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Re: New Book... "State of the Axe"
Title: Re: New Book... "State of the
Axe"
Has anyone seen this post? I wonder if I'm even on this list
anymore... :-/
I'd like to bring this lovely book to everybody's attention.. It
features several great loopers (Trey Gun, Andre LaFosse, Mary
Halvorson, David Torn...etc) it's the "who's who" of the
cutting edge in guitar:
http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300142112
State of the Axe
Guitar Masters in Photographs and
Words
Ralph Gibson; Foreword by Anne
Wilkes Tucker; Preface by Les Paul
In this appealing book, acclaimed
photographer Ralph Gibson offers more than sixty intimate
black-and-white portraits of guitar masters playing their instruments.
Focusing his expert lens on musicians who have lent their unmistakable
voices to virtually every musical genre-jazz, funk, rock, acoustic,
blues, fusion, classical, and experimental-Gibson reveals in each
photograph the intense relationship of the player with his beloved
"axe." The musicians in turn offer individual
meditations on the guitar and insights into the passion they share for
it.
State of the Axe features
guitarists across several generations, from early jazz greats to hip
modern rockers, as they play their widely varied guitars, including
traditional six-strings, double necks, ten-strings, and fretless
models. Gibson's images capture the enduring appeal of the instrument
and the intense, often rapturous expressions of those who pick, strum,
amp, bottleneck, and bow the axe. Fusing his own passions for
photography and music, Gibson generates a rhythm of words and images
that creates a compelling view of the "state of the axe"
today.
Among the featured
artists:
Adrian Belew
Nels Cline
Jim Hall
Mary Halvorson
Allan Holdsworth
Bill Frisell
John McGlaughlin
Lou Reed
John Scofield
Mike Stern
Andy Summers
James Blood Ulmer
Ralph Gibson is an
award-winning photographer whose works are in the collections of major
museums worldwide. His previous books include Light Strings:
Impressions of the Guitar (2004). He divides his time between New
York City and Paris, France. Anne Wilkes Tucker is Gus and
Lyndall Wortham Curator of Photography at The Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston. Les Paul is a revered guitarist.
State of the Axe:
Guitar Masters in Photographs and Words
http://www.amazon.com/State-Axe-Guitar-Masters-Photographs/dp/0300142110
In the UK:
http://www.yalebooks.co.uk/yale/display.asp?K=9780300142112&sf1=author&st1=Ralph%20Gibson&m=1&dc=1
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