The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter-Author Mary Lou Sullivan sat with Johnny Winter for hours of exclusive no-holds-barred interviews covering the guitar slinger's entire career. From toughing it out in Texas to his appearance at Woodstock his affair with Janis Joplin his stadium-filling tours and washing out on drugs and the temptations of the road before finally fulfilling his dream of becoming a 100-percent pure bluesman resurrecting the career of Muddy Waters and winning a Grammy Award for his effort this is a raucous roller coaster of story.Rolling Stone magazine has called Johnny Winter one of the greatest Guitar players of all time. Ripped off and beaten down by unscrupulous managers strungout living the extreme highs and extreme lows of an uncompromising musician Johnny is a true rock 'n' roll survivor. Signing with Columbia in 1969 for the largest advance ever paid a musician (which led to his appearance at Woodstock recently reissued in the deluxe Woodstock Experience box set) he has jammed with Guitar heavies Hendrix Clapton and the Allman Brothers. He is a legend and an icon paving the way for fellow Texas superstars Stevie Ray Vaughan and ZZ Top. Along the way he has gone from boom to bust and back again but has never lost his lust for his own brand of blues. Still on the road playing hundreds of gigs a year to his devoted adoring fans Johnny like this book is the real deal.

This is a story of the renowned musician known internationally as the King of Latin Music an instrumental force in the rise of la musica latina and its spread throughout the world. Here are first-person stories that trace Tito's life starting with the early years in New York City through the war years the emergence of the Palladium nightclub as a center of Latin Music and his development as an arranger and bandleader. Tito provides humour history and insights into the music and its masters and discusses the foundation of Latin jazz and the evolution of Mambo Rumba and Danzon. Includes a special Bonus DVD that features never-before-seen footage ofTito discussing his incredible 50-year career as a band leader.

Written by Brett Morgen with Richard Bienstock, Cobain: Montage Of Heck is a true goldmine of exclusive material collected and created for the acclaimed documentary. Delving further into the interviews, art and photography used in the film, this book is the perfect companion piece to the definitive film on this genuine legend's life.Even if you haven't yet seen the film, or you've loved it and have been left wanting more, Cobain: Montage Of Heck will definitely quench your thirst for all things Kurt Cobain and Nirvana. The legendary singer, songwriter and guitarist has gone down in history as almost a mythically brilliant voice of a generation, turning late 20th century angst into electrifying rock music. Brett Morgen's Montage Of Heck documentary was fully authorised by the Cobain family, after his widow Courtney Love approached him with the idea for the film.Getting exclusive access to Cobain's personal and family archives was an unprecedented achievement, allowing Morgen to delve deeply into home movies, recordings, artwork, photography, demos and journals, presenting an intimate portrait of Cobain's personal life as well as his astonishing artistry. The exclusive interviews in the film have provided fans with incredible insight into Cobain's life, featuring words from all the key figures like Courtney Love, Krist Novoselic, and his parents. Included in this book are extended versions of these interviews, giving unbridled vision into his life and work, told by the people who knew him best.Accompanying these interviews are some incredible and often never-before-seen visuals including animation stills from the films, personal art, candid photography and other treasures from his personal archive. Looking at these visuals, readers will find a true sense of the tortured genius, the artist who achieved enormous success and almost demi-god status yet still struggled with his personal, all-too-human demons. Since Cobain's tragic death, fans have been left with nothing but his music and an overwhelming amount of press rumours and cinema speculation. Now, Cobain: Montage Of Heck and the accompanying documentary provides the most definitive insight into the real man behind the musical legend.For nearly everyone who is interested in popular music, this book is absolutely fascinating. Cobain's boundary-pushing art has almost been overshadowed by rumour, but this book thankfully restores both to their rightful place, setting examples of his boundless creativity alongside authorised truths from the people who knew him intimately. Cobain: Montage Of Heck is sure to be seen as a true classic of rock biography. / Livre

L?influence du saxophoniste John Coltrane ne se limite pas au cercle de musiciens qui ont eu la chance de le côtoyer ou de l?entendre, ni même à la constellation formée par ceux qui ont assimilé et prolongé ses découvertes jusqu?à nos jours. Son impact s?étend au-delà du jazz et de la musique elle-même, reflet d?une curiosité jamais assouvie plaçant sa vie comme son ?uvre sous le signe d?une seule et même quête.

Venant compléter la biographie de John Coltrane par Lewis Porter (dont l?édition française est parue dans la même collection), cet ensemble de textes est le fruit d?une rencontre entre des musiciens et chercheurs internationaux issus de différentes disciplines.

