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Soul Serenade Volume 17 - King Curtis and His Immortal Saxophone (Hardcover) Loot Price: R796
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Soul Serenade Volume 17 - King Curtis and His Immortal Saxophone (Hardcover): Timothy R. Hoover

Soul Serenade Volume 17 - King Curtis and His Immortal Saxophone (Hardcover)

Timothy R. Hoover

Series: North Texas Lives of Musician Series

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Although in 2000 he became the first sideman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, "King Curtis" Ousley never lived to accept his award. Tragically, he was murdered outside his New York City home in 1971. At that moment, thirty-seven-year-old King Curtis was widely regarded as the greatest R & B saxophone player of all time. He also may have been the most prolific, having recorded with well over two hundred artists during an eighteen-year span. Soul Serenade is the definitive biography of one of the most influential musicians of the 50s, 60s, and early 70s. Timothy R. Hoover chronicles King Curtis's meteoric rise from a humble Texas farm to the recording studios of Memphis, Muscle Shoals, and New York City as well as to some of the world's greatest music stages, including the Apollo Theatre, Fillmore West, and Montreux Jazz Festival. Curtis's "chicken-scratch" solos on the Coasters' Yakety Yak changed the role of the saxophone in rock & roll forever. His band opened for the Beatles at their famous Shea Stadium concert in 1965. He also backed his "little sister" and close friend Aretha Franklin on nearly all of her tours and Atlantic Records productions from 1967 until his death. Soul Serenade is the result of more than twenty years of interviews and research. It is the most comprehensive exploration of Curtis's complex personality: his contagious sense of humor and endearing southern elegance as well as his love for gambling and his sometimes aggressive temperament. Hoover explores Curtis's vibrant relationships and music-making with the likes of Buddy Holly, Sam Cooke, Isaac Hayes, Jimi Hendrix, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Sam Moore, Donny Hathaway, and Duane Allman, among many others.

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Imprint: University of North Texas Press,U.S.
Country of origin: United States
Series: North Texas Lives of Musician Series
Release date: November 2022
Authors: Timothy R. Hoover
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 978-1-57441-881-1
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians
Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > Soul & Gospel
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > Wind instruments > General
Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre
Books > Music > Composers & musicians
Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz
Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > Soul & Gospel
Books > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > Wind instruments > General
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LSN: 1-57441-881-5
Barcode: 9781574418811

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