Awards

• Commended for IndieFab awards (Performing Arts/Drama) 2011
• Winner of 2011 ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Awards Gold Medal winner, Performing Arts category.
• Winner of ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Awards Gold Medal winner, Performing Arts category 2011
• Winner of ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Awards Gold Medal winner, Performing Artscategory 2011

Overview

During the 1970s, when jazz clubs all over America were folding under the onslaught of rock and roll and disco, San Francisco's Keystone Korner was an oasis for jazz musicians and patrons. Tucked next to a police station in the city's North Beach area, the Keystone became known as one of the most important jazz spots in the United States. It was so beloved by musicians that superstars McCoy Tyner, Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter, and Elvin Jones played a benefit concert just so the club could buy a liquor license. In this book, more than 100 black and white photographs, a collage of oral histories, and a marvelous CD of recordings from the club chronicle the Keystone experience.

Full Product Details

Author:   Kathy Sloane ,  Sascha Feinstein ,  Al Young
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9780253356918

ISBN 10:   0253356911
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   07 November 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Al Young Preface: Keystone Legacy: Sascha Feinstein The Story Tellers Forward: Before There Was You 1. Todd's Tune: Todd Barkan 2. Begin the Beguine 3. The Space is the Place 4. The Back Room 5. Ora's Kitchen Ora Harris 6. Taking Care of Business 7. Rahsaan Roland Kirk 8. Teach Me Tonight 9. Bobby and Bags 10. Dexter Gordon 11. Compared to What? 12. East Side / West Side 13. Orrin Orates Orrin Keepnews 14. Bright Moments 15. Rifficials: Jack Hirschman 16. Then and Now 17. The End of Keystone End Notes: My Years at Keystone Kathy Sloane Keystone Korner Discography Notes on CD Sascha Feinstein

Reviews

Open Kathy Sloane's new book, Keystone Korner, and you can smell the cigarette smoke... and you can hear Bill Evans or Stan Getz playing this cramped room in North Beach 30 or 40 years ago. -San Francisco Chronicle The intersection of Sloane's presence and the Keystone's reputation as a venue for both premier and up-and-coming musicians resulted in an extraordinary photographic record of many of jazz's leading lights in action. -LIBRARY JOURNAL From the antics of the photo-laden backroom to the underground hype of Ora Harris' Keystone Kitchen, Sloane and fellow editor Sascha Feinstein leave no stone unturned. They examine the backstories of some of Keystone's most lovable characters... [Keystone Korner] is a delightful sensory overload definitive of the Keystone experience. -Downbeat

<p>. ..a welcome and much-needed addition to the documentation of jazz inAmerica. -- Hank O'Neal, record producer, photographer, and author of The Ghosts ofHarlem, among many other books

<p>. ..a welcome and much-needed addition to the documentation of jazz inAmerica. -- Nat Hentoff, record producer, photographer, and author of The Ghosts ofHarlem, among many other books

Author Information

Kathy Sloane has been a freelance photographer for 35 years and has exhibited her jazz images in San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles. In New York, she exhibited together with bassist/photographer Milt Hinton. A portfolio of her work was featured in Jazz Times, and five of her images appeared in Ken Burns's PBS miniseries, Jazz.

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