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The producer : John Hammond and the soul of American music / Dunstan Prial.

Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML429.H26 P75 2006
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Prial, Dunstan, 1963-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hammond, John, 1910-1987.
Hammond, John.
Sound recording executives and producers--United States--Biography.
Sound recording executives and producers.
United States.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
xiv, 347 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.
Summary:
John Hammond's life is a gripping story of music, money, fame, and racial conflict, played out in the nightclubs and recording studios. A pioneering producer and talent spotter, Hammond discovered Billie Holliday, Count Basie, Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Contents:
The basement on east ninety-first street
An education
An emerging voice
Discovery
Convergence
Further and further afield
A minor revolution
Café society
A family
At war at home
Vanguard
A second act
The A&R man
Jackson, Mississippi
June 15, 1963
A marvelous audition
SRV.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes discography : pages [313]-326.
ISBN:
0374113041
OCLC:
60373568
Publisher Number:
9780374113049

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