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Signed, Sealed, and Delivered de Mark Ribowsky

Signed, Sealed, and Delivered

Autor Mark Ribowsky
en Limba Engleză Hardback – apr 2010

Descoperim aici o incursiune senzorială în universul unuia dintre cei mai inventivi muzicieni ai secolului XX. Încă de la primele pagini, Signed, Sealed, and Delivered ne transpune în atmosfera vibrantă a studiourilor Motown, unde sunetul inconfundabil al lui Stevie Wonder a început să prindă contur. Reținem fluiditatea cu care Mark Ribowsky descrie evoluția de la ritmurile R&B inocente ale anilor '60 la complexitatea psihedelică și politică a anilor '70. Experiența de lectură este una densă, dar ritmată, punctată de mărturii directe ale celor care au modelat istoria muzicii alături de Wonder, precum sintetizatorul Malcolm Cecil sau chitaristul Michael Sembello. Pe raftul de artă, alături de The Sound of Stevie Wonder de James E. Perone, acest volum se distinge prin abordarea biografică exhaustivă, care nu se limitează la analiza tehnică a compozițiilor, ci explorează tensiunea dintre geniul creativ și provocările personale. Structura cărții urmărește o progresie organică, de la capitolul „A World of Hurt”, care ancorează începuturile dificile, până la „The Clock of Now”, reflectând asupra impactului său contemporan. Notăm cu interes modul în care Ribowsky integrează contextul social al Detroit-ului, transformând biografia într-o cronică a culturii populare americane. Această lucrare completează perfect portofoliul autorului, consolidând temele explorate în Ain't Too Proud to Beg, însă aici accentul cade pe independența artistică totală pe care Wonder a reușit să o obțină într-un sistem editorial rigid.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780470481509
ISBN-10: 0470481501
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 167 x 245 x 37 mm
Greutate: 0.63 kg
Editura: Turner Publishing Company
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States

Public țintă

Motown fans, especially fans of Stevie Wonder; popular culture and popular music/rock and roll fans; public and school libraries;special sales at Stevie Wonder tour venues; Motown Museum in Detroit.

De ce să citești această carte

Această biografie este esențială pentru fanii Motown și pentru oricine dorește să înțeleagă arhitectura muzicii soul și pop moderne. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă intimă asupra modului în care un artist a redefinit limitele tehnologiei muzicale, de la primele hituri la 12 ani până la statutul de simbol cultural global. Este o resursă documentată riguros, oferind detalii inedite din culisele producțiilor de studio.

Despre autor

Mark Ribowsky este un autor prolific, specializat în biografiile marilor figuri ale muzicii și sportului american, cu peste douăsprezece volume publicate. Printre lucrările sale remarcabile se numără Ain't Too Proud to Beg, o analiză profundă a grupului The Temptations, și The Big Life of Little Richard. Stilul său se caracterizează printr-o cercetare scrupuloasă și o capacitate rară de a surprinde nuanțele umane din spatele succesului comercial. Stabilit în Florida, Ribowsky a fost nominalizat pentru New York Times Notable Book, fiind considerat unul dintre cei mai avizați cronicari ai erei de aur a soul-ului.

Descriere scurtă

The first definitive biography of music legend Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder′s achievements as a singer–songwriter, multi–instrumentalist, and producer are extraordinary. During a career that has spanned almost fifty years, he has earned more than thirty Top 10 hits, twenty–six Grammy Awards, and a place in both the Rock and Roll and Songwriter Halls of Fame—and he′s not finished yet. On the verge of turning sixty, he is still composing, still touring, and still attracting dedicated fans around the world. For the first time, Signed, Sealed, and Delivered takes an in–depth look at Stevie Wonder′s life and his evolution from kid–soul pop star into a mature artist whose music helped lay the groundwork for the evolution of hip hop and rap. Explores the life, achievements, and influence of one of America′s biggest musical icons, set against the history of Motown and the last fifty years of popular music Based on extensive interviews with Motown producers, music executives, songwriters, and musicians, including founding Temptation Otis Williams, Mickey Stevenson, surviving Funk Brother Eddie Willis, synthesizer genius Malcolm Cecil, guitar legend Michael Sembello, and many others Traces Stevie′s personal and musical development through the decades, from the early 1960s R&B of "Fingertips" to the social and political themes of "Living for the City" and other 1970s classics, through periods of musical and personal confusion, uncertainty, and, later, renewal Read Signed, Sealed, and Delivered to explore the life and work of one of pop music′s most compelling masters of invention.

