Scarecrow Press

This catalog is...useful for its listing of the video recordings of pianists that are most readily available, from sources that mostly have web sites on the Internet. A very useful book — American Record Guide More…

By combining his knowledge based on years of jockeying and collecting and with a passion for original sounds, Leszczak is a natural to write a tome like Who Did It First — Record Collector More…

This book is more of a recollection of early innovators, musicians, poets, and music groups within the hip-hop culture, than a reference work on hip-hop. The author interviews and discusses 25... — American Reference Books More…

The recent. . . article by Dutch composer John Borstlap on the problem of gaining exposure for music written in 'pre-modern' tonal traditions is developed in his new book, taking as a starting... — Musical Opinion More…

There are many telling anecdotes in Kessler's fast-paced, honest, and very thorough chronicle of Sarah Caldwell's career — Fanfare More…

Suchoff's survey is valuable precisely because it is so compact. Placing summaries of the various ethnic musics Bartok studied in one place allows the reader to see how much Bartok's criteria... — Ethnomusicology (Journal) More…

Don Rayno's account is exhaustive, long, well written, should be the last word on Whiteman and, more importantly, should help to right some of the critical wrongs perpetrated in the past — Jazz Journal More…