Librairie Résonance

Librairie Résonance Une librairie de quartier dédiée à la musique et à la culture

This just in!!Message to all book publishers: This is what a book cover should look like.
06/04/2026

This just in!!

Message to all book publishers: This is what a book cover should look like.

06/04/2026

A few more...Jazz this time.

Miles Davis Basic Miles 28$
Charles Mingus Something like a Bird 28$
Miles Davis Jazz Tracks 30$
Eric Dolphy with guest artists 22$
Art Pepper Discoveries 22$
Dizzy Gillespie The Ebullient Dizzy 25$
Billie Holiday Original Recordings 25$
Zoot Sims Hawthorne Nights 18$

06/04/2026

A few very nice vinyls. All in very good condition.

Buzzcocks 25$
Nick Cave 32$
Patti Smith 24$
Iggy Pop 24$
Lou Reed 20$
Talking Heads 26$

DM to reserve!

Deux supers livres Déjà Aimés".
06/03/2026

Deux supers livres Déjà Aimés".

This Angry Pen of Mine: Recovering the Journals of Layne StanleyPublisher Weldon Owen54$I've been waiting six months for...
06/03/2026

This Angry Pen of Mine: Recovering the Journals of Layne Stanley
Publisher Weldon Owen
54$

I've been waiting six months for this book. It was backorder as soon as it came out.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

For the first time ever, dive into the untold creative world of Layne Staley, the legendary voice behind Alice in Chains. This extraordinary collection showcases his handwritten lyrics, deeply personal poetry, stunning original artwork, rare photos, fan tributes, and so much more.

Step into the world of Layne Staley like never before. For the first time, this stunning collection unveils the deeply personal and creative side of the legendary Alice in Chains frontman. Through never-before-seen poetry, raw handwritten lyrics, intimate scribblings, and heartfelt notes, Layne's inner thoughts and emotions come to life, offering a glimpse into the mind of a musical genius who defined a generation.

Discover his striking original artwork, where every line tells its own story, and explore rare, candid photos that capture both the highs and lows of his journey. Experience the love and admiration of the fans whose lives he touched, beautifully expressed through evocative fan art that honor his legacy.

Through Layne’s scribblings and heartfelt musings are a window into the emotional depths of a man who gave so much of himself to his art and his fans, even as he struggled with his own battles. For fans new and old, this is an opportunity to connect with Layne’s artistry and humanity in a way that’s never been possible before. His story, told through his own words, creations, and the lives he forever changed, is a testament to the enduring power of music, art, and the human spirit.

All is said.Thanks Nick. music
06/02/2026

All is said.
Thanks Nick.

music

New!!Better Do it Now Before you Die LaterSonny Simmons with Marc Chaloin74$Though his years in the New York free-jazz s...
06/02/2026

New!!

Better Do it Now Before you Die Later
Sonny Simmons with Marc Chaloin

74$

Though his years in the New York free-jazz scene of the sixties cemented his reputation as “one of the most forceful and convincing composers and soloists in his field,” saxophonist Sonny Simmons (1933–2021) was nearly forgotten by the eighties, which found him broke, heavily dependent on drugs and alcohol, and newly separated from his wife and kids. “I played on the streets from 1980 to 1994, 365 days a year,” Simmons tells jazz historian and biographer Marc Chaloin in Better Do It Now Before You Die Later. “I would go to North Beach, and I’d sleep in the park. The word got around town that Sonny is a ju**ie, really strung out.”
The resurrection of Simmons’s career—upon the release of his critically acclaimed Ancient Ritual (Qwest Records) in 1994—has become a modern legend of the genre. In the last two decades of his musical career, Simmons broke through to a new echelon of recognition, embarking on successful European tours, leading new ensembles, and recording a series of twenty-first-century albums that inducted him, by his death at the age of eighty-seven, into the pantheon with the great innovators and masters of the music. But to this day he remains an undersung figure. Here, in the first-ever book dedicated to his life, Simmons recounts his childhood in the backwoods of Louisiana, his adolescence in the burgeoning Bay Area jazz scene and his star-studded life in New York playing alongside the greats: Sonny Rollins, Eric Dolphy, and John Coltrane. His testimonies from each time and place add up to a cultural history of the late twentieth century: Simmons saw Billie Holiday and Thelonious Monk at the Black Hawk, lived through the Watts riots, stashed guns for the Black Panther Party, brushed shoulders with Jefferson Airplane and Jimi Hendrix, and toured Europe amid the multiculturalist boom of the nineties. But it’s his keen memory for the underdogs and up-and-comers that distinguishes Simmons’s voice. He talks plenty of s**t on his rivals—Pharoah Sanders and John Handy were, in Simmons’s words, “hip … great players, but I was the cat who was moving.”

Those who know me, know I love sports. I also love That's the kind of book you'll find in the Off Résonance section.Wha...
06/02/2026

Those who know me, know I love sports. I also love

That's the kind of book you'll find in the Off Résonance section.

What do you think? Any book recommendations come to mind?

06/02/2026

He's got the Look of Love, do you agree?

Benji was soooo excited by his visit to Résonance, could hardly keep in place. He's into techno music and traveling. He'll be spending the summer in Berlin.




Résonance développe en douce une section intitulée "Off Résonance car il n'y a pas juste la musique dans la vie". Celle-...
06/02/2026

Résonance développe en douce une section intitulée "Off Résonance car il n'y a pas juste la musique dans la vie". Celle-ci est inspirée par mes intérêts personnels et aussi par ma soif de nouveautés. Depuis mon ouverture, je vois passer des trucs tellement intéressants, que j'aimerais lire, mais je me disais "je ne peux pas, je suis spécialisé en musique ". Tu sais quoi, c'est ma librairie et je fais ce que je veux!!! 😀

Je vous rappelle que je peux commander n'importe quel livre que vous voulez (pas juste sur la musique). Alors, pourquoi pas adopter Résonance comme votre librairie personnelle?

A bientôt !!

Résonance has been adding a section called "Off Résonance because there's not only music worth reading about". It's been inspired by my own interests in other subjects. Since opening the bookstore, I see such interesting books and I was like "ah I can't have those, I'm specialized in music ". Well you know what, this is my bookstore and I'll do what I want!! 😀

I take the opportunity to remind you that I can order any book (not only those on music). So why not adopt Résonance has your go-to bookstore?

See you soon!!

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