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Praise for Mark Ribowsky "A dishy, insider look at Berry Gordy's making of the Supremes . . . Ribowsky nicely intersperses some hindsight reflections by the main players . . . In this engaging, vivacious account, Ribowsky energetically and thoroughly underscores the Supremes' significance as one of the first crossover successes."
--"Publishers Weekly" on "The Supremes: A Saga of Motown Dreams, Success, and Betrayal"
"Perfect . . . The virtue of Ribowsky's book is that he brings the story down to earth without sacrificing its drama. Relying on frank and extensive interviews . . . Ribowsky spends time on details other writers have taken for granted."
--Greil Marcus on "He's a Rebel: Phil Spector--Rock and Roll's Legendary Producer"
Nobody would argue that Stevie Wonder had an easy start in life. Blinded within weeks of his premature birth, he was raised in stark poverty and abused by a brutish and alcoholic father who later abandoned the family. Through sheer talent, bold ambition, and a fierce desire for independence, he rose from the streets of Detroit to become a Motown prodigy, and from there to become, arguably, the most innovative, versatile, and influential musician, singer, and songwriter of the past fifty years. "Signed, Sealed, and Delivered" tells the story of Stevie Wonder in fascinating, delightful, and sometimes shocking detail. This powerful biography will have you laughing, crying, grinning, and grooving from beginning to end.

Cuprins

Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1 A World of Hurt. 2 Motorin′. 3 "That Shit Is Just Fantasticness!" 4 Jazz, Soul, and Grab–Ass. 5 "Take a Bow, Stevie". 6 No Wonder. 7 The Motown Way. 8 Outta Sight. 9 You Met Your Match. 10 Pretty Heavy. 11 The Direction of Destiny. 12 Apocalypse Now. 13 Stevie in Wonderland. 14 "We′re Almost Finished". 15 The Clock of Now. 16 Epilogue . . . Prologue. Discography: Stevie Wonder′s Chart Hits. Index. Photo Gallery.

Recenzii

"…a good read…" ( Echoes , May 2010) "…a fluid and lively read, critical and celebratory..." ( Time Out , May 2010) From the rollicking debut of "Fingertips—Part 2" to the funk piano and synthesizers of "Superstition" to the political rap of "Superstition," Stevie Wonder′s brilliant music has managed to capture the hearts of his listeners while at the same time probing the limits of musical styles and moving soul and rhythm and blues to new musical levels. Born in poverty in Saginaw, Mich., Wonder lost his sight soon after he was born. His blindness heightened his sense of hearing, and he soon began to master the toy musical instruments that his absentee father brought him. Very soon, Wonder graduated from toys to the real things: his barber gave him a Hohner chromatic harmonica; his church choir director, as well as his neighbor, allowed him to play for hours on their pianos; and the local Lions Club gave a drum set to Stevie after hearing him play it. Soon Wonder was the hit of Motown, and his career took off like a comet, only to burn out and lose some of its fiery glow in the 1980s and 1990s. Music journalist Ribowsky ( The Supremes ; He′s a Rebel ) traces the rapid ascent of Wonder′s musical career as well as the tumultuous ups and downs of his personal life in this workmanlike and pedantic book. Ribowsky′s exploration of Wonder′s music is first–rate, but his tendency to overlook Wonder′s faults turns this into one fan′s hagiography. (May) ( Publishers Weekly , March 22, 2010)
‘…scrupulously researched and solidly written…’ (Hot Press, June 2010). ‘Ribowsky tells the eyebrow–raising tale with the equal amounts of respect and incredulity it deserves.’ (Record Collector, August 2010).

Notă biografică

MARK RIBOWSKY is the New York Times Notable author of The Supremes: A Saga of Motown Dreams, Success, and Betrayal ; He′s a Rebel: Phil Spector—Rock and Roll′s Legendary Producer ; and Don′t Look Back: Satchel Paige in the Shadows of Baseball . He has written for Sport magazine and Inside Spo rt, was a staff writer for TV Guide , and has been a semi–regular contributor to Playboy and Penthouse . Mr. Ribowsky has been a guest on Dateline NBC, Primetime Live (ABC), Connie Chung, Geraldo Rivera, The Tavis Smiley Show, and many other network and cable TV shows.