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50 years at the Village Vanguard : Thad Jones, Mel Lewis and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra / Dave Lisik and Eric Allen.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML3518 .L57 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lisik, Dave, author.
- Allen, Eric (Eric D.), 1973- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Big bands--New York (State)--New York.
- Big bands.
- Village Vanguard (Nightclub).
- Jones, Thad.
- Lewis, Mel, 1929-1990.
- Lewis, Mel.
- Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band.
- Vanguard Jazz Orchestra.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 316 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 x 28 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Fifty years at the Village Vanguard
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : SkyDeck Music Publishing, [2017]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Presenting the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra
- Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra
- The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: sixteen as one
- Thad
- Mel
- The music of Bob Brookmeyer
- The music of Jim McNeely
- Riding the bus: life on the road
- Solo space: the small group within a big band
- A legacy of composition
- The 50th anniversary collection
- The Village Vanguard
- Just like on the records: the official discography
- And the band
- By the numbers.
- Notes:
- Book plate inside front cover signed by authors and listing copy number from 500 print run.
- PDF bonus materials (see link below) includes photographs and interview materials that do not appear in the printed book.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-311) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780692808580
- 0692808582
- OCLC:
- 972093558
- Online:
- Bonus materials
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