Peter Lavezzoli is the author of The King of All, Sir Duke: Ellington and the Artistic Revolution, which is also published by Continuum. As a percussionist and vocalist, Lavezzoli explores the connection between musical and spiritual expression.
-Mention. Froots/ March 2007 --Sanford Lakoff
'[a] compendious and fascinating book...It is impossible to do
justice to the scope of Lavezzoli's findings in a short review:
suffice to say that whether you want to know exactly how the John
McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain's Shakti came about, or to follow the
Ravi Shankar-Frank Zappa-Peter Gabriel trail, everything you need
to know is here in abundance.' Michael Church, Songlines--Sanford
Lakoff
'Lavezzoli's focus is sharp, primarily Americentric and, without a
shadow of a doubt, the finest treatment of what most of Jazzwise's
readers would understand by dawn in the context...The heart of the
book is a series of marvellous, illuminating Q&A
interviews...The only real problem I had with this book was
continually going back and re-reading sections instead of reviewing
it. High, high praise indeed.' Ken Hunt, Jazzwise, Feb 07--Sanford
Lakoff
'One of the book's strengths is that it embraces the whole
footprint of Indian music...Lavezzoli is sure-footed in his
discussions of music theory and practice, and the interviews with
key figures, reproduced...in conversation format are useful
resources...This book does fill a noticeable gap on the shelves of
university and public libraries for serious Indian music
enthusiasts.'Oliver Craske, Times Higher Education Supplement, 27th
October 2006--Sanford Lakoff "Times Educational Supplement "
"This historical study is full of detailed information about a
disparate collection of the most inventive musicians of the 20th
century ... When reading this book you really feel you are being
guided by someone with a highly developed intuitive feel for
integrity and truth in music."--Sanford Lakoff "Strategic Review
"
"With the publication of Peter Lavezzoli's detailed and focused
account of the impact of the Indian subcontinent's music on
non-Indian, specifically the West's music, readers finally have a
work that complements Gerry Farrell's Indian Music and the West
(1997)... [an] eloquent, passionate and inspirational
book."--Sanford Lakoff
-Mention. Froots/ March 2007 --,
"Peter Lavezzoli's study is a gloriously detailed explanation of
Hindustani classical music...It takes some education for untrained
ears to learn how to listen to Indian classical music, and
Lavezzoli does a great job of explaining concepts like raga and
tala.... the music is dissected with scholarly precision while the
cosmic implication are also investigated thoroughly."- Brian J.
Bowe, "harpmagazine.com, "September/ October 2006
-Mention. Froots/ March 2007--,
'Lavezzoli... presents an excellent overview of the style of
Hindustani, or North Indian, classical music. He presents minutely
detailed transcriptions of his interviews, all with insightful
commentary, of the principal Indian and Western musicians who have
been the prime movers behind the presentation and appreciation of
Indian music in the West. Almost a reference book in its dense
coverage, this book is nevertheless highly readable and
entertaining... Summing Up Highly recommended.- "CHOICE February
2007"
"Peter Lavezzoli'sstudy is a gloriously detailed explanation of
Hindustani classical music...Ittakes some education for untrained
ears to learn how to listen to Indianclassical music, and Lavezzoli
does a great job of explaining concepts likeraga and tala.... the
music is dissected with scholarly precision while thecosmic
implication are also investigated thoroughly."- Brian J. Bowe,
"harpmagazine.com, "September/ October2006
2006 winner of the ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical
Recorded Sound Research.
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