Music reads

[ngeso]

What are your read and recommended books about or featuring music themes?

Some of my favourites:

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To me the quintessential DJ book. LastNightADJSML will give you the history, but this will really tell you of the emotions, loves and sorrows.

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These two are the only conscise books on Congolese rumba, lingala and soukouss music in existence. They are vital records of an era bygone, places lost, and a music scattered across the globe through need, greed and war.

[12th house]

I've always wanted to read this one:

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This one about the rise & fall of the Lizard King, Jim Morrison

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(http://www.amazon.com/Riders-Storm-Life-Morrison-Doors/dp/0385304471/ref=sr_1_1/102-4788475-5384921?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185388622&sr=1-1)

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[Monny JcIntosh]

Robert Palmer's Deep Blues,
Val Wilmer's As Serious As Your Life,
The Rough Guide to Reggae.

[jordash]

not necessarily great literary achievements, but fun reads nonetheless... I think the miles one stands out.

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It feels like you get a peek into the mind of a true self aware and tortured genius

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A man's obsession - the whiteboyjazzmusiciannerd blue print was written by bill evens

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extremely enjoyable read

as ngeso mentioned - a great summary of dj history:
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kinda cliche choices, but they do the job!

[Monny JcIntosh]

I used to think the Mingus one was great. But really, he was a bit of an arsehole, wasn't he?

[jordash]

I used to think the Mingus one was great. But really, he was a bit of an arsehole, wasn't he?

Pretty much. Same with Miles though - not the most nuanced guy.
I think that it partly what made the books fascinating to me when I first read them. You don't expect sensitive musicians to be so "raw" (unlike dozens of stale rags-to-riches type Bios that float around -- I read the quincy jones bio a while back...zzzzzzzzzzz)

[dan_v]

anything by daniel j. levitin. his work on cognitive neuroscience as it pertains to music perception and enjoyment is outstanding and he writes in a way anyone can understand and appreciate; both from a musician and appreciator's perspectives.

highly recommend 'this is your brain on music' and 'the world in six songs'.

d

[John Ep]

Kodwon Eshun, "More Brilliant Than the Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction"

http://www.amazon.com/More-Brilliant-Than-Sun-Adventures/dp/0704380250/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228094527&sr=8-1

its a pretty intense discussion of "afro-futurism" in artists ranging from p-funk, sun ra, massive attack, underground resistance and detroit techno, dr. octagon.

if you are into music, postmodernism and the politics of race, than this is for you, his prose is pretty dense, but fun.

[dan_v]

if anyone is willing to pass along a copy of mel cheren's autobiography i'd be willing to take it off your hands.

d