Títulos en Compositores y músicos

Quincy Troupe's account of his friendship with Miles Davis is a revealing portrait of a great musician and an intimate study of a unique relationship. It is also an engrossing chronicle of the author's own development, both artistically and personally. A keen and critical observer, Troupe captures and conveys the power of Miles' presence, the mesmerizing force of his personality, and the restless energy that lay at the root of his creativity.

 A multiple award-winning singer/songwriter, Katy Perry has reached heights of fame that goes beyond music. She’s also an actress, TV icon, and philanthropist that has sold over 100 million records. In this interview, she talks about being a “mom” to Justin Bieber, the music on her album, Teenage Dream, and the songs "Peacock" and "California Gurls", and how she wants her ashes used in fireworks when she’s gone.

In this often violent but always introspective memoir, Mobb Deep’s Prodigy tells his much anticipated story of struggle, survival, and hope down the mean streets of New York City. For the first time, he gives an intimate look at his family background, his battles with drugs, his life of crime, his relentless suffering with sickle-cell anemia, and much more.

Dave Van Ronk was one of the founding figures of the 1960s folk revival, but he was far more than that. A pioneer of modern acoustic blues, a fine songwriter and arranger, a powerful singer, and one of the most influential guitarists of the ’60s, he was also a marvelous storyteller, a peerless musical historian, and one of the most quotable figures on the Village scene. The Mayor of MacDougal Street is a firsthand account by a major player in the social and musical history of the ’50s and ’60s.

In this collection of musical portraits, jazz pianist and radio host Marian McPartland pays sparkling tribute to such beloved and legendary figures as Benny Goodman, Bill Evans, Joe Morello, Paul Desmond, Alec Wilder, Mary Lou Williams, and others.

Sarfraz Manzoor was two years old when, in 1974, he emigrated from Pakistan to Britain with his mother, brother, and sister. Sarfraz spent his teenage years in a constant battle, trying to reconcile being both British and Muslim, trying to fit in at school and at home. But it was when his best friend introduced him to the music of Bruce Springsteen that his life changed completely. Both a tribute to Springsteen and a story of personal discovery, Greetings from Bury Park is a warm, irreverent, and exceptionally perceptive memoir about how music transcends religion and race.

Opera is the fastest growing of all the performing arts, attracting audiences of all ages who are enthralled by the gorgeous music, vivid drama, and magnificent production values. If you've decided that the time has finally come to learn about opera and discover for yourself what it is about opera that sends your normally reserved friends into states of ecstatic abandon, this is the book for you.

In the spring of 1933, more than 8,000 Jewish musicians, actors, and other artists were expelled from their positions with German orchestras, opera companies, and theater groups. Later that year, the Jüdische Kulturbund, or Jewish Culture Association, was created to allow Jewish artists to perform for Jewish audiences.

In this intimate biography of the Prince of Soul, David Ritz provides a candid look at a star and a friend. Ritz had been collaborating with Marvin Gaye on his story for several years before the singer's tragic death and had conducted a series of extraordinary interviews in which Gaye discussed his deepest secrets. What emerges is a full-scale portrait of a charming but tortured artist, a brilliant singer with a divided soul.

Claudio Baglioni racconta se stesso attraverso le note di un diario che lo ha accompagnato in trent'anni di viaggi, di carriera, di vita. L'autore alterna cenni biografici e narrativi, racconti, bozzetti, riflessioni sui temi della guerra e la fine del secondo millennio, considerazioni sulla vita dell'artista girovago, sferzanti critiche musicali e sociali, intensi appunti che hanno seguito il suo primo tour in Africa, Sud America ed Est Europeo. Claudio Baglioni offre nelle pagine di questo libro uno sguardo inedito sul rapporto trentennale tra un cantore e il suo secolo.

It was that voice, those eyes, that hair, the cars, the girls. Elvis Presley revolutionized American pop culture when, at age 21, he became a modern superstar. A Memphis Beau Brummel even before he found fame, Elvis had a personal style that, like his music, had an immediate impact on his audience that continues to influence us today.

According to Eric Clapton, John Mayer, and the late Stevie Ray Vaughn, Buddy Guy is the greatest blues guitarist of all time. An enormous influence on these musicians as well as on Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck, he is the living embodiment of Chicago blues.

From 1934 to 1954, Bing Crosby utterly dominated American entertainment. Nobody has ever had as many hit records, and Crosby was the number one movie star for five years in a row. The rise of Bing Crosby was the rise of American popular culture itself.

The explosive, definitive account of Michael Jackson’s fall from grace has now been updated with four new fascinating chapters. Award-winning journalist Diane Dimond, who first broke the story of the King of Pop’s battles against child molestation charges from 1993 to 2005, takes you behind the scenes and into the courtroom of one of the most controversial cases of the decade. This audio version gives listeners a dramatic glimpse of one reporter’s vigilance and unending quest to uncover the truth.

No singer has been more mythologized and more misunderstood than jazz legend Billie Holiday, who helped to create much of the mystique herself with her autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues - and this authentic biography sets the record straight. Donald Clarke was given unrivaled access to a treasure trove of interviews from the 1970s with those who knew Lady Day in all stages of her short, tragic life - from her childhood in the streets and good-time houses of Baltimore, through the early days of success in New York and the years of fame, to her tragic decline.

Ferdinando "Fred" Buscaglione è stato uno dei più grandi cantanti italiani degli anni Cinquanta, famoso soprattutto per canzoni come "Che bambola!", "Guarda che luna" e "Eri piccola così". In questo audiolibro ripercorrerai tutte le tappe della sua breve ma intensa vita. Dall'infanzia a Torino fino alla grandissima e duratura amicizia con Leo Chiosso, dalla gavetta allo stile inconfondibile che riproponeva i film noir dei gangster americani: pupe, pallottole e whisky!

Through personal essays and interviews, punk musician and cultural icon Lydia Lunch claws and rakes at the listener's conscience in this powerful, uninhibited feminist collection.

Ascolta e rivivi la storia del chitarrista degli Stones. Un ritratto a tutto tondo di uno dei grandi della musica! Da Laura Gramuglia, DJ e conduttrice radiofonica da sempre appassionata di musica. Le sue storie d'amore al ritmo di rock tra i protagonisti della scena musicale del secolo scorso sono diventate un libro e una trasmissione in radio: "Rock in Love". Fondatore e anima dei Rolling Stones, Keith Richards è uno dei chitarristi più accreditati della storia del rock (e della musica in generale).

Django Reinhardt è la figura simbolo della cultura zingara nel mondo della musica del Novecento. È stato indubbiamente uno dei più grandi chitarristi di tutti i tempi ed era la dimostrazione vivente che la forza del desiderio personale, la tenacia e la perseveranza possono portare lontano anche se si hanno umili origini.

Bob Dylan è uno dei più prolifici e longevi cantautori della storia. Nel corso della sua decennale carriera ha spaziato tra moltissimi generi (dal folk al rock, dall'acustico all'elettrico, dalla musica impegnata a quella con tematiche religiose), cavalcando sempre l'onda dell'innovazione.