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And They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey
by Studs Terkel
Product Group: Book
Publisher: New Press (2005-09-06)
ISBN: 1595580034
EAN: 9781595580030
Dewy Decimal #: 780.922
Hardcover: 352 pages
SKU: V062BDGD
Condition: Used: Good
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
A half-century of previously unpublished interviews with legendary musicians, in a brand-new book from America's foremost oral historian
"I'm one of these people that thinks that everybody has certain gifts, you know, when they're born…I used to play the guitar when I was ten, you know. So I figured maybe my thing is playing the guitar, maybe that's my little gift."—Bob Dylan, interviewed in 1963, from And They All Sang
Throughout the second half of the twentieth century, Pulitzer Prize-winning oral historian Studs Terkel hosted a legendary daily radio program on WFMT in Chicago, presenting listeners with his inimitable take on a wide range of music from classical opera to jazz, blues, gospel, folk, and rock. His latest work of oral history shows us this completely different side of Studs Terkel—that of a brilliant and far-ranging musicologist.
And They All Sang features over forty conversations with some of the greatest musical luminaries of the past century: rock icons Bob Dylan and Janis Joplin, influential folk singer Pete Seeger, jazz geniuses Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie, composers Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein, classical musicians Andres Segovia and Ravi Shankar, legendary opera divas Rosa Raisa and Edith Mason, and gospel giants Thomas A. Dorsey and Mahalia Jackson.
Transcending genres and generations, Studs Terkel goes behind the music and doesn't miss a beat.
Musicians featured include: Marian Anderson, Louis Armstrong, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Bob Dylan, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Guthrie, Mahalia Jackson, Janis Joplin, Keith Jarrett, Alan Lomax, Catherine Malfitano, Jean Ritchie, Pete Seeger, Ravi Shankar, Richard Tucker.
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Customer Reviews
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Very difficult reading
Rating  (1)
Date: 2007-08-22
1 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is a book of interviews and quotes from an eclectic DJ. While all the A list entertainers are here including Marian Anderson, Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Bob Dylan, Janis Jopin and more this book is not interwoven with any coherence and too abstract. Since everyone will like at least someone quoted here it will have its fans, but I am having a horrible time getting through this book.
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More great oral history from Studs Terkel
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-02-26
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Nice collection of parts of interviews of some greats from the opera and jaz worlds. Better than the original interviews in one respect -- the subjects get to talk more than the interviewer. I loved Stud's show on WFMT, but sometimes...
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A marvelous Book
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-01-11
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book is wonderful and so full of character. Anyone old enough to remember Studs Terkel and His radio program will love this book, and if you have never heard of him you will enjoy getting to know his unique outlook on life. The interviews are a rich and colorful history of the music of the 20th century and well worth the price of admission.
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And They All Sang by Studs Terkel
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-11-07
0 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
Book received exactly as described (excellent condition) and in a prompt delivery time.
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Studs Terkel...
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-04-05
6 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
Studs Terkel is a great writer/interviewer. He knows that the best stories don't come from the higher-ups in the country but from everyday working class people. I highly recommend this book.
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