Jade Visions: The Life and Music of Scott LaFaroWinner of the Best Book of 2009, Jazz Division, sponsored by AllAboutJazz-New York, 2009. Selected for "The Best of the Best" from University Presses, ALA Conference, 2010. Winner of the 2010 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research in Jazz, 2010. Jade Visions is the first biography of one of the twentieth century's most influential jazz musicians, bassist Scott LaFaro. Best known for his landmark recordings with Bill Evans, LaFaro played bass a mere seven years before his life and career were tragically cut short by an automobile accident when he was only 25 years old. Told by his sister, this book uniquely combines family history with insight into LaFaro's music by well-known jazz experts and musicians Gene Lees, Don Thompson, Jeff Campbell, Phil Palombi, Chuck Ralston, Barrie Kolstein, and Robert Wooley. Those interested in Bill Evans, the history of jazz, and the lives of working musicians of the time will appreciate this exploration of LaFaro’s life and music as well as the feeling they’ve been invited into the family circle as an intimate. |
Contents
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Chapter 3 Early Influences | 17 |
Chapter 4 High School Days | 25 |
Chapter 5 Beginning Bass to Buddy and Baker | 41 |
Chapter 6 Transposition 1957 | 59 |
Chapter 7 Working the West Coast 1958 | 77 |
Chapter 13 His Music I | 155 |
Chapter 14 His Music II | 175 |
Chapter 15 His Music III | 201 |
Chapter 16 His Legacy | 211 |
Appendix I Remembering Scott LaFaro | 225 |
Appendix II When Sam Met Scotty | 231 |
The LaFaro Legacy | 235 |
Scott LaFaro Discography | 249 |
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Jade Visions: The Life and Music of Scott Lafaro Helene LaFaro-Fernández,Chuck Ralston,Jeffrey R. Campbell,Phil Palombi No preview available - 2014 |
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