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Good to hear you discuss the book so eloquently on Fresh Air this week, Fred. I am looking forward to reading it.
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Fred, go ahead and promote the book. Not only doesn't it bother me, I was glad to hear of it, and am putting it on my reading list. Seems like others are too, as it has a very respectable Amazon sales rank, and a slew of comments. Thanks for documenting the mad delusional imperial conduct of the Bush regime.
hey Fred - missed you in hutch recently (live in AZ) but my Mom sent me the article from your book presentation. so - do you write about your system too? equipment? some of the best music that's been on tour the past 3 years is Dweezil Zappa's band playing exclusively from Dad Frank's amazing catalog. any discussion of today's great playing guitarists is lacking without mention of dweezil.As you are a Jazz fan, give it a try - you will be amazed at the statistical density and control of the band.
Yes, GIANT STEPS is mentioned, as are Cecil Taylor and a few others. TIME OUT is written about in the context of the Jazz Diplomats' State Department tours, specifically Brubeck's trip to the Middle East and Turkey, and Americans' growing appetite for things foreign....Fred
Hi Fred,I've been thinking about '59 quite a bit lately, particularly after hearing Gordon Vernick's (Georgia State Jazz musician/professor) podcast on jazz in ‘59. It's good to see your book is coming out and extending the conversation beyond just the music. I'm currently a PhD student in an English department and thinking of proposing this for a course. This might allow me to send some love your way, as I would most likely use your text. I was wondering if any other novels from this time period come to mind? I'm trying to think of specific books that came out around this time and tied into the other changes in American art/culture but haven't come up with anything yet. Congratulations on the book, I always enjoy reading your insightful posts here as well.
Thanks much, I appreciate. Novels of that year included Burroughs' "Naked Lunch," Roth's "Goodbye, Columbus," and - most important of all - the debut publication of the uncensored text of D.H. Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover," as a result of a lawsuit, filed by Grove Press' Barney Rosset, which toppled the nation's obscenity laws. Check it out...Fred