{"product_id":"ghostnotes-music-of-the-unplayed-hardcover","title":"Ghostnotes: Music of the Unplayed - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eB+\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGhostnotes: Music of the Unplayed\u003c\/i\u003e is an extended photo essay with more than two hundred images that represent a mid-career retrospective of B+'s photography of hip-hop music and its influences. Taking its name from the unplayed sounds that exist between beats in a rhythm, the book creates a visual music, putting photos next to each other to evoke unseen images and create new histories. Like a DJ seamlessly overlapping and entangling disparate musics, Cross brings together LA Black Arts poetry and Jamaican dub, Brazilian samba and Ethiopian jazz, Cuban timba and Colombian cumbia. He links vendors of rare vinyl with iconic studio wizards, ranging from J Dilla and Brian Wilson to Leon Ware and George Clinton, David Axelrod to Shuggie Otis, Bill Withers to Ras Kass, Biggie Smalls to Timmy Thomas, DJ Shadow to Eugene McDaniels, and DJ Quik to Madlib. In this unique photographic mix tape, an extraordinary web of associations becomes apparent, revealing connections among people, cultures, and their creations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian \"B+\" Cross is one of the most prominent music photographers working today. He has photographed more than one hundred album covers for artists such as Company Flow, Damian Marley, David Axelrod, DJ Shadow, Flying Lotus, Eazy-E, J Dilla, Jurassic 5, Madlib, Mos Def, and Q-Tip. Cross was the director of photography for the Academy Award-nominated documentary \u003ci\u003eExit Through the Gift Shop\u003c\/i\u003e, and he has made several feature-length music films and many music videos. His photos have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVibe\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eFader\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eWire\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eB+ is an assistant professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego, and cofounder of Mochilla, a production house whose output includes feature-length music documentaries, music videos, music, and photography. A former student of award-winning author Mike Davis and photographer Allan Sekula, Cross was the photo editor of the music magazine \u003ci\u003eWax Poetics\u003c\/i\u003e from 2004 to 2010, and \u003ci\u003eRap Pages\u003c\/i\u003e from 1993 to 1998. Cross's 1993 book on the LA hip-hop scene, \u003ci\u003eIt's Not About a Salary\u003c\/i\u003e, was on \"best book of the year\" lists for \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNME\u003c\/i\u003e magazines, and \u003ci\u003eVibe\u003c\/i\u003e named it one of the top ten hip-hop books of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriter, musician, and producer Greg Tate is a contributor to \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVibe\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a former staff writer for the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, cofounder of the Black Rock Coalition, and author of four books, including \u003ci\u003eFlyboy 2: The Greg Tate Reader\u003c\/i\u003e. Tate has been a visiting professor in Africana studies at Brown University and in jazz studies at Columbia University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning author Jeff Chang is executive director of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University and a contributor to the Nation, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBeliever\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVibe\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSpin\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. Chang's first book \u003ci\u003eCan't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2005 American Book Award, and he was a 2008 USA Ford Fellow in Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriter and historian Dave Tompkins writes frequently about hip-hop and popular music. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eVibe\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBeliever\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGrantland\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWax Poetics\u003c\/i\u003e. His 2011 book \u003ci\u003eHow to Wreck a Nice Beach: A Vocoder from World War II to Hip-Hop\u003c\/i\u003e was called one of the greatest music books ever written by the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 7.3 x 7.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 07, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772062794016,"sku":"9781477313909","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7301956da4c0cf8b4f4679ad41904155.webp?v=1780398952","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ghostnotes-music-of-the-unplayed-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}