50 Years at the Village Vanguard: Thad Jones, Mel Lewis and the VJO

Description: WINNER: BEST BOOK, 2017 JAZZTIMES READERS POLL The definitive history of the most important big band in modern jazz. This 9x11 hardcover (weighing over 4 pounds) features 316 pages, more than 500 images (many rare or never before seen) and more than 40 brand new interviews. "Any fan of the orchestra simply has to own '50 Years at the Village Vanguard,' the definitive book by Dave Lisik and Eric Allen, two musicians and educators who clearly love this big band." -Scott Yanow "Such a legacy deserves nothing but the finest documentation and indeed that is exactly what it gets. This book is a must-own for any fan of this ensemble." -All About Jazz "A fantastically thorough representation of the band's history." -Dick Oatts, band member since 1977 "Eric and Dave exceeded the imagination of every member, historian and personality associated with the band." -Luis Bonilla, band member since 1999 "This erudite work - for which Allen and Lisik supplemented extensive archival research...blends the graphic extravagance of a sumptuous coffee table book with the textual rigor of a catalogue raisonne in tracing the music path of the nonpareil Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and the milieu in which it flourished." -Ted Panken, DownBeat magazine

Price: 50 USD

Location: Geneva, Illinois

End Time: 2024-11-09T04:24:27.000Z

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