From The Research Vault: Nilsson: The Life of a Singer-Songwriter Hardcover by Alyn Shipton From The Research Vault: Nilsson: The Life of a Singer-Songwriter Hardcover by Alyn Shipton Alyn Shipton is the author of several award winning books on music including A New History of Jazz, I Feel a Song Coming On (a biography of songwriter Jimmy McHugh) and Groovin’ High: the Life of Dizzy Gillespie. His biography of Harry Nilsson won the 2014 ARSC Award for best pop research, and the 2014 Deems Taylor /Virgil Thomson Award from ASCAP for pop biography. He is jazz critic for The Times in London and has presented jazz programs on BBC radio since 1989. In 2010 he was voted Jazz Broadcaster of the Year in the UK Parliamentary Jazz Awards. He is also an accomplished double bassist, having played with many traditional and mainstream jazz bands, and he lectures in jazz history at the Royal Academy of Music, London. — Amazon.com Receive on-going info about “Why The Monkees Matter” book and more! Why The Monkees Matter: Teenagers, Television and American Pop Culture Order Your Copy Now! Related posts: From The Research Vault: ‘We took a lot of flak at the outset’: Peter Tork talks to Vibe about The Monkees returning to London, Jim Palmer, News Shopper, 15th July 2015 From The Research Vault: Musical influences, the mysteries of songwriting and God. From The Research Vault: The Monkees’ FBI File via FBI Vault From The Research Vault: The Invention of Teenagers: LIFE and the Triumph of Youth Culture From The Research Vault: I’m a Believer: My Life of Monkees, Music, and Madness. Micky Dolenz with Mark Bego
