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The ultimate guide to the greatest singer-songwriter who ever lived. Covers the man, the life, the music, the friends and lovers, the influences, the movies, the stories, the places, the words, the trivia, the sayings, and more. Each album reviewed, with the songs behind the 50 greatest songs uncovered. Numerous sidebars and boxes include juicy bite-sized chunks on everything from the famous parties to the best and worst concerts.

This work offers the latest information on downloading music, podcasts, photographs and movies to the latest generation of iPods, MP3 players, mobiles and computers, giving a unique Virgin slant on how to stay at the cutting edge of the downloading revolution. With special emphasis on creating and downloading playlists, this is the last word in structuring your individual media library. What? - it is a quick guide to the latest download technology. How? It tells how to go about downloading. Who?...

Robert Christgau on James Brown: "When he modulates to the bridge it's like the Spirit of God moving upon the face of the waters. After that he could describe his cars for three [LP] sides and get away with it. " Christgau on Carly Simon: "If a horse could sing in a monotone, the horse would sound like Carly Simon, only a horse wouldn't rhyme 'yacht,' 'apricot,' and 'gavotte. '" Christgau on Van Morrison: "This is a man who gets stoned on a drink of water and urges us to turn our radios all th...

"Gigi Gryce was a saxophonist and composer who worked with some of the best-known names in jazz during the 1950s, including Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, and Max Roach ... Years of research and dozens of interviews were conducted for this book, resulting in a biography that, for the first time, tells the true story of this often overlooked figure and illuminates his contributions to one of the richest periods in jazz history"--Back cover.

Pepper Adams' Joy Road is more than a compendium of sessions and gigs done by the greatest baritone saxophone soloist in history. It's a fascinating overview of Adams' life and times, thanks to colorful interview vignettes, drawn from the author's unpublished conversations with Adams and other musicians. These candid observations from jazz greats about Adams and his colleagues reveal previously unknown, behind-the-scenes drama about legendary recordings made by John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, The...

More than a listener's guide this book reveals the rich historical development of a regional music that is now embraced worldwide. Packed with incisive essays ratings and reviews of 2 700 recordings plus fantastic photos and engaging biographies this guide captures the allure of reggae calypso dancehall rock steady soca and other evocative styles of the entire English-speaking Caribbean region past and present. Featured artists include: Bob Marley and the Wailers Jimmy Cliff Peter Tosh...

This first edition of "The Billboard Book Of Top-40 R&B & Hip-Hop Hits" offers complete and authoritative chart information on the most popular rhythm and blues and hip-hop songs and artists to reach the top 40 positions on Billboard's R&B Singles chart from 1942 - the present. From the days of Louis Jordan and Bullmoose Jackson and his Buffalo Bearcats, swing, and World War II, Billboard began keeping tabs on the bestsellers in record stores in Harlem, New York. That Harlem Hit Parade chart of...