Frank Zappa: The Life, Music and Influence of a Musical Original
Frank Zappa spent his entire career making sure nobody could comfortably put him in a box. He was a rock
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Disco Goes Classical: Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band – “A Fifth of Beethoven” and the Dancefloor Revolution
The opening notes are unmistakable. Da-da-da-dum. Four tones written in the early 1800s by Ludwig van Beethoven—arguably the most famous
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John Philip Sousa’s Band and “The Stars And Stripes Forever”: Brass, Breath, and the Sound of a Nation in Motion
“The Stars And Stripes Forever” doesn’t so much begin as it steps forward, crisp and upright, already certain of its
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