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Soul Jazz Pres. New York Noise
Soul Jazz
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“New York was a scary and legendary place and downtown was like a bohemian living museum, which was pretty thrilling for an aspiring artist and musician. It was all very new and exciting, at least for me and it was incredibly funky, the sleaze and poverty were everywhere.” DAVID BYRNE
Just in time for Christmas - this is a unique, luscious large format book from SOUL JAZZ RECORDS and their first publication. New York Noise features amazing photographs of the New York music and art scene during the 1980s alongside text from some of the most important musicians and artists of the period.
With hundreds of stunning photographs by PAULA COURT of everyone from ANDY WARHOL, AFRICA BAMBAATAA, MARTIN REV, RICHARD HELL, LOU REED, KEITH HARING, PATTI SMITH, JOHN CAGE, MICHAEL STIPE, LIQUID LIQUID, JULIAN SCHNABEL, FUTURA 2000, MADONNA, JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT, ESG and many more: the book is a who’s who of New York’s downtown scene during this period.
The book shows how Hip-Hop, Punk, No Wave, Free Jazz, Underground Dance and Experimental music scenes collided with the art world over a ten-year period capture the vibrancy of this era when everyone in a band was also an artist, every artist was also a film-maker and every film-maker in a band.
Accompanying text and essays by the likes of DAVID BYRNE, LAURIE ANDERSON, CINDY SHERMAN, SUICIDE and many others brilliantly evoke the vibrant New York scene in its heyday. With over 400 images, most of them previously unpublished, this is an essential document of a fascinating era in New York’s music and art scene!
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BOOK |
SJR165 |
$48.95 |
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