Cette diversité des angles de réflexion et des analyses apporte un éclairage nouveau sur les mécanismes intimes d?une création en perpétuel mouvement, où se télescopent le blues et la musique savante, l?Inde et l?Espagne. Elle permet aussi de dégager une cohérence, des lignes de force, et de découvrir l?unité primordiale qui se cache sous la rapide évolution stylistique du créateur de Blue Train, Giant Steps ou Ascension. Actes du colloque international « John Coltrane (1926-1967) : l??uvre et son empreinte » (Université François-Rabelais, Tours, 26-27 novembre 2007). / Livre / Agrafé /

Selected Lyrics 1972-2017-Bruce Springsteen Like a Killer in the Sun originally published in Italian is the definitive book on the work of Bruce Springsteen showing his unique narrative talent and offering an accurate critical examination of his poetics. It presents 117 among his best lyrics expounded and annotated with the philological care used for the classics of literature. In his introduction Leonardo Colombati draws the attention to the fact that Springsteen is an author grafted on the line that goes from Whitman to Steinbeck from Flannery O'Connor to Raymond Carver. The book also contains Springsteen's biography and discography plus an exclusive interview with Bruce Springsteen. Withforewords by Academy Award-winner Ennio Morricone and music critic Dave Marsh a committee member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Springsteen's biographer. Like a Killer in the Sun is a book for anyone who wants to listen to a powerful and inspired voice coming from the heart of America.

Ever since his father gave him a disc recorder at the tender age of 10 Bruce Swedien has known what he wanted to do for the rest of his life.The names of the people he has worked with are too many to list but when one mentions musicians like Count Basie Duke Ellington Oscar Peterson Sarah Vaughan Eddie Harris Quincy Jones Jennifer Lopez and even Michael Jackson a great deal is immediately understood.In this book Swedien generously gives away detailed information from his lifetime in the studio - from a musical technical and very personal perspective.This book has something for everyone who is interested in music especially those curiousabout the stories behind the scenes of some of the best music to ever come out of the recording studio.

No composer has ever achieved the amazing artistic progression that Haydn has. He invented the string quartet as we know it became known as 'the Father of the Symphony' and mentored the great Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His creative life was one of ceaseless experimentation and invention. Author David Hurwitz shows readers how to more fully enjoy Haydn's music acquainting them with the master's innovative melodic creativity revolutionary use of musical form and important characteristics of his personal style such as his genius for writing in minor keys and creating comedy in his music. Hurwitz explores Haydn's vocal music and instrumental masterpieces that fall outsidethe mainstream as well as his principle instrumental works. A special chapter of letters and quotations by the composer himself introduces the reader to Haydn the man. Four appendices list all of his symphonies string quartets Piano sonatas and Piano trios and specify their distinguishing characteristics. Two accompanying Naxos CDs provide more than two and a half hours of beautiful music keyed to pieces described in the book.

Par CALVOCORESSI M D.. Issu d'une famille bourgeoise de l'ouest de la Russie, Modeste Moussorgski (1839-1881) est formé à  l'école d'officiers de St-Petersbourg, d'où il sort lieutenant quand le goût pour la musique prend le dessus. Avec ses camarades Balakirev, Cui, Glinka et Rimski-Korsakov, il forme le Groupe des Cinq? supervisé par Stassov. De ce compagnonnage naîtront de nombreuses à?uvres, notamment des opéras (Madla, Le Mariage, Boris Godounov, Khovantchina). Outre des piêces orchestrales remarquées (dont la désormais fameuse Nuit sur le Mont Chauve), Moussorgski a laissé de nombreuses mélodies (par exemple les cycles Enfantines, Sans Soleil, Chants et danses de la mort) inspirées par le folklore russe. Longtemps taxé péjorativement d'autodidacte, Moussorgski a justement développé un style personnel du plus grand intérêt et qui en fait sa particularité. Dépressif et alcoolique, le compositeur russe mourût prématurément de potomanie, seul et dans la misêre. Avec ce nouvel opus de la collection horizons / Relié / Livre / Livres

Prince has cut a singular path through the heart of popular music for more than 30 years. After making some of the most inventive albums of the '80s – including 1999 Purple Rain and Sign of the Times– he turned his attention to redefining his role in the music industry changing his name to an unpronounceable symbol declaring war on his record label Warner Bros. and leading the internet revolution. His subsequentcareer has had many ups and downs but he remains a major commercial and artistic force as evidenced by his ability to sell out the O2 Arena in London for 21 nights in succession in 2007. In 2010 he announced that the internetwas “over” and released his latest album 20Ten as a free cover-mounted CD with several European publications. Prince: Chaos Disorder and Revolution is an authoritative chronicle of one of popularmusic's true mavericks. Covering every album every movie and every tour it includes profiles of various key collaborators assesses the artist's various business dealings and details his many and varied side projects –on stage on record on screen and beyond.

