The Man Who Recorded the World
A Biography of Alan Lomax
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2011
Summary
First biography of the ultimate unsung hero in the history of popular music, Alan Lomax.
Writer, musicologist, archivist, singer, DJ, filmmaker, record, radio and TV producer, Alan Lomax was a man of many parts. Without him the history of popular music would have been very different.
Armed with a tape-recorder and his own near-flawless good taste, Lomax spent years travelling the US, particularly the south, recording its heritage of music and song for posterity, bringing to li…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099472353 |
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| ISBN-10: | 009947235X |
| Author: | John Szwed |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Arrow Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2011 |
| Weight: | 309g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 27mm |
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A great book…hooray! * Peter Seeger *
Superb * Mojo *
Remarkable…excellent * Telegraph *
Impressive - Szwed succeeds magnificently * FT *
About The Author
John Szwed
John Szwed is Professor of Music and Jazz Studies at Columbia University, and Director of the Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University.
He is the author of a number of books, including:
- Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth
- Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World
- So What: The Life of Miles Davis
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