TheG Posted August 24, 2015 Posted August 24, 2015 Anyone know of a Ray Brown Biography Book not Ray Browns Bass Method book or a transcriptions book? I have looked but can't find one anywhere so Im assuming there isn't one which seems odd? Hopefully someone will prove me wrong! Cheers Quote
Roland Rock Posted August 24, 2015 Posted August 24, 2015 A while back, our very own published jazz biographer Bilbo was canvassing opinion re. who to cover next. I suggested Ray Brown, but was informed that that subject was well and truly covered. In short, ask Bilbo Quote
Bilbo Posted August 25, 2015 Posted August 25, 2015 My exact words (inc typo) were..... [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1330603918' post='1560089'] I am not aware on anything being done on Ray Brown. [/quote] Quote
Roland Rock Posted August 25, 2015 Posted August 25, 2015 (edited) [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1440511055' post='2851374'] My exact words (inc typo) were..... [/quote] That's my memory shot then Just checked, and it was my other suggestion of Ron Carter where it had been done before. Come on Bilbo, that was three years ago, where's the Ray Brown book?? Edited August 25, 2015 by Roland Rock Quote
Bilbo Posted August 25, 2015 Posted August 25, 2015 I made some progress on a Jimmy Garrison book but it stalled for various reasons. It is not beyond recovery, however, and may yet see the light of day. Ray Brown doiesn't interest me, for some reason. I like his playing, I just don't really get excited about the people he plays with. My loss, I suspect, but there you are. Quote
TheG Posted August 25, 2015 Author Posted August 25, 2015 Aaah shame! I was right then. So Bilbo what books have you got out? Quote
Bilbo Posted August 25, 2015 Posted August 25, 2015 Just the one. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mr-P-C-Chambers-Popular-History/dp/1845536363 Quote
peteb Posted August 25, 2015 Posted August 25, 2015 (edited) [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1440531433' post='2851693'] Just the one. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mr-P-C-Chambers-Popular-History/dp/1845536363 [/quote] Talk about getting an extreme reaction from your readers - only two Amazon reviews, one 5 star & the other a 1 star...! :-) Well played Sir... Edited August 25, 2015 by peteb Quote
Bilbo Posted August 26, 2015 Posted August 26, 2015 The first five reviews of the book that I saw on-line were, respectively 5 star, 4 star, 3 star, 2 star and 1 star. I think that says it all really. There are some nice, sensible reviews out there. At the end of the day, if anyone is a PC fan, they would benefit from reading it. It may not tell them everything they want to know and may not be the best biography ever written but they would certainly know more when they had finished it than when they started so what's to lose. I sincerely hope that one day someone writes a better one. I'd be the first to buy it. Quote
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