Ben Sidran Knihy

Focusing on the significant role of immigrant Jews, the book explores their foundational contributions to the emergence of America's popular music industry. It delves into how their influence shaped the cultural landscape and the broader implications of this development in relation to the American Dream. Through a comprehensive historical narrative, it highlights the intersection of music, identity, and aspiration in American society.

"As you read, light bulbs switch that's what was going when she recorded that; now I can see where he got that sound."-- LA Weekly43 Jazz ConversationsMiles Davis, Gil Evans, Dizzy Gillespie, Jon Hendricks, Max Roach, Betty Carter, Jackie McLean, Don Cherry, Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, Archie Shepp, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Keith Jarrett, Wynton Marsalis, and Jack DeJohnette-these are just a few of the jazz musicians whose conversations with Ben Sidran are recorded in this volume. In stimulating, personal, and informative discussions, they not only reveal their personalities, but also detail aspects of the performance, technique, business, history, and emotions of jazz. Newly expanded with previously unpublished dialogues with David Murray, Dr. John, and Mose Allison, Talking Jazz is undoubtedly the best oral history of recent and contemporary jazz.

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