Uncategorized

Required Reading :)

The following is a list of several books that have had a significant impact on my artistic, spiritual, and creative development, in no order whatsoever.  I hope that you’ll find some inspiration if you check out these books!

Poetics of Music – Igor Stravinsky

Free Play – Stephen Nachmanovich

Effortless Mastery – Kenny Werner

How to Improvise – Hal Crook

Zen Mind, Beginners Mind – Shunryu Suzuki

Zen and the Art of Archery – Eugene Herrigel

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance – Robert M. Persig

Improvisation – Derek Bailey

Tibetan Book of Living and Dying – Sogyal Rinpoche

The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho

The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle

Creativity – Osho

Tao Te Cheng – Lao Tzu

The Tao of Pooh – Benjamin Hoff

The Art of Happiness – The Dalai Lama and Dr. Howard Cutler

A Chromatic Approach to Harmony and Melody – David Liebman

Castles Made of Sound (Gil Evans biography) – Larry Hicock

Footprints (Wayne Shorter biography) – Michelle Mercer

The Medici Effect – Frans Johanssen

1 comment

BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY!
PS.
I LOVE that you added The Medici Effect. Whoo hooo hoooooooo! Where’s those books on white privilege I hipped you to and The Autobio of Malcolm X? Tee hee.
JUST KIDDING–I love you

Comments are closed.

Subscribe

Subscribe to the Travis Sullivan Newsletter to get info about upcoming events and music releases.