[Dixielandjazz] Re: Snub Mosley (was Saxophone article onsfgate.com)

[Fred Spencer]

Dear Dave,

The Strand Bookstore at (212) 473-2591 in New York City (Google it) has The 
Devil's Horn, new, on sale for $12.50 (50%) and $4.50 p&p. It is a 324-page 
"popular" book with a bibliography and index, but no reference notes, other 
than an occasional footnote. This annoyed me because there is a 10-page 
chapter entitled "Body and Soul" which contains a lot of dubious medical 
material with practically no sources of information..

Other saxophone books that may be of interest are:

--PAUL LINDERMEYER. Celebrating The Saxophone. The balance of text and 
pictures, including captions, is ideal, with illustrations ranging from 
black-and-white comic strips to color plates of musicians in repose and 
action. (William Morrow, 1988).

--DAVE GELLY. Masters of Jazz Saxophone. This big, 224-page book contains 
biographies, pictures, and album covers of individual saxophonists, and 
discusses their different styles. (Balafon Books, 2000).

--BRIAN PRIESTLEY et al. The Sax and Brass Book. A unique 28-page "Sax & 
Brass Directory" in this excellent, colorfully illustrated volume contains 
"background information on a number of significant saxophone, cornet, 
trumpet, and trombone makers and their various brand names, both past and 
present". There is also a 41-page essay on "Jazz Saxophone, and a 28-page 
one on "Jazz Trumpet and Trombone". (Miller Freeman, 1998).

--GUERNSEY'S AUCTIONS. The Jazz Auction. Colored photographs of saxophones 
owned by Charlie Parker, Gerry Mulligan, Eric Dolphy, and John Coltrane are 
among the more than 400 jazz artefacts shown in this 187-page catalog of a 
February 20, 2005 jazz auction in New York City. (Guernsey's Auctions, New 
York).

--BRUCE VERMAZEN. That Moaning Saxophone. The tale of the six Brown Brothers 
whose vaudeville act in the early twentieth century introduced the saxophone 
to the public-and to jazz. (Oxford University Press,2004).

--JOSEF SKVORECKY. The Bass Saxophone. Two Novellas. The "Preface" to this 
jazz fiction book tells the story of jazz in Czechoslovakia under the Nazis 
and Communists. (Ecco Press, 1994).

[This material is modified from articles in "New Jersey Jazz", and "Tailgate 
Ramblings", the respective newsletters of the New Jersey Jazz Society and 
the Potomac River Jazz Club]. Cheers.

Fred

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Richoux" <tubaman at tubatoast.com>
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Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Snub Mosley (was Saxophone article 
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> There was an interview with the author on NPR this weekend. An  archive 
> file is available at
>
> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4991482
>
> Dave R
> On Oct 20, 2005, at 5:15 PM, Bill Haesler wrote:
>
>> I read the interesting review of the saxophone book 'The Devil's  Horn' 
>> by
>> Michael Segell but, being frugal, will probably wait until it is  'on 
>> sale'.
>
> and http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/16/ 
> RVGUNF4DRE1.DTL
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