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Stephen Reed Griggs's avatar

Ordered my copy. Can’t wait! I plan to use it during my public interview of Julian Priester this month at the Seattle Jazz Fellowship.

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Larry Koenigsberg's avatar

Reading musicians' comments about a musician is interesting and often instructive. I remember particularly enjoying the comment sidebars in Art Pepper's STRAIGHT LIFE, and the views on Charlie Parker and Bud Powell in Art Tay.lor's NOTES AND TONES: MUSICIAN TO MUSICIAN INTERVIEWS. There's a fascinating set of interviews, BIRD: THE LEGEND OF CHARLIE PARKER. To be sure, it's been a while and I've forgotten most of the content, remembering just snippets.

I don't recall dscussions in these other books about aesthetics and technique. Perhaps your book's drummer comments include such discussions. I'll have to have a look —

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