Chicago Public Library-Blog: 5 Books On Chicago's Musical Heritage

Chicago IL

24 November, 2021

1:37 PM

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Press release from the Chicago Public Library-blog: Laura November 24, 2021 Did you know that the television show Soul Train got its start in a small room at the Chicago Board of Trade in 1970? This ground-breaking music and dance show featured primarily Black R & B artists as well as soul, funk, pop artists and more.   You can learn all about it in Love, Peace, and Soul, as well as Don Cornelius, its visionary Black creator and host, in this page-turner of a book enhanced by insider stories and colorful photos. (Although the show relocated to LA after a year, a local version remained in Chicago until 1979.)  Love, Peace, and SoulLove, Peace, and Soul Behind the Scenes of America's Favorite Dance Show Soul Train : Classic MomentsDanois, Ericka BlountDanois, Ericka Blount Paperback, 2013Available View detailsView details for Love, Peace, and Soul, Paperback, Available For many, including Don Cornelius, music was a change agent and source of empowerment. Part social history and part music history, Move on Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power digs into Chicago soul music during a pivotal time, from the late 1950s through the early 1980s. The radio station WVON, State Street's "Record Row," and songs like "People Get Ready" by the Impressions all are explored in this thoroughly researched book, for which Cohen conducted over 100 interviews. Move on UpMove on Up Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural PowerCohen, Aaron (Writer on music),Cohen, Aaron (Writer on music), Paperback, 2019Available View detailsView details for Move on up, Paperback, Available If you want to hear about the blues from the bluesmen and women themselves, check out Going to Chicago: A Year on the Chicago Blues Scene. This collection of vibrant black and white photos accompanied by blues lyrics also features commentary on the blues from artists including B.B. King, Muddy Waters and Koko Taylor. Going to ChicagoGoing to Chicago a Year on the Chicago Blues SceneGreen, Stephen, 1952-Green, Stephen, 1952- Book, 1990Available View detailsView details for Going to Chicago, Book, Available Also brimming with photos is Destination Chicago Jazz. Photographer Sandor Demlinger teamed up with jazz historian John Steiner, and together they document the Chicago jazz scene from 1910 through the 1960s. Destination Chicago JazzDestination Chicago Jazz Demlinger, SandorDemlinger, Sandor Book, 2003Available View detailsView details for Destination Chicago Jazz, Book, Available Chicago is fortunate to have a world class orchestra led by the great Riccardo Muti. Chicago was also fortunate to have a world class music critic and commentator in Andrew Patner, the Sun-Times critic and WFMT broadcaster who died in 2015. A Portrait in Four Movements collects his reviews of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the batons of four stellar conductors: Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Bernard Haitink and Riccardo Muti. But what CSO fans will most relish, I suspect, are the transcripts of conversations between Patner and the four conductors. Subjects range from Barenboim reminiscing about program selection and favorite musicians to Muti reflecting on visits to a juvenile detention facility. The book also includes a 26-page history of the CSO prior to Barenboim and his successors.  A Portrait in Four MovementsA Portrait in Four Movements the Chicago Symphony Under Barenboim, Boulez, Haitink, and MutiPatner, Andrew, 1959-2015,Patner, Andrew, 1959-2015, Book, 2019Available View detailsView details for A Portrait in Four Movements, Book, Available To learn more about Chicago's musical heritage, check out the Music Lives Here website. We're literally surrounded by historic music sites. Know where else music lives? On the 8th floor of the Harold Washington Library Center. In addition to music books, music scores and vinyl albums, the Arts & Music department is home to six piano practice rooms, as well as a chamber music room. (Just bring a library card or photo ID to use one.)  This press release was produced by the Chicago Public Library-blog. The views expressed here are the author's own.