brownie Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Due out in Europe on May 15 (and later in the States)... Amazon.co.uk preview Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasta Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 looks like a must have to me, thanks brownie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Thanks for the heads-up Brownie....I"ll be all over it! m~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Thanks for posting Brownie, one to add the library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 (edited) Thanks. I hope there are enough covers in the book that are not already in the two Blue Note and the "California Cool" and "New York hot" books. Edited May 6, 2007 by Claude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Thanks. I hope there are enough covers in the book that are not already in the two Blue Note and the "California Cool" and "New York hot" books. ... and "Jazzical Moods", and "Jazz West Coast" and the Daver books. I like Taschen, though. I've enjoyed their "Design of the 20th Century" and "1000 Chairs". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 I like Taschen too (Jazz Life, etc.) + this certainly isn't very expensive. Also apparently will have some text. All in all, I believe it will be worthwhile to obtain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted May 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Strangely, there is no mention of this book on the Taschen.com website or if there is I could not find it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Strangely, there is no mention of this book on the Taschen.com website or if there is I could not find it! couldn't find it either, strange! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted May 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 I was told at Taschen France that the book was delayed and would not be published before early 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Thanks. I hope there are enough covers in the book that are not already in the two Blue Note and the "California Cool" and "New York hot" books. ... and "Jazzical Moods", and "Jazz West Coast" and the Daver books. I like Taschen, though. I've enjoyed their "Design of the 20th Century" and "1000 Chairs". ...And "1000 Clowns." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Sounds intriguing, but this is the kind of book I'd actually like to look through before buying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakeostrin Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 This is a topic that has been visited before by other publishers and authors, but as with Taschen's "Jazz Seen," it is nice to see a relatively inexpensive nicely done book so that more people can enjoy the material. As a hard-core collector, I prefer the first editions of Claxton's books, but it is also good to have the aforementioned. Likewise, the two Daver books are both well put together and collectible, so it would be nice to see something that makes those covers available to more fans, particularly the non book collectors. There have been other threads on the album cover books, but when one considers "Jazz Grafico" (Spanish exhibition catalog); "Jazzin the Black Forest" (complete SABA/MPS covers w/detailed discography); "Jazz West Coast" (the Japanese book on Pacific Jazz covers--as opposed to the 1955 original); the Stirnweiss and Flora books, the field has been covered as far as the most well known designers and recognized covers. Still, there is more to do; I obtained some interesting books of album slicks (in comb binders for salespeople to use as samples) of jazz material a few years ago; Coral and Brunswick label. Probably the most well-known cover depicted was the Al Cohn/Bob Brookmeyer designed and photographed by Burt Goldblatt or "Jazz at the Academy" by Hal McCusick. When I got these, I thought, I would really like to see one of these books for Blue Note, Bethlehem, Verve or Prestige. But those spiral bound sets of slicks have to be the first "album cover" books. By the way, if any forum members can direct me to the site someone posted of Swedish record covers, I would appreciate it, as I had difficulty finding it via the search engine and those were some interesting covers! Keep on enjoying jazz and jazz books. Regards, Baker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted August 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 The 1,000 Jazz Covers book is announced as an August release in the USA http://www.amazon.com/1000-Jazz-Covers-Tas...g/dp/382282366X and a January 2008 release in Europe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 My Amazon UK order still shows as expected in August. As it's been put back several times already I'm not expecting it in the very near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted O'Reilly Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 The Amazon.com link shows the price as USD$16.49 (list price 24.99). Going to Amazon.ca it is CDN$43.02 (list price 49.71). According to xe.com the exchange rate today is 1.00 USD = 1.05355 CAD, so, the book should be CDN$17.37. But it's $25.65 more! A bit of an exchange ripoff, isn't it? There's no indication of the size or format (square, rectangular) of the book anywhere. Does anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 The Amazon.com link shows the price as USD$16.49 (list price 24.99). Going to Amazon.ca it is CDN$43.02 (list price 49.71). According to xe.com the exchange rate today is 1.00 USD = 1.05355 CAD, so, the book should be CDN$17.37. But it's $25.65 more! A bit of an exchange ripoff, isn't it? There's no indication of the size or format (square, rectangular) of the book anywhere. Does anyone know? Canadian penalty seem ok to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted August 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 There's no indication of the size or format (square, rectangular) of the book anywhere. Does anyone know? It's going to be a flexicover book. Size: 16.8x22.6 cm, 6.6x8.9inch. 400 pages. The book will include interviews with Rudy VanGelder, Creed Taylor, Michael Cuscuna, Bob Ciano (the CTI label designer), and Ashley Kahn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Clugston Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Amazon.ca has become useless. Hardly anything is in stock and prices are a ripoff. The Amazon.com link shows the price as USD$16.49 (list price 24.99). Going to Amazon.ca it is CDN$43.02 (list price 49.71). According to xe.com the exchange rate today is 1.00 USD = 1.05355 CAD, so, the book should be CDN$17.37. But it's $25.65 more! A bit of an exchange ripoff, isn't it? There's no indication of the size or format (square, rectangular) of the book anywhere. Does anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 There's no indication of the size or format (square, rectangular) of the book anywhere. Does anyone know? It's going to be a flexicover book. Size: 16.8x22.6 cm, 6.6x8.9inch. 400 pages. The book will include interviews with Rudy VanGelder, Creed Taylor, Michael Cuscuna, Bob Ciano (the CTI label designer), and Ashley Kahn. WTF worth reading will Ashley Kahn have to say about album covers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Amazon sure doesn't say much about it. But then, this is one of those books I'd have to physically look over before buying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Amazon have just cancelled my order! Any news on this book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluerein Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 It has a issue date of Januari 2008 on Amazon.com. There's one copy used on Amazon.fr but I doubt this is real since Amazon.fr and Amazon.Uk have it as preorder only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 There's no indication of the size or format (square, rectangular) of the book anywhere. Does anyone know? It's going to be a flexicover book. Size: 16.8x22.6 cm, 6.6x8.9inch. 400 pages. The book will include interviews with Rudy VanGelder, Creed Taylor, Michael Cuscuna, Bob Ciano (the CTI label designer), and Ashley Kahn. WTF worth reading will Ashley Kahn have to say about album covers? My thought as well... I'd like to see a chapter devoted to some of those beautiful private-press and independent label jackets myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 amazon.de gives an issue date of March 2008... http://www.amazon.de/Jazz-Covers-Joaquim-P...6141&sr=8-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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