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Standing in the Shadows of Motown Book/Online Audio by Allan Slutsky (1989, Trade Paperback / Mixed Lot)
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(Guitar Book). Features access to 120-minutes of audio! The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
- Buy It NowStanding in the Shadows of Motown: The Life and Music of Legendary Bassist James
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Product Identifiers
PublisherLeonard Corporation, Hal
ISBN-100881888826
ISBN-139780881888829
eBay Product ID (ePID)526640
Product Key Features
Book TitleStanding in the Shadows of Motown Book/Online Audio
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1989
TopicMusical Instruments / Guitar, Printed Music / General, Composers & Musicians, General
GenreMusic, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorAllan Slutsky
Book SeriesBiographies and Commentary: Pop/Rock/Jazz Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback / Mixed Lot
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight24.9 Oz
Item Length12 in
Item Width9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Composed bySlutsky, Elaine
Number of Volumes3 vols.
Synopsis(Guitar Book). Bassist James Jamerson was the embodiment of the Motown spirit and groove the invisible entity whose playing inspired thousands. His tumultuous life and musical brilliance are explored in depth through hundreds of interviews, 49 transcribed musical scores, two hours of recorded all-star performances, and more than 50 rarely seen photos in this stellar tribute to behind-the-scenes Motown. Features access to 120-minutes of audio Allan Slutsky's 2002 documentary of the same name is the winner of the New York Film Critics "Best Documentary of the Year" award Songs include: Ain't No Mountain High Enough * Ain't Nothing like the Real Thing * Ain't That Peculiar * Bernadette * Come 'Round Here (I'm the One You Need) * Darling Dear * Don't Mess with Bill * For Once in My Life * Home Cookin' * How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone * How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) * I Heard It Through the Grapevine * I Was Made to Love Her * I'm Gonna Make You Love Me * My Guy * Nowhere to Run * Reach Out I'll Be There * What's Going On * You Can't Hurry Love * and many more excerpts and riffs. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right., (Guitar Book). Bassist James Jamerson was the embodiment of the Motown spirit and groove the invisible entity whose playing inspired thousands. His tumultuous life and musical brilliance are explored in depth through hundreds of interviews, 49 transcribed musical scores, two hours of recorded all-star performances, and more than 50 rarely seen photos in this stellar tribute to behind-the-scenes Motown. Features access to 120-minutes of audio! Allan Slutsky's 2002 documentary of the same name is the winner of the New York Film Critics "Best Documentary of the Year" award! Songs include: Ain't No Mountain High Enough * Ain't Nothing like the Real Thing * Ain't That Peculiar * Bernadette * Come 'Round Here (I'm the One You Need) * Darling Dear * Don't Mess with Bill * For Once in My Life * Home Cookin' * How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone * How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) * I Heard It Through the Grapevine * I Was Made to Love Her * I'm Gonna Make You Love Me * My Guy * Nowhere to Run * Reach Out I'll Be There * What's Going On * You Can't Hurry Love * and many more excerpts and riffs. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right., (Guitar Book). Bassist James Jamerson was the embodiment of the Motown spirit and groove the invisible entity whose playing inspired thousands. His tumultuous life and musical brilliance are explored in depth through hundreds of interviews, 49 transcribed musical scores, two hours of recorded all-star performances, and more than 50 rarely seen photos in this stellar tribute to behind-the-scenes Motown. Features access to 120-minutes of audio! Allan Slutsky's 2002 documentary of the same name is the winner of the New York Film Critics Best Documentary of the Year award! Songs include: Ain't No Mountain High Enough * Ain't Nothing like the Real Thing * Ain't That Peculiar * Bernadette * Come 'Round Here (I'm the One You Need) * Darling Dear * Don't Mess with Bill * For Once in My Life * Home Cookin' * How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone * How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) * I Heard It Through the Grapevine * I Was Made to Love Her * I'm Gonna Make You Love Me * My Guy * Nowhere to Run * Reach Out I'll Be There * What's Going On * You Can't Hurry Love * and many more excerpts and riffs. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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- Feb 16, 2024
Everything it claims to be! Especially wonderful for developing bass guitar players.
Executive summary, TL;DR: I'm so glad I bought this, for the musical transcriptions, the history and biography, and the online audio contents. Details: This was a great buy for me, as a bass guitarist trying to up his game musically and become more familiar with the music and lives of those who have gone before. It combines fascinating, unflinching, yet also kind, understanding, and appreciative insight into the life and music of James Jamerson and the "Funk Brothers". The book is about half biography and history and half transcriptions of some of James Jamerson's most excellent and influential bass lines. As the original purchaser of a new hard-copy of the book, I was able use the included code to download the associated online files of notable bassists (including Jamerson's son James Jamerson, Jr.) playing the transcriptions given in the book. The playing of these files can be slowed down and transposed to different musical keys using the included integrated player software. Definitely worth buying a new copy of the book, rather than used, unless one is *only* interested in the biographical material. It it wonderful to hear Jamerson's lines played clearly by excellent musicians, and with the bass on one stereo channel and everything else on the other, you can choose to hear the bass line in all its glory and then listen again to see how it fits in the mix and supports what's going on with the other musicians and the piece as a whole. One heads-up for those who want to play, as well as hear Jamerson's bass lines: The written transcriptions are in standard musical notation, not tab. That's fine by me, as it gives me further motivation to develop my facility with reading, and with placing bass lines on the fretboard. Anyway, I don't know that there is anyone who could offer an authoritative tab for every note, whereas the recordings from which the transcriptions were made are a matter of musical record! Even if I couldn't read standard notation, I think the online files would still be worth it to me. As useful as sight reading can be, there's much to be said for getting the music in one's head before working it out on the instrument. And I need to train my ear and feel every bit as much as I need to develop my chops. I'm grateful to the author and publisher of this book, and to all who made it possible. Wow!Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Jul 26, 2025
The definitive resource on Motown, James Jamerson and their recording process.
This is a really informative book, not just about Motown records and James Jamerson, but on the whole recording process that they used. Indispensable for record producers and bass players.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Jan 18, 2025
Good in depth book
Very informative with both music theory and examples as well has history of James and others.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Oct 05, 2021
Nice book about Jamerson.
Good book for bass players interested in the history of James Jamerson. Has many musical examples of his playing, etc.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Dec 01, 2016
This bass book
Reading and applying information from this James Jamerson book will help me become a better bassist.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
