Popular Music History

Popular Music History

Series Editor

Alyn Shipton
Independent musician, author and broadcaster and Jazz Research Fellow and Lecturer in Jazz History, Royal Academy of Music

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Popular Music History (Series)

Alyn Shipton, Royal College of Music (Series Editor)
photo collage of a crowd circa 1945 superimposed in front of a trombone

An Unholy Row

Jazz in Britain and its Audience, 1945–1960

Dave Gelly, Writer and Journalist
photo of anita oday in big hat

Cool Heat

Anita O'Day and Her Dangerous Jazz Life

James Gavin, Author and Journalist
photo of Lester Young playing sax and holding instrument over his head

Being Prez

The Life and Music of Lester Young

Dave Gelly, Writer and Journalist
Collage of jazz memorabilia related to New Orleans

Bill Russell and the New Orleans Jazz Revival

Ray Smith, Musician and Writer, Mike Pointon, Musician and Writer
photograph of Parker playing the sax

Chasin' the Bird

The Life and Legacy of Charlie Parker

Brian Priestley, Author, Journalist and Broadcaster
photo of Tomasz Stanko with hands folded on a trumpet

Desperado

An Autobiography

Tomasz Stańko, Musician, Rafał Księżyk, Journalist, Translated by Halina Maria Boniszewska
Weber playing bass and glancing sideways, as at fellow player

Eberhard Weber

A German Jazz Story

Eberhard Weber, Musician, Translated by Heidi Kirk
photo of Brad at the piano, looking down as he strikes keys

Formation

Building a Personal Canon, Part I

Brad Mehldau, Jazz Pianist
graphic of keyboard at an angle

Handful of Keys

Conversations with Thirty Jazz Pianists

Alyn Shipton, Royal Academy of Music, London
digitally altered photo of Hendrix close up at microphone

Hear My Train A Comin’

The Songs of Jimi Hendrix

photo of author standing holding a sax and wearing a hat

Hidden Man

My Many Musical Lives

John Altman, Film composer, music arranger, orchestrator, conductor and saxophonist
photo of Ivor at an upright piano wearing hat

Ivor Cutler

A Life Outside the Sitting Room

Bruce Lindsay, Music Journalist and Social Historian
Close-up Photo of Chris Barber blowing a horn

Jazz Me Blues

The Autobiography of Chris Barber

Chris Barber, (1930-2021) Band Leader and Trombonist, with Alyn Shipton, Royal Academy of Music

Jazz on BBC Radio

1922-1972

Tim Wall, Birmingham City University
photo of Lennie Tristano at the piano and Peter Ind, behind him on double bass

Jazz Visions

Lennie Tristano and His Legacy

Peter Ind, Jazz Musician and Club Owner, (1928-2021)
photo of the George Lee Orchestra on stage

Kansas City Jazz

A Little Evil Will Do You Good

Con Chapman, Author and Journalist
photo of Jarrett at piano

Keith Jarrett

A Biography

Wolfgang Sandner, University of Marburg, Translated by Chris Jarrett, Johannes-Gutenberg-University
closeup photo of Komeda with a cigarette in his mouth

Komeda

A Private Life in Jazz

Magdalena Grzebałkowska, Journalist and Author, Translated by Halina Maria Boniszewska
Photo of Morgan in relaxed pose with left arm resting on upright trumpet

Lee Morgan

His Life, Music and Culture

Tom Perchard, Goldsmiths, University of London