Music in the air
Subtitle: the selected writings of Ralph J. Gleason
By: edited by Toby Gleason ; foreword by Jann Wenner ; introduction by Paul Scanlon
Contributors: Gleason, Toby, editor; Wenner, Jann, writer of foreword; Scanlon, Paul, writer of introduction
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9780300212167
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Music Journalism; History; Popular music; Collections; Popular culture; Jazz; History and criticism
Description: Draws from a rich variety of publications, including Gleason's books, essays, interviews, and LP record album liner notes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Jazz and blues. Jazz : Black art/American art; title: Perspectives; title: Perspectives; title: The San Francisco jazz scene; title: Jimmy Witherspoon, At the Monterey Jazz Festival; title: John Coltrane, Olé Coltrane; title: School jazz has quality; title: Louis plays the Claremont; title: This year at Monterey; title: Billie Holiday, The golden years, Vol. II; title: The greatness of Carmen McRae; title: Guaraldi and Sete, a happy union; title: John Handy, Recorded live at the Monterey Jazz Festival; title: "Soul sauce," a hummer's hit; title: Mingus mail album a huge success; title: B. B. King, Completely well; title: The rewards in Mingus' music; title: Miles Davis, Bitches brew; title: The sunlight and beauty of Johnny Hodges; title: God bless Louis Armstrong; title: Duke Ellington, The pianist; title: Cal Tjader, Los ritmos calientes!; title: Ben Webster : another giant gone; title: Frank : then and now; title: Farewell to the Duke; title: Folk, rock, and pop. The limeliters, Through children's eyes : little-folk songs for adults; title: The magic of Joan Baez; title: Pete Seeger is here tonight; title: Odetta the incomparable; title: A folk-singing social critic; title: The Beatles' Mersey sound; title: Who really is Bob Dylan?; title: Jefferson Airplane, Takes off; title: A warm and groovy affair; title: Dawn of true sexual hysteria; title: Hank Williams, Roy Acuff and then God!!; title: Another candle blown out; title: Altamont revisited on film; title: Simon and Garfunkel, Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme; title: Unreleased Bob Dylan album; title: San Francisco, the American Liverpool; title: Satire, reality and Dick Gregory; title: Jonathan Winters, Another day, another world; title: The Bill Cosby world of youth; title: Lenny Bruce, The real Lenny Bruce; title: Politics and culture. The casualties of mass society; title: The tragedy at the Greek Theatre; title: The times, they are a-changin'; title: The flower children; title: Like a rolling stone; title: Sound is without color; title: Fighting fire with fire : an end to logic; title: We need an honest president; title: We've got to get rid of Nixon; title: Payola : it's in the grooves; title: Law & order & the business of politics.