Dis Here - (Discographies: Association for Recorded Sound Collections Di) Annotated by Chris Sheridan (Hardcover)

About the Book

Chris Sheridan presents a major discographical study of an American jazz giant, Cannonball Adderley, whose career had a significant impact on jazz's development. At the same time, Sheridan stretches the boundaries of discography in two important ways: In scope and in presentation.

In scope, the session listings not only include every known commercially recorded issue--a factor neglected by growing numbers of discographers covering a single artist--but also all known recorded sessions, particularly from film, and broadcasts on radio and television. The latter are providing a quickly growing market for issues on independent record labels, especially by artists no longer alive. The main discographical text also includes a narrative aiming to place the recorded music in context, both in Adderley's own career and in the development of jazz. Sheridan also continues a unique section, pioneered in his earlier Count Basie: A Bio-Discography--the day-by-day diary of the musician's musical activities. This is not only significant in its own right, it also serves to authenticate the chronology of the sessions listed in the main discography. In terms of presentation, Sheridan aims to present a more stylish face by using a variety of related fonts to enhance clarity and by a radical rearrangement of the information given in each session listing. A definitive work essential for all researchers of jazz.

Book Synopsis

Chris Sheridan presents a major discographical study of an American jazz giant, Cannonball Adderley, whose career had a significant impact on jazz's development. At the same time, Sheridan stretches the boundaries of discography in two important ways: In scope and in presentation.

In scope, the session listings not only include every known commercially recorded issue--a factor neglected by growing numbers of discographers covering a single artist--but also all known recorded sessions, particularly from film, and broadcasts on radio and television. The latter are providing a quickly growing market for issues on independent record labels, especially by artists no longer alive. The main discographical text also includes a narrative aiming to place the recorded music in context, both in Adderley's own career and in the development of jazz. Sheridan also continues a unique section, pioneered in his earlier Count Basie: A Bio-Discography--the day-by-day diary of the musician's musical activities. This is not only significant in its own right, it also serves to authenticate the chronology of the sessions listed in the main discography. In terms of presentation, Sheridan aims to present a more stylish face by using a variety of related fonts to enhance clarity and by a radical rearrangement of the information given in each session listing. A definitive work essential for all researchers of jazz.

Review Quotes

.,."a welcome addition to the jazz literature....Highly recommended for record collectors and all jazz libraries."-Choice

?...a welcome addition to the jazz literature....Highly recommended for record collectors and all jazz libraries.?-Choice

?[S]erves as an invaluable compendium of indispensable information about a major figure in the history of jazz.?-American Reference Books Annual

?Chris Sheridan has again taken the discographical work of a single artist another step forward.?-IAJRC Journal

?Dis Here, like Sheridan's Count Basie, is a monumental production, a volume that no discographer, or serious admirer of Cannonball's artistry, can afford to be without.?-Jazz Notes

?This annotated discography painstakingly lists every recording session with Cannonball Adderley, and even a day-by-day accounting of his entire professional career. While intended for serious fans and collectors, it contains no end of fascinating information.?-The Ledger

"ÝS¨erves as an invaluable compendium of indispensable information about a major figure in the history of jazz."-American Reference Books Annual

..."a welcome addition to the jazz literature....Highly recommended for record collectors and all jazz libraries."-Choice

"[S]erves as an invaluable compendium of indispensable information about a major figure in the history of jazz."-American Reference Books Annual

"Chris Sheridan has again taken the discographical work of a single artist another step forward."-IAJRC Journal

"Dis Here, like Sheridan's Count Basie, is a monumental production, a volume that no discographer, or serious admirer of Cannonball's artistry, can afford to be without."-Jazz Notes

"This annotated discography painstakingly lists every recording session with Cannonball Adderley, and even a day-by-day accounting of his entire professional career. While intended for serious fans and collectors, it contains no end of fascinating information."-The Ledger

About the Author

CHRIS SHERIDAN is a discographer, writer, and UK correspondent for Down Beat. Former editor of British network television news programs and award-winning producer, Sheridan has had a parallel life as a jazz writer, published in magazines in the U.S., Germany, France, Italy, and Japan as well as in the UK. He is well-known as a discographer, first through a 15-year stewardship of the world's longest-running discographical column, Jazz Journal's Jazz Information, and then for his internationally praised bio-discography, Count Basie: A Bio-Discography (Greenwood Press, 1986).