Dennis Neil Jones

Must Read For Musicians

Revisado: 11-15-23

This book (I’m not typing the whole damn title!) should be required reading for anyone thinking of starting a music career. It should also be required reading for all existing professional musicians, music directors, conductors and bandleaders. Adventures lays it all out for us… the good, the bad and the stupid. Cinque’s tongue is not only IN his cheek, but poking through it for much of the ride. Some stories are presented as verbatim memories. Others are fictionalized for comedic effect. Indeed, the book is often amusing and occasionally hilarious. The listener can tell it would be fun to work with Cinque. He’s funny. But beyond the Bronx Bluster and jokes, Cinque provides a long time bandleaders perspective on many aspects of the music, from opening for a superstar to being a sideman for another. The book is a primer for lessons any budding musician will learn, eventually. It’s like that old Faces song, Ooh La La:. “I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger.” But the book not just a primer for newbie performers. It’s also a reminder to those of us who’ve been performing for decades to be grateful for our gifts and thankful for our opportunities.

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