The Ballad of Tommy LiPuma
A detailed biography of one of rock and roll’s greatest producers, Tommy LiPuma.
Tag: Lenny Bruce
Ernie Kovacs: The Centennial Collection
The influential, but oft-overlooked comedy genius gets his due on The Centennial Collection.
American: The Bill Hicks Story
He called himself “Noam Chomsky with dick jokes”, but he was much more than that. James Mann looks at the new documentary on the comic genius and social commentator that was the great Bill Hicks.
Miles On Miles: Interviews and Encounters with Miles Davis
Shelton Hull finds there is much to learn in this collection of conversations with the enigmatic and innovative trumpeter, not nearly as reticient with interviewers as legend has it.
Lenny Bruce
Shelton Hull puts Lenny Bruce in perspective, with help from the recent box set Let the Buyer Beware (Shout! Factory)
Bill Hicks: Better Live than Dead
Shelton Hull takes a long look at the fiery performances of Bill Hicks and sees both comedy’s last outlaw and a prophetic Texan who understood the danger of myth and symbols.
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