Steve Gadd: A Life in Time (2 book set) w/online Video and Spiral Bound Transcription Book

GADD: A Life in Time is a comprehensive biographical, pictorial, and musical retrospective on the career of Steve Gadd. This coffee-table style collector’s book and package comes with not only the 236-page main book, but also a separate, spiral-bound, 82-page book of all the music notation contained in the hardcover book (designed for practice), along with over 8 hours of online video. The books will be limited to a single printing, creating a unique collector’s item. There will also be a limited number of copies signed by Gadd.
GADD: A Life in Time
• The definitive musical biography of a legend.
• Written under the supervision of Steve Gadd. .
• 236-page collectible hardcover book..
• Includes 82-page spiral-bound notation companion book..
• Nearly 200 color photos, many never seen before, from Gadd’s personal collection. .
• 36 full and partial song transcriptions. .
• Included: “Aja,” “Nite Sprite,” “Fifty Ways,” “Spain,” “Lenore,” and many more. .
• Contributions from Donald Fagen, Tony Levin, James Taylor, Eddie Gomez, Gary Katz (Steely Dan producer) and more..
• Complete biography and musical analysis from author Joe Bergamini. .
• Culled from dozens of hours of new interviews with Steve himself. .
• Bonus: Online access to the raw camera masters from Steve’s classic Up Close and In Session videos, a live Gadd Gang performance from 2002, and a Steve Gadd documentary narrated by Tony Levin. Over 8 hours of video online!.
o Up Close-raw camera masters.
o In Session-raw camera masters.
o Steve Gadd Band live performance from the Drummers Collective 25th Anniversary Show in New York City, November 4, 2002. .
o 20-minute Documentary on Steve’s career, narrated by Tony Levin.
• Limited edition, collectible hardcover printing, with a limited number of books signed by Steve..
With a career spanning four decades as the most in-demand recording drummer in the world, Steve Gadd is an icon of the music world whose name has become synonymous with groove and drumming greatness. As a sideman, his resume reads like a list of the most important artists of the last half century: James Taylor, Eric Clapton, Chick Corea, Paul Simon, Al Jarreau, Frank Sinatra, Paul McCartney, Steely Dan, Stuff, Chuck Mangione, and hundreds of others. With an instantly identifiable feel, sound, and vocabulary, he is considered by drummers to be one of the all-time greats, and is easily one of the most copied, studied, and imitated players in drum set history.
Writen by Bergamini under Gadd’s supervision and culled from dozens of hours of new interviews with him, A Life in Time offers a compelling look at all the aspects of Steve’s career. From his rise out of Rochester into the New York studios and through his staggering body of work up to the present day, go behind the scenes at monumental recording sessions during a golden age of music in New York City and Los Angeles, and backstage with Clapton, Taylor, The Gadd Gang and more. A foreword by James Taylor; exclusive new commentary from Tony Levin, Eddie Gomez, Donald Fagen, and Gary Katz; and archival interviews with Chick Corea, Eric Clapton, Phil Ramone, and Russ Titelman add compelling detail to the story.
A combination of biography, scholarly analysis, transcription book, and photo memoir, the book brings all these elements together into a beautiful package. Musicians and fans can experience the sessions that led to the creation of iconic songs and drum parts from the perspective of the people who were there. Drummers who want to study and learn Gadd’s parts will find note-for-note transcriptions from his most famous tracks and performances, including “Aja,” “Nite Sprite,” “Late in the Evening,” “Chuck E.’s in Love,” “Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover,” “Lenore,” “Spain,” “Love for Sale,” and many, many more. Intense solo performances from The Gadd Gang, Steps, and others are also included. The notation is coupled with expert analysis from the author, providing insight into the music and Gadd’s creative pro