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Beyond A Love Supreme

John Coltrane and the Legacy of an Album

By: Tony Whyton

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Beyond A Love Supreme

John Coltrane and the Legacy of an Album

By: Tony Whyton

John Coltrane's A Love Supreme is widely considered one of the greatest jazz albums of all time. In Beyond A Love Supreme, author Tony Whyton explores both the musical aspects of A Love Supreme, and the album's seminal importance in jazz history, as well as its broader musical and cultural impact.

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Oxford University Press

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0199733236

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9780199733231

London Live

From the Yardbirds to Pink Floyd to the Sex Pistols : the Inside Story of Live Bands in the Capital's Trail-blazing Music Clubs

By: Tony Bacon

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London Live

From the Yardbirds to Pink Floyd to the Sex Pistols : the Inside Story of Live Bands in the Capital's Trail-blazing Music Clubs

By: Tony Bacon

Featuring eyewitness accounts and rare photos, "London Live" offers a celebration of the musicians, venues, and performances that put live rock music in the spotlight of London's 1950s-1970s cultural scene. 100 color photos.

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200

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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087930572X

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9780879305727

“Don’t Forget The Pierrots!'' The Complete History of British Pierrot Troupes & Concert Parties

By: Tony Lidington

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“Don’t Forget The Pierrots!'' The Complete History of British Pierrot Troupes & Concert Parties

By: Tony Lidington

This volume is the first authoritative historical textbook to look at the origins, development and evolution of seaside pierrot troupes and concert parties and their popular performance heritage. It will provide, for the first time, a definition of the pierrot troupe and its evolution from the roots of European popular traditions such as the commedia dell’arte and minstrelsy, to links between music hall and contemporary popular culture. Tony Lidington will explore how pierrot troupes grew from a single idea into a major international cultural industry and how it boosted morale and national identity during the two World Wars, before sublimating into contemporary pop music and comedy. Tony’s continuing practice as research provides an experiential framework for the historical and ethnographic analysis of the form. This book will be of vital interest to students, researchers, and performers of outdoor (al fresco) arts, clowning and comedy, minstrelsy, vernacular music-making and music hall.

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432

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Taylor & Francis

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1000686140

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9781000686142

Magical Mystery Tours

My Life with the Beatles

By: Tony Bramwell

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Magical Mystery Tours

My Life with the Beatles

By: Tony Bramwell

Tony Bramwell's remarkable life with The Beatles began in a post-war Liverpool suburb where he was childhood friends with John, Paul and George. By the time he unexpectedly ran into George Harrison on top of a bus, Tony was well into a life story absolutely unlike any other. At Apple Record's insistence, Tony stayed with The Beatles for every step of their meteoric rise. His story has been sought for over thirty years, and here it is, detailing with an insider's shrewd eye the incomparable success and inevitable failure of the Apple empire; Brian Epstein's frolics; Ken Kessy's Merry Pranksters; Phil Spector's eccentric behaviour; as well as never-heard-before stories about Yoko Ono. 'Magical Mystery Tours' reveals fresh insights that have never been published in any of the 800 plus books already on the market, including compelling details of the early recordings and songwriting and Yoko's pursuit of John and her growing influence over The Beatles' lives. From the first number one to the last and from scraps of song lyrics to the discovery of the famous Mr Kite circus poster, this is a broad ranging account of the swinging sixties and the decade's most successful rock band.

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518

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Portico

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1910232165

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9781910232163

Beyond A Love Supreme

John Coltrane and the Legacy of an Album

By: Tony Whyton

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Beyond A Love Supreme

John Coltrane and the Legacy of an Album

By: Tony Whyton

Recorded by his quartet in a single session in 1964, A Love Supreme is widely considered John Coltrane's magnum opus and one of the greatest jazz albums of all time. In Beyond A Love Supreme, Tony Whyton explores both the musical complexities of A Love Supreme and the album's seminal importance in jazz history. Marking Coltrane's transition from the bebop and hard bop of his earlier recordings to the free jazz style perfected throughout the rest of his career, the album also embodies the deep spirituality that characterized the final years of his life. The titles of the four part suite--"Acknowledgment," "Resolution," "Pursuance," and "Psalm"--along with the poem Coltrane composed for inclusion in the liner notes, which he "recites" instrumentally in "Psalm," reflect the religious aspect of the album, a quality that contributes to its mystique and symbolic importance within the canon of major jazz recordings. But Whyton also shows how A Love Supreme challenges many of the traditional, unreflective assumptions that permeate jazz culture--the binary oppositions between improvisation and composition, black music and white music, live performance and studio recording. He critically examines many of the mythologizing narratives about how the album was conceived and recorded and about what it signifies in terms of the trajectory of Coltrane's personal life. Sifting through the criticism of late Coltrane, Whyton suggests ways of listening to these recordings that go beyond the conventional ideologies of mainstream jazz practice and open the music to a wider range of responses. Filled with fresh insights into one of the most influential recordings in jazz history, Beyond A Love Supreme is an indispensable resource for jazz scholars, jazz musicians, and fans and aficionados at all levels.

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Oxford University Press

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0199993114

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9780199993116

Book's by Tony Whyton

Beyond A Love Supreme

Beyond A Love Supreme

London Live

London Live

“Don’t Forget The Pierrots!'' The Complete History of British Pierrot Troupes & Concert Parties

“Don’t Forget The Pierrots!'' The Complete History of British Pierrot Troupes & Concert Parties

Magical Mystery Tours

Magical Mystery Tours

Beyond A Love Supreme

Beyond A Love Supreme

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