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I know we have some Bay Area people here. Anyone know anything about this one: Medea Isphording Bern, San Francisco Jazz http://www.ggpbooks.com/book/9781467132879 Kind of odd that the Keystone Korner isn't mentioned in the promo.

How about Spirits Rejoice!? http://www.ggpbooks.com/book/9780190230913

This one I haven't seen, though it was written a long time ago. First English translation? Or did I just miss it? Free Jazz/Black Power http://www.ggpbooks.com/book/9781628460391 Amazon has a few offerings in French, and one that doesn't have a language specified. I'm not sure what to make of a book on this subject from Frenchmen...though I know there were global elements to the movement. (Nothing against French men.)

I'm not much for pictures/photos, but there's one from Les McCann http://www.ggpbooks.com/book/9781606997864#relatededition
So many books. So little time.

Here's a new one out that I just ordered:



Authored by Richard Havers, the new Blue Note: Uncompromising Expression book is the first official illustrated history of Blue Note Records. Commemorating the storied label’s 75th anniversary, the 400-page hardcover book includes forewords by Wayne Shorter, Robert Glasper, and Blue Note President Don Was. The book details Blue Note’s impact on popular culture and celebrates more than seven decades of extraordinary music, as well as the label’s ongoing commitment to “Uncompromising Expression,” the tenet first set forth by Blue Note’s founder, Alfred Lion, a German immigrant who came to America to pursue his dreams and his love of music.

Tracing the evolution of jazz from the boogie woogie and hot jazz of the 1930s, through bebop, hard-bop, the avant-garde and fusion, to the eclectic mix Blue Note releases today, the book also narrates a complex social history from the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany to the developments in music and technology in the late 20th century. Featuring classic album artwork, unseen contact sheets, rare ephemera from the Blue Note Archives, commentary from some of the biggest names in jazz today, and feature reviews of seventy-five key albums, this is the definitive book on the legendary label.


http://www.bluenote.com/news/blue-note-to-release-commemorative-boxset