ISBN: 9780986189814
Editorial: Wellstone Books
Autor: Jenkins, Bruce
Año de edición: 2016
Edición: 1
N° Páginas: 168
Tipo de pasta: Pasta blanda
Descripción: Bruce Jenkins was twelve years old, living in Malibu with his parents, when he heard the original "Shop Around" single, by "The Miracles featuring Bill 'Smokey' Robinson," the first Billboard No. 1 R&B single for Motown's Tamla label. Released nationally in October 1960, the single would ultimately make it into the Grammy Hall of Fame, but for young Bruce, the first times he heard the song were a revelation. Jenkins grew up surrounded by music. His father, Gordon Jenkins, was a composer and arranger who worked with artists from Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday to Louis Armstrong and Johnny Cash, but was best known for his close collaboration with Frank Sinatra. His mother, Beverly, was a singer.For Bruce, "Shop Around" ushered him into a new world of loving Motown. InShop Around, he brings to life the first thrill of having the music claim him, provides the back story of the recording (and rerecording) of the hit single, shares sketches from his life with his father and mother, and traces how his love of music has grown and evolved over the years and how he still loves driving around San Francisco with Motown cranked up on his car stereo.CríticasI loved it. Bruce Jenkins manages to accomplish the always dangerous task of describing music with words as well as anyone I've read. His knowledge is formidable and his passion is infectious. He can sure write sports, but Bruce missed his calling. He should have been a music critic. Man, does he get it.--Huey LewisBruce Jenkins'Shop Around is a must read for every child of the '60's who ever listened to AM radio. The sounds of Motown and Stax that moved Bruce moved me as well. As a veteran Bay Area bandleader, I still get folks on the dance floor with the wicked grooves of Steve, Marvin and Otis. It took Bruce's book to remind me why I love that music so much to this day.--Dick Bright, San Francisco bandleader and musician.An absolutely essential read. An awesome story about a priceless time in music history.--Emilio Castillo, bandleader, Tower of PowerA warm and witty memoir about how music binds us all.--Joel Selvin, San Francisco Chronicle pop music criticI'd read whatever Bruce Jenkins has to write on any subject, butShop Around is a perfect marriage: Bruce's smooth, rhythmic prose describing his lifelong love of music. The book itself is a song.--Tim Keown, ESPN the MagazineI always knew Bruce Jenkins was a cool dude, but I didn't know how cool he was until I heard him talking music. You can't be that cool unless you've got some deep roots.--Dusty Baker, author, Kiss the SkyWhat do you get when you combine art (Bruce Jenkins' smoooth writing) with heart (his passion for '60s soul music)?Shop Around. It flows like a great Smokey Robinson song and when you come to the end, you'll want to cue it up all over again.--Scott Ostler, San Francisco ChronicleI fell madly in love with Motown and the sounds of Memphis when I was a junior in high school, A whole new world opened wide. And I knew Bruce Jenkins then; we were classmates at Santa Monica High. After all these years, he's still spinning wonderful yarns on whatever topic moves him, still passionate, entertaining and illuminating.Shop Around took me on an emotional ride that brought a few tears along the way.--Lyle Spencer, former sports columnist, Los Angeles Herald Examiner and Riverside Press-EnterpriseJenkins' memoir riffs knowingly on Louis Armstrong, Smokey Robinson, Otis Redding, Harry Nilsson, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Tower of Power and the masterly studio musicians at Motown and Memphis' Stax label -- among them guitarist Steve Cropper and bassist James Jamerson -- who went uncredited for years. The book takes its title from the 1960 Smokey Robinson & the Miracles hit that turned Jenkins' head around when he was 12. He'd dug the music of Ray Charles, Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson, but there was something about Robinson's voice and style that was so fresh it fl
- Idioma: Inglés
- Autor: Jenkins, Bruce
- Editorial: Wellstone Books
- N° Paginas: 168
- Tipo de pasta: Pasta blanda
- Envío: Desde EE.UU.
