{"id":5473,"date":"2014-02-13T16:46:15","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T00:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=5473"},"modified":"2014-02-13T21:58:59","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T05:58:59","slug":"book-derrick-bang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2014\/02\/book-derrick-bang\/","title":{"rendered":"Book: Derrick Bang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Derrick Bang<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Vince-Guaraldi-Piano-Derrick-Bang\/dp\/0786459026\/?_encoding=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;keywords=Vince%20Guaraldi%20at%20the%20Piano&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;qid=1392333400&#038;s=books&#038;sr=1-1&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20\"target=\"_blank\"><em>Vince Guaraldi at the Piano<\/em><\/a> (McFarland)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Guaraldi-Book.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Guaraldi-Book.jpg\" alt=\"Guaraldi Book\" width=\"150\" height=\"214\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5474\" \/><\/a>Bang\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 2012 book is less a full-fledged biography than a comprehensive survey of Guaraldi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s career loaded with anecdotes.  The pianist was a committed jazz artist who became famous through indelible identification with a major phenomenon of popular culture. Millions know him through his music for the <em>Peanuts<\/em> television specials. Yet, dedication to his work as an improvising musician lasted until the end of his life in 1976. Bang traces Guaraldi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s progress from early sideman work with Conte Candoli and Cal Tjader through his hit, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Cast Your Fate to the Wind,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to the success of the <em>Charlie Brown<\/em> soundtracks. Extensive quotes from colleagues help capture the personality that allowed Guaraldi to be simultaneously endearing and uncompromising.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Derrick Bang, Vince Guaraldi at the Piano (McFarland) Bang\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 2012 book is less a full-fledged biography than a comprehensive survey of Guaraldi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s career loaded with anecdotes. The pianist was a committed jazz artist who became famous through indelible identification with a major phenomenon of popular culture. Millions know him through his music for the Peanuts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5473","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-recommendations","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}