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Comment on At work on Harry Nilsson book by Alyn Shipton

Alyn Shipton — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:47:01 +0000

Progress slower than I would like, but it is getting towards the end of the full first draft. Hopefully will now appear in 2012.

Comment on At work on Harry Nilsson book by Andrew King

Andrew King — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:41:19 +0000

Any news on the Nilsson book..?

Comment on Festival-itis by Alyn Shipton

Alyn Shipton — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 09:20:49 +0000

John – just caught up with my website posts. Thanks for your comments about JH. He’s going to be featured again in the Listener Feedback edition of Jazz Library in a couple of weeks.

Comment on Festival-itis by John Garfoot

John Garfoot — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 21:35:56 +0000

Great interview with Jon Hiseman, such happy memories of Daughter of Time in 71 as a 4th former at school, so many important links with the likes of Ginger Baker too! Eldest son now trying to emulate Barbara T – you heard it here first!

Comment on Hi-De-Ho: The Life of Cab Calloway by Cab in Washington Times « alynshipton.co.uk

Cab in Washington Times « alynshipton.co.uk — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:37:05 +0000

[...] Lovely review of Hi De Ho in last Friday’s Washington Times. It was great to be in the United States last week, doing podcasts and interviews for Oxford University Press about the book, and getting some of the buzz that’s going on there. More about Hi De Ho here. [...]

Comment on Hi-De-Ho: The Life of Cab Calloway by Chatting to Harvey « alynshipton.co.uk

Chatting to Harvey « alynshipton.co.uk — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:20:42 +0000

[...] and the world of 50s musical theatre, when Cab was a star of Porgy and Bess. More about my Cab book here – and you can click through the links to find out more about Harvey’s. [...]

Comment on Hi-De-Ho: The Life of Cab Calloway by HI DE HO on Wall St « alynshipton.co.uk

HI DE HO on Wall St « alynshipton.co.uk — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 14:22:38 +0000

[...] Wall Street Journal has a nice review of Hi De Ho from Will Friedwald, the author of Jazz Singing. He seems to like the musical analysis stuff, but [...]

Comment on Hi-De-Ho: The Life of Cab Calloway by More Hi De Ho-ing « alynshipton.co.uk

More Hi De Ho-ing « alynshipton.co.uk — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 11:11:07 +0000

[...] been a bit quiet since the publication of last week’s reviews of Hi De Ho, but now along comes David Schwartz on The Die Is Cast, who normally blogs about matters to do with [...]

Comment on Talkin’ to Fred by Alyn Shipton

Alyn Shipton — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 07:01:05 +0000

Hi Andrew
Yes, I think radio is the medium for this, but to some extent that depends on what your audience brings with it. There’s an ongoing debate about how much explanation to include. Maybe Fred would have benefited from more, but then the immediacy of using the interview with him would be punctuated by explanations, and that – I think – mediates it to its detriment, losing immediacy. Try one of the shows with a guest reviewer – indeed either of this weeks with Chris Batchelor on Harry Beckett or John L Walters on Gil Evans to see what I mean. Both currently on BBC listen again.

Comment on Talkin’ to Fred by Andrew Mayne

Andrew Mayne — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:03:59 +0000

Thanks for this. I feel there is no substitute for the ‘explanation’ being linked with immediate and specific examples of the music. This is where Kernfeld scores, because he does include (on a CD that comes with the book) examples of the music on which he comments. Wouldn’t radio be an ideal medium for extending this approach?