The Man Who Recorded the World: A Biography of Alan Lomax - Brossura

Szwed, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 009947235X ISBN 13: 9780099472353

Casa editrice: Arrow, 2011

Riassunto

Writer, musicologist, archivist, singer, DJ, filmmaker, record, radio and TV producer, Alan Lomax was a man of many parts. Without him the history of popular music would have been very different.

Armed with a tape-recorder and his own near-flawless good taste, Lomax spent years travelling the US, particularly the south, recording its heritage of music and song for posterity, bringing to light the talents of performers ranging from Jelly Roll Morton to Leadbelly and Muddy Waters, and crucially influencing generations of musicians from Pete Seeger to the Stones, from Woody Guthrie to Bob Dylan.

His influence continues: recordings made by Lomax are the core of the sound-tracks of Oh Brother, Where art Thou? and Gangs of New York, and even featured, remixed, on Moby's Play.

John Szwed's biography is the first ever of this remarkable and contradictory man (whom he both knew and worked with for ten years); through it Szwed will tell the story of a musical and political era, as he did so successfully in his previous book on Miles Davis.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

"A great book...hooray!" (Peter Seeger)

"Superb" (Mojo)

"Remarkable...excellent" (Telegraph)

"Impressive - Szwed succeeds magnificently" (FT)

Descrizione del libro:

First biography of the ultimate unsung hero in the history of popular music, Alan Lomax

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Arrow
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 009947235X
• ISBN 13: 9780099472353
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 448