HutchFan Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 I just stumbled across this book, and it looks like it might be very interesting: Pressed for All Time: Producing the Great Jazz Albums from Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday to Miles Davis and Diana Krall by Michael Jarrett (University of North Carolina Press, 2016) Amazon "Look Inside" preview available here. Has anyone read it? If so, have any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duaneiac Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 I have it, but have not yet read it cover to cover. It's actually a good book for skimming through. It presents a number of jazz recordings and each has a paragraph or more (depending on how detailed a recollection the interviewee has about the record at hand) of thoughts on its preparation/recording by a producer or engineer who was involved with each. Some of the recollections are more informative than others. A variety of jazz records are presented and tales are told by the likes of George Avakian, Milt Gabler, Bob Porter, Creed Taylor, Tom Dowd, Sue Mingus, Helen Keane, Joel Dorn, Kip Hanrahan and others. If the price is good, I'd say buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted September 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 Good deal. Thanks, duaneiac! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 excellent book. Jarrett is very knowledgable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 This thread might be better placed in the Jazz in Print section .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milestones Posted September 6, 2018 Report Share Posted September 6, 2018 Pretty decent. I'm among those who have pretty seriously skimmed through the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted September 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2018 (edited) Thanks Allen & Milestones for your feedback. Looks like I should check it out. EDIT: And thanks too to the mod who moved the thread to the correct category. Edited September 6, 2018 by HutchFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave James Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 For those of us who do our reading on a Kindle, Jarrett's book is available for $9.99. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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