Sonny Simmons with Marc Chaloin - Better Do It Now Before You Die Later
First ever book dedicated to American saxophonist Sonny Simmons (1933–2021) by renowned free jazz writer Marc Chaloin. His alto was intense, fiery yet sweet.
Publisher: Blank Forms / ISBN : 9781953691996
Author: Sonny Simmons with Marc Chaloin
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: 1-of-a-Kinds, Avant-Garde, Biography, Free Jazz, Saxophone, USA.
Guillaume Belhomme - Biographical Sketches
Eric Dolphy’s stellar career lasted little more than 5 years. A pioneer of the jazz avant-garde of the 1960s. Guillaume Belhomme traces his biography in s..(read more)
Publisher: Wolke Verlag / ISBN: 9783955931469
Author: Guillaume Belhomme
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: '60s, Bass Clarinet, Biography, Clarinet, Free Jazz, Saxophone, USA.
Leah Broad - Quartet – How Four Women Challenged the Musical World
Highlights the lives, loves, and musical careers of four extraordinary women: Ethel Smyth, Rebecca Clarke, Dorothy Howell and Doreen Carwithen. Leah Broad resur..(read more)
Publisher: Faber / ISBN: 9780571366118
Author: Leah Broad
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Biography, Composers, Female Icons, Pioneers, UK.
Nico B and Edward Colver - Christian Death: Only Theatre of Pain (hardcover book)
Nico B, a friend of Rozz Williams, edited this oversized hardcover book. Edward Colver’s photos capture rare moments, Colver and band members tell the story o..(read more)
Publisher: Cult Epics / ISBN: 9780999862766
Author: Nico B and Edward Colver
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Biography, Cult Epics, Death Rock, Gothic Rock, Photography, USA.
You Nakai - Reminded By the Instruments: David Tudor’s Music
Engagingly written and a pleasant read, this extraordinary study offers fresh insights into Tudor’s reclusive personal life and elusive creative complexit..(read more)
Publisher: Oxford University Press / ISBN: 9780190686765
Author: You Nakai
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Avant-Garde, Biography, Composers, Electronic, Sound Art, USA.
David Toop - Flutter Echo: Living Within Sound
Brilliant new publication by the imprint of Thurston Moore and Eva Prinz. English musician and writer David Toop’s memoirs!
Publisher: Ecstatic Peace Library / 9781787601529
Author: David Toop
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Avant-Garde, Biography, Free Improvisation, UK.
Frans de Waard - This Is supposed To Be A Record Label
New edition at a lower price. Eleven years of Staalplaat history (1992-2003) from the perspective of Mr. Staalplaat himself. In his typical, dry style, he remin..(read more)
Publisher: Timeless Editions
Author: Frans de Waard
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Amsterdam, Biography, History, Noise.
Eugene Chadbourne - Dreamory
Guitarist and singer Eugene Chadbourne looked back at his career (The ceaseless stream of records and cassettes, his own Parachute label, his band Shockabilly, ..(read more)
Publisher: House of Chadula / ISBN: 978-0-692-26989-3
Author: Eugene Chadbourne
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Avant-Rock, Biography, Eccentrics, Free-folk, USA.
Lawrence Sutin - Divine Invasions – A Life of Philip K. Dick
Divine Invasions is the definitive biography of one of America’s greatest novelists and science fiction’s greatest ambassador to literary audiences...(read more)
Publisher: Da Capo Press / ISBN: 9780786716234
Author: Lawrence Sutin
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Biography, Science Fiction.
