In this definitive biography, the two authors relied on every interview, resource, and document, much of it material no one has seen before. Bruce Conforth began his study of Johnson’s life and music in 1970 and made it his mission to fill in what was still unknown about him. Gayle Dean Wardlow has been interviewing people who knew Johnson since the early 1960s, and he was the person who discovered Johnson’s death certificate in 1967. Yet until now, his short life-he was murdered at the age of 27-has been poorly documented. Robert Johnson’s recordings, made in 19, have profoundly influenced generations of singers, guitarists, and songwriters. “An essential story of blues lore, black culture, and American music history. The 43 profiles in Jazz Beat Encore are a representative cross-section of today’s music makers: Dan Barrett, Butch Miles, Cynthia Sayer, Ehud Asherie, Rebecca Kilgore, Harry Allen, Joey Alexander, Randy Sandke, Wesla Whitfield, Chuck Redd, Scott Robinson, Howard Alden, John Allred, and thirty more.”īruce Conforth and Gayle Dean Wardlow, Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Robert Johnson (Chicago Review Press) ‘Classic’ is defined as ‘serving as a standard an enduring example always revered and never obsolete a treasured art form that secures its future by honoring its past.’ In Jazz Beat Encore, More Notes on Classic Jazz, veteran jazz journalist Lew Shaw takes the reader along as he travels his jazz beat and presents a group of contemporary musicians who have interesting and reflective stories to tell that can only broaden a jazz fan’s appreciation of what it’s like to make music for a living as well as gain a better understanding of what is happening on the band stand. ![]() “Even in a time of constant change, Classic Jazz is alive and well and continues to be relevant in today’s musical environment. ![]() ![]() Lew Shaw, Jazz Beat Encore: More Notes on Classic Jazz (AZtold Publishing Company)
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