Music-Genres & Styles-Jazz

MENC: The National Association for Music EducationAuthor: Zachary B. PoulterISBN-10: 1578868181ISBN-13: 9781578868186Publisher: R & L EducationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/27/2008Pages: 242Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.01w x 0.69d

Have Horn, Will Travel is the first full-length biography of tenor saxophone virtuoso and in-demand sideman Herman "Junior" Cook, chronicling his life and impact from his Pensacola, Florida, origins to his New York City-based career. Best known for his association with pianist Horace Silver's...

(Guitar). Introduced in 1922, the Gibson L5 is the precursor of the modern archtop guitar. It was the first archtop to feature f-holes, which allowed it to project through the horn-dominated bands of the day. Its strong, full, warm sound was an immediate and...

Noted jazz scholar, biographer, and critic Stuart Nicholson has written an entertaining and enlightening consideration of the music's global past, present, and future. Jazz's emergence on the world scene coincided with America's rise as a major global power. The uniqueness of jazz's origins--America's singularly...

Jazz Theory: From Basic to Advanced Study, Second Edition is a comprehensive textbook for those with no previous study in jazz, as well as those in advanced theory courses. Written with the goal to bridge theory and practice, it provides a strong theoretical foundation...

Christopher Wilkinson uncovers a fascinating and unexplored side of American musical and social history in this richly detailed account of Don Albert's musical career and the multicultural forces that influenced it. Albert was born Albert Dominque in New Orleans in 1908. Wilkinson discusses his...

Miles Davis, supremely cool behind his shades. Billie Holiday, eyes closed and head tilted back in full cry. John Coltrane, one hand behind his neck and a finger held pensively to his lips. These iconic images have captivated jazz fans nearly as much as...

Author: Samuel B. ChartersISBN-10: 0714531316ISBN-13: 9780714531311Publisher: Marion Boyars PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2006Pages: 330Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 8.58h x 5.58w x 0.59dReview Citation(s): Library Journal 11/01/2006

Author: Oz Noy, Tim Pettingale, Joseph AlexanderISBN-10: 1789334748ISBN-13: 9781789334746Publisher: WWW.Fundamental-Changes.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/21/2025Pages: 112Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.23d

Jazz from Detroit explores the city's pivotal role in shaping the course of modern and contemporary jazz. With more than two dozen in-depth profiles of remarkable Detroit-bred musicians, complemented by a generous selection of photographs, Mark Stryker makes Detroit jazz come alive as he...

Hailed by corporate, philanthropic, and governmental organizations as a metaphor for democratic interaction and business dynamics, contemporary jazz culture has a story to tell about the relationship between political economy and social practice in the era of neoliberal capitalism. The Jazz Bubble approaches the...

Jazz: Research and Pedagogy is the third edition of an annotated bibliography to books, recordings, videos, and websites in the field of jazz. Since the publication of the 2nd edition in 1995, the quantity and quality of books on jazz research, performance, and teaching...

Improvisation is a performance practice that animates and activates diverse energies of inspiration, critique, and invention. In recent years it has coalesced into an exciting and innovative new field of interdisciplinary scholarly inquiry, becoming a cornerstone of both practical and theoretical approaches to performance....

In the 1920s, novelty piano playing was all the rage, made popular by Victor Records and the Q.R.S. player-piano rolls that people enjoyed all across America. The prime composer of this music was piano genius Zez Confrey, who wrote his Ten Lessons for Piano...

Dr. Herb Wong (1926-2014) was an internationally recognized jazz industry leader and the author of more than 400 liner notes from the 1940s through the early 2000s. He reviewed not only the tracks on those albums but the artists and their eras as well....

The jazz scene that burgeoned in London and Paris in the 1950s was in part a reflection of post-war celebration. Americans traveled to Europe again for reasons other than war, and in the smoky clubs talented artists from both sides of the Atlantic developed...

This is not your typical "how to apply rudiments to the drumset" book. Fixed Stick Control is a revolutionary approach that will push you beyond just "knowing" your rudiments, and will lead to "owning them." This is accomplished through an application of temporary sticking...

