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The Time of Our Singing: A Novel 35 reviews
Richard Powers
Picador, 2004
A rare treat
+ Time outlives everything
+ An ambitious project.
+ Best read of the year to date
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain 84 reviews
Oliver Sacks
Knopf, 2007
Considering the part music plays in the recovery of extremely mentality disabled patients
+ Symphonic!
+ Very informative
+ music's neural mechanisms
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Mitchell & Ruff: An American Profile in Jazz 3 reviews
William Zinsser
Paul Dry Books, 2000
Not Just for Jazz Fans
+ an overlooked classic
+ Willie, Dwike and Zinsser
Get this book! Zinsser is a fabulous writer. You will be moved and enthralled by the story of these gifted and dedicated men. The author's description of Ruff explaining the concept of musical improvisation to a Chinese audience is unforgetable. I think this is a re-issue of Willie & Dwyke (1984), ...
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Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music 76 reviews
Blair Tindall
Grove Press, 2006
Unique, informative, funny, and sad ... simultaneously
Like some others who have offered reviews, I was also a musician in New York during some of the time Blair Tindall writes about in her book. I was a student at Juilliard from 1975 to 1979 and stayed in New York until 1980, when I left to work in Caracas, like many other young American conservatory ...
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Body and Soul50 reviews
Frank Conroy
Delta, 1998
May Become a Classic
+ Excellent.....but...
+ Hands down best book I have ever read in my life.
+ a great read but...
+ Great story
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No Minor Chords: My Days in Hollywood6 reviews
Andre Previn
Doubleday, 1991
Hilarious!
+ Ah the good ol' days.
+ this deserves a reprint
+ Witty and engrossing
+ A very entertaining read.
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Piano Lessons: Music, Love, and True Adventures45 reviews
Noah Adams
Delta, 1997
Words That Sing
+ Missing the point
+ Goldsheld
Noah Adams enchanted me with his touching--and at times very amusing--memoir of learning to play a deceptively simple piece of music on the piano.
I read this book years ago, when it was recommended to me by pianist Robin Spielberg. At the time, Piano Lessons struck me as the first prose I ...
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Marian McPartland's Jazz World: ALL IN GOOD TIME (Music in American Life)1 review
Marian McPartland
University of Illinois Press, 2005
Wonderful Writing from the First Lady of Jazz
If you're a fan of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz show on NPR, you'll adore reading this fabulous book about her life in the music business. Music flows through her writing. It's clear that her radio skills stem from her uncanny ability to really listen to what's going on around her, and she ...
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Grand Obsession: A Piano Odyssey49 reviews
Perri Knize
Scribner, 2008
Fantastic and educational read!
+ Must buy for piano lovers
+ A Grand Journey
+ Piano Journey
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Piano Girl: A Memoir13 reviews
Robin Meloy Goldsby
Backbeat Books, 2006
Misty water-colored memoir (now available in paperback)
+ Music, Words, Inspiration
+ What do you learn from 30 years of playing lounge piano?
+ Praise for Piano Girl
+ Who Knew The Piano Player Could Be So Funny?
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Piano Girl: A Memoir13 reviews
Robin Meloy Goldsby
Backbeat Books, 2006
Misty water-colored memoir (now available in paperback)
+ Music, Words, Inspiration
+ What do you learn from 30 years of playing lounge piano?
+ Praise for Piano Girl
+ Who Knew The Piano Player Could Be So Funny?
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Grand Obsession: A Piano Odyssey49 reviews
Perri Knize
Scribner, 2008
Fantastic and educational read!
+ Must buy for piano lovers
+ A Grand Journey
+ Piano Journey
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No Minor Chords: My Days in Hollywood6 reviews
Andre Previn
Doubleday, 1991
Hilarious!
+ Ah the good ol' days.
+ this deserves a reprint
+ Witty and engrossing
+ A very entertaining read.
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Body and Soul50 reviews
Frank Conroy
Delta, 1998
May Become a Classic
+ Excellent.....but...
+ Hands down best book I have ever read in my life.
+ a great read but...
+ Great story
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain84 reviews
Oliver Sacks
Knopf, 2007
Considering the part music plays in the recovery of extremely mentality disabled patients
+ Symphonic!
+ Very informative
+ music's neural mechanisms
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The Time of Our Singing: A Novel35 reviews
Richard Powers
Picador, 2004
A rare treat
+ Time outlives everything
+ An ambitious project.
+ Best read of the year to date
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|
|
|
|
| |
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Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music76 reviews
Blair Tindall
Grove Press, 2006
Unique, informative, funny, and sad ... simultaneously
Like some others who have offered reviews, I was also a musician in New York during some of the time Blair Tindall writes about in her book. I was a student at Juilliard from 1975 to 1979 and stayed in New York until 1980, when I left to work in Caracas, like many other young American conservatory ...
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Piano Lessons: Music, Love, and True Adventures45 reviews
Noah Adams
Delta, 1997
Words That Sing
+ Missing the point
+ Goldsheld
Noah Adams enchanted me with his touching--and at times very amusing--memoir of learning to play a deceptively simple piece of music on the piano.
I read this book years ago, when it was recommended to me by pianist Robin Spielberg. At the time, Piano Lessons struck me as the first prose I ...
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Mitchell & Ruff: An American Profile in Jazz3 reviews
William Zinsser
Paul Dry Books, 2000
Not Just for Jazz Fans
+ an overlooked classic
+ Willie, Dwike and Zinsser
Get this book! Zinsser is a fabulous writer. You will be moved and enthralled by the story of these gifted and dedicated men. The author's description of Ruff explaining the concept of musical improvisation to a Chinese audience is unforgetable. I think this is a re-issue of Willie & Dwyke (1984), ...
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Marian McPartland's Jazz World: ALL IN GOOD TIME (Music in American Life)1 review
Marian McPartland
University of Illinois Press, 2005
Wonderful Writing from the First Lady of Jazz
If you're a fan of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz show on NPR, you'll adore reading this fabulous book about her life in the music business. Music flows through her writing. It's clear that her radio skills stem from her uncanny ability to really listen to what's going on around her, and she ...
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