L'?uvre de John Cage restera sans doute encore longtemps un défi lancé au monde musical et à ses conventions.
Inventeur du « piano préparé », il est aussi l'initiateur de courants artistiques majeurs de l'après-guerre et de formes d'expression comme le « happening », la « performance », les installations multimédia, etc. Une analyse détaillée et pénétrante de ses recherches, de ses conceptions et de ses oeuvres.
Avec cinq entretiens réalisés entre 1970 et 1990. / Livre /

Par GALLOIS JEAN. Force de la nature, Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685-1759) révéla rapidement un don inné pour la musique dans sa ville natale de Halle. Son talent émergea à  Hambourg, montrant déjà  un goût certain pour l'oratorio et l'opéra. Aprês quelques succês en Italie (notamment Aggripina à  Venise), il entra au service de la maison de Hambourg, ce qui le fit voyager en Angleterre Dès 1710. C'est là  qu'il éblouit les soirées london-niennes en créant pour sa Royal Academy of Music de nombreux chefs-d'oeuvre lyriques : Rinaldo, Guilio Cesare, Ariodante, Alcina, Serse, . . . Ce compositeur prolifique (plus de 600 opus) s'illustra aussi dans la musique orchestrale (Concerti Grossi, Suites, Water Music, Music for the Royal Fireworks, . . . ) et un vaste catalogue religieux (Anthems, Te Deums, oratorios dont Messiah et La Resurrezione, . . . ). Il repose désormais à  Westiminster Abbey. Ce nouveau volume de la collection horizons vous propose de partir à  la rencontre d'une figure incontournable de la musique. / Broché / Livre / Livres

All That's Left to Know About The King's Recorded Works-Why is Elvis Presley's body of recorded work still so relevant nearly 60 years after he began recording? Elvis Music FAQ is for anyone who has been inspired by an Elvis Presley record. Following in the tradition of the FAQseries in Elvis Music FAQ a lot of rare information is woven together in one concise entertaining package.There are chapters about every year of Elvis's career including a look at his pioneering original recordlabel Sun; insight on his management; the continued importance of television in his career; a summation of each Presley concert tour; the inside scoop about the role Elvis's band members and songwriters played in his sound;stories about the amusing musical oddities created by those trying to ride on the Elvis success train; details about the contentious role drugs played in his career; and finally a full review of every record the King everissued.One might say that the only truths about Elvis Presley can be found in the grooves of his records where his natural talent and passion for music comes through always. Elvis Music FAQ aims to be the oneessential companion that explains the reason why the voice heard over the speakers still carries such resonance. Dozens of rare images accompany this engaging text.

With sales of over 75 million albums and singles Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist Bob Marley is one of the world’s best selling artists of all time.A pioneer of the reggae sound Marley rose tofame with his band The Wailers in the 1960s before achieving international stardom with the release of his album 'Exodus' in 1977.This songbook contains twelve of Marley’s greatest hits including Jamming Could You Be Loved and Three Little Birds all arranged for Piano Voice and Guitar.

The Music Of George Harrison-Far from being 'the quiet one ' George Harrison was a writer and arranger of terrific power and beauty and his guitar playing was fundamental to the sound and success of The Beatles.Simon Leng presents the most comprehensive evaluation of the art and music of George Harrison ever published from the star's initial early influences right up to his final collection of songs Brainwashed. Treating each song with unprecedented analysis Leng reveals Harrison's eclectic approach - from teenage Nashville twang through Indian raga psychedelia gospel soul and pure pop - thoroughly defining Harrison's role in The Beatles. First hand accounts of theConcert For Bangla Desh and the making of All Things Must Pass take the reader deep into the most fertile and controversial periods of Harrison's long solo career.Enhanced with insights from key figures who worked closely with Harrison throughout his extraordinary career this biography is a remarkably stirring study and portrait of a great artist whose musical and spiritual quest changed the lives of millions of people around the world while redefining popular music and rock'n'roll.

Le mystère entretenu sur la vie de Nicolas Obouhow a renforcé le mythe autour du personnage et autour de cette manière de Grand Oeuvre qu'il n'a cessé de projeter : son Livre de Vie. Il appartient à l'un des courants qualifiés de futuristes au XXe siècle, mais sa singularité exceptionnelle le relie aux figures brûlantes de l'histoire de la musique. Ayant conçu, depuis le début du XXe siècle, un système d'écriture qui préfigure certaines des conduites compositionnelles les plus novatrices (Schoenberg, Messiaen) il s'autorise, au piano aussi bien qu'à l'orchestre, des textures véritablement inouïes. Mettant en scène un instrument de son invention - la Croix sonore - des voix criées, sifflées, un pianodouble , le compositeur vise un spectacle total avec des costumes, des couleurs projetées, dans un espace qu'il avait conçu lui-même.
Il est passionnant de redécouvrir ce musicien atypique, également inscrit dans la lignée extasiée de Scriabine, qui avait le soutien de Maurice Ravel, d'Arthur Honegger et sur lequel Claude Ballif avait levé un coin du voile.
En 2004 et en 2006, deux grandes fresques symphoniques ont été créées en collaboration avec le Holland Festival - en 2007 une série de concerts à Moscou, avec les solistes Jay Gottlieb et Nina Barkalaïa consacra le retour d'exil - après tant de temps ! - de Nicolas Obouhow : une carrière posthume, comme en ont déjà connu bien d'autres compositeurs !

Jean-Michel Bardez
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