Fiery, funny, inviting and digressive, Sonny Simmons' memoir is a long overdue celebration of the famed New York free jazz pioneerThough his years in the New York free-jazz scene of the sixties cemented his reputation as "one of the most forceful and convincing composers...

With these poems devoted to jazz, Dave Oliphant offers a testament to the variety and significance of the art form and its artists. These poems are an attempt to pay homage to the art of jazz and to its musicians, whose lives and performances...

Shelved during the McCarthy era, Model's photographs of jazz musicians--together with a text by Langston Hughes--are finally published for the first time Street photographer Lisette Model spent more than 10 years documenting Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Percy Heath, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie...

Featuring the lyrics to over two-hundred songs, and with a foreword by John Cooper Clarke, this is the work of a contemporary master, collected for the first time in a single beautiful volume. The reader will find examples of all the features of the...

Beautifully illustrated and unparalleled in scope, this is an elegant visual celebration befitting the life and work of the "prince of the piano." Duke Ellington was the undisputed father of the American songbook. A prolific writer and consummate performer, Ellington was the author of...

Author: Billy HartISBN-10: 1955604258ISBN-13: 9781955604253Publisher: Cymbal PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/07/2025Pages: 220Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d

Based on lengthy interviews with Ellington's bandmates, family and friends, Duke Ellington and His World offers a fresh look at this legendary composer, tracing his life and career in terms of the social, cultural, political and economic realities of his times. Author: A. H....

This book celebrates the rich performance traditions of African American music throughout American history. This book pays homage to the legendary artistry of Black American musicians- known and unknown- since the 19th century. Author: Mondre MoffettISBN-13: 9798999053800Publisher: Mondre MoffettLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/19/2025Pages: 170Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize:...

Learn The Art of Gypsy Jazz Guitar Soloing on 6 Essential StandardsReady to master authentic Gypsy Jazz Guitar Solos?Gypsy Jazz Guitar Soloing Etudes, Volume Three is the third collection of meticulously crafted guitar etudes taught by Gypsy Jazz guitar virtuoso Remi Harris, and is...

Don Schlitten was working as a photographer and commercial artist in New York City when he co-founded Signal Records in 1955. When Signal was folded into Prestige Records shortly thereafter, Bob Weinstock, head of Prestige, enlisted Don to produce music, photograph musicians, and design...

The essential history of jazz emerges along with the history of Monterey Jazz -- the oldest ongoing jazz festival in the world. Legends were made in Monterey. From Armstrong to Vaughan, Gillespie, Miles, Monk, McFerrin -- more than 165 rare photos, this authorized history...

In the 1920s, novelty piano playing was all the rage, made popular by Victor Records and the Q.R.S. player-piano rolls that people enjoyed all across America. The prime composer of this music was piano genius Zez Confrey, who wrote his Modern Course in Novelty...

Tracing the evolution of jazz from the boogie-woogie and swing of the 1930s, through bebop, funk, and fusion, to the eclectic mix Blue Note releases today, this landmark publication tells the story of an influential jazz institution and commemorates Blue Note's momentous contribution to...

By 1960, musicians, critics, record buyers, and club patrons in New York City agreed that a "new thing" in jazz had arrived. That new thing was what we in the twenty-first century call free jazz, and it represented a significant change within and, for...

By 1960, musicians, critics, record buyers, and club patrons in New York City agreed that a "new thing" in jazz had arrived. That new thing was what we in the twenty-first century call free jazz, and it represented a significant change within and, for...

Oceans of Time Charts the Rhythmic Course of Jazz Master Billy HartFew drummers have traversed more stylistic terrain or logged more miles behind the world's greatest jazz musicians than Billy Hart. From Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock to McCoy Tyner and Wes Montgomery, Hart...

"I am a revolutionary first, a musician second. Instead of a machine gun, I have a trumpet," explained Yves Charbonneau, co-founder of the Montreal-based group Jazz Libre, in May of 1969.Upbeat excitement resonated throughout Montreal and across the predominantly French-speaking province of Quebec in...

