Cymbal Press is thrilled to announce the release of our latest book, Pity the Genius – A Journey through American Guitar Music in 33 Tracks, by guitarist and author Joel Harrison. The book is for sale on Amazon.com and wherever you buy books. Choose softcover, hardcover, or Kindle editions. Pity …
Cymbal Press is thrilled to announce the release of our latest book, Pity the Genius – A Journey through American Guitar Music in 33 Tracks, by guitarist and author Joel Harrison. The book is for sale on Amazon.com and wherever you buy books. Choose softcover, hardcover, or Kindle editions. Pity …
Scott Yanow reviewed Dan Ouellette’s latest book, The Landfill Chronicles: Unearthing Legends of Modern Music, for his column in The L.A. Jazz Scene. Dan Ouellette has long been a top-notch jazz journalist. Perhaps best known for his association with Downbeat (where he has written articles and conducted Blindfold Tests …
Book Reviews “I was going to write that The Jazz Omnibus is essential for your library, but then I realized that The Jazz Omnibus really is a library. It serves a tasty range of sharp writing on subjects from notes on Cecile McLorin Salvant by Andy Senior to World Boogie …
Book Reviews “This is really profound, evocative stuff—Joel is not only a great player, he’s a great writer. Everyone should read this book.” – Mike Stern: Jazz Guitarist “Pity the Genius reads like a memoir told through the lens of a listener, student and friend of pivotal, emotionally complex, guitar …
About the Authors Guitarist, composer, arranger, lyricist, writer, educator, and vocalist Joel Harrison has “created a new blueprint for jazz” (New Orleans Times-Picayune). A Guggenheim Fellow (2010) he has released 25 CDs as a leader on seven different labels since 1994. Harrison’s music may be founded on jazz but veers into classical, rock, …
Book Reviews “Dan Ouellette has enjoyed an almost unparalleled access to the greatest musicians of our time. The stories he weaves in this book will considerably heighten your appreciation of their lives and music. It’s essential reading.” – Don Was, musician, producer, president of Blue Note Records “Dan Ouellette’s The …
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Dan Ouellette is the author of The Landfill Chronicles – Unearthing Legends of Modern Music. Dan Ouellette is a New York-based writer, author, journalist, editor, curator, and speaker with an expertise in jazz music as well as “beyond jazz” music including significant archival interviews with Frank Zappa, Lou Reed, Laurie …
