781610885928Author Paul SalsiniFormat HardbackPage Count 252Imprint Bancroft PressPublisher Bancroft PressWeight(grams) 562g

Known for the classics "Knock on Wood," "634-5789," "Raise Your Hand," "Big Bird," and "I've Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)," among others, Eddie Floyd's career as a soul legend spans over sixty years. His professional singing career began...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060938376Author Richard ColeFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 1230gDimensions(mm)...

This volume of memoirs chronicles the most exciting generation of British music the world has ever seen. Punk's initial firestorm kicked open the door for myriad other scenes. In rapid succession came Ska, New Mod, New Wave, anarcho-punk and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416577850Author Dennis LoveFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 426gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Keith Hatschek tells the story of three determined artists: Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, and Iola Brubeck and the stand they took against segregation by writing and performing a jazz musical titled The Real Ambassadors. First conceived by the Brubecks...

From his writing of EGodspellE's score at age 23 through the making of the megahit musical EWickedE and beyond EDefying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz fromE Godspell EtoE Wicked takes readers into the world of the legendary Broadway...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629639734Author Leon RosselsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press

Eberhard Weber is a virtuoso who revolutionized jazz bass playing. He brought his instrument from the far corner of the stage into the spotlight - and turned it into a solo force. He began his career as a jazz bassist in the 1960s, and his band Colours...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345472755Author Jo SgammatoFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 306g

A singer, songwriter, an inimitable performer: Freddie Mercury has left his mark on the popular culture of the last 50 years, and his music has influenced the imaginary of different generations, defying the definition of musical genre itself. The biggest...