Author: John Patitucci, Tim Pettingale, Joseph AlexanderISBN-10: 1789334527ISBN-13: 9781789334524Publisher: WWW.Fundamental-Changes.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/17/2025Pages: 88Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.18d

(Pro Vocal). Whether you're a karaoke singer or preparing for an audition, the Pro Vocal series is for you. The book contains the lyrics, melody, and chord symbols for eight hit songs. The CD contains demos for listening and separate backing tracks so you...

From Mozart to Miles Davis, it is a matter of record that over many centuries composers and musicians have been consistently inspired by the occult. Few music lovers' curiosity can fail to have been piqued by the rumours of magick and mysticism that surround...

In Chasin' the Sound: Learning Jazz Improvisation through Historical Models, authors Brian Levy and Keith Waters use solos by famous jazz musicians to outline a melodic and rhythmic vocabulary of jazz improvisation. In contrast to mainstream approaches based on rote memorization and generic chord/scale...

This wide-ranging, ambitiously interdisciplinary study traces jazz's influence on African American poetry from the Harlem Renaissance to contemporary spoken word poetry. Examining established poets such as Langston Hughes, Ntozake Shange, and Nathaniel Mackey as well as a generation of up-and-coming contemporary writers and performers,...

Drawing upon a remarkable mix of intensive research and the personal experience of a career devoted to the music about which Dvorák so presciently spoke, Maurice Peress's lively and convincing narrative treats readers to a rare and delightful glimpse behind the scenes of the...

Reprint, with minor corrections. Originally published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.Author: James GavinISBN-10: 1569767572ISBN-13: 9781569767573Publisher: Chicago Review PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2011Pages: 440Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.41lbsSize: 8.96h x 6.34w x 1.03d

Jazz dance and its inherent music is recognized as one of the original and most potent art forms of the last two centuries. From its African roots to our present-day global dance community, the jazz idiom has afforded a cross-fertilization with all other artistic,...

Quincy Troupe launches a pyrotechnic display of jazz rhythms, political commentary, sports tributes, travelogues, and architectural abstracts in his latest volume of poetry, withChoruses. Merging traditional poetic form with contemporary content, Troupe fashions "words & sounds that build bridges toward a new tongue", as...

Ragtime Piano Solos And How To Play Them is a comprehensive guidebook for anyone looking to learn how to play ragtime piano music. Written by renowned pianist and composer Billy Taylor, this book provides a detailed overview of the history and development of ragtime...

How a small town in New England became a home for jazz, challenging conventional assumptions about the relationship between culture and landscape, art and geography, town and city, and race and place. This is a book about what happened in the 1950s in a...

This lively and fascinating account of the lives and musical innovations of twelve of America's greatest jazzmen traces how, through their remarkable playing and improvisational skills, they are considered to be among the twentieth century's most groundbreaking composers. Legendary figures such as Buddy Bolden,...

From the early 1930s onward, Gene Krupa was a drum-centric rarity in the jazz world. Never before had a drummer been in the forefront as a solo artist. His galvanizing, unrestrained passion for percussion demanded it. Rocking the rafters, Gene thrilled audiences in ballrooms,...

Three great American photographers capture the making of Carla Bley's award-winning jazz albumIn January 1967, jazz composer Carla Bley (1936-2023) received a poem in the mail from a writer friend of hers, Paul Haines. As she later said, it "fit mysteriously with a piece...

Monk's Music, Thelonious Monk: An Illustrated Discography is the definitive and up-to-date guide to the recordings of one of the most important jazz composers and performers of the 20th century. A feast for the eye with the full color reproductions and a carefully researched...

The Next Step on Your Jazz Piano Soloing JourneyAre you ready to elevate your jazz piano skills and bring more creativity to your solos? Intermediate Jazz Piano Soloing by Nathan Hayward is your essential guide to mastering the art of jazz improvisation. This book...