Bill Milkowski

Gebundenes Buch

Ode to a Tenor Titan

The Life and Times and Music of Michael Brecker

Beschreibung

After John Coltrane, there was no more revered and profoundly influential saxophonist on the planet than Michael Brecker. For those coming of age in the 1970s, during that transitional decade when the boundaries between rock and jazz had begun to blur, Brecker stood as a transcendent figure.

Autor

Bill Milkowski is a longtime contributor to such music magazines as Downbeat, Jazziz, Guitar Player, Absolute Sound, and Germany's Jazzthing. His work has also appeared in Jazz Times, Interview, Musician, Mix, Modern Drummer, Bass Player, Guitar Club (Italy), Guitar (Japan), and the New York Daily News. He is also the author of Jaco: The Extraordinary and Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius (Backbeat Books), Swing It! An Annotated History of Jive (Billboard Books), Rockers, Jazzbos & Visionaries (Billboard Books), Legends of Jazz (White Star) and Keith Richards: A Rock 'n'Roll Life (White Star). He also co-authored Here and Now: The Autobiography of Pat Martino (Backbeat Books). After covering jazz and guitar-oriented music in New York City for forty years, he moved to West Hartford, Connecticut, in 2018.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Press
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 157mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 802g
• ISBN-13: 9781493053766
• ISBN-10: 1493053760
• Artikelnr.: 59988055