Music-Genres & Styles-Jazz

Motivic Soloing for Jazz BassHow do some players tell a story with their basslines/solos, while others struggle to break free from clichéd ideas?Designed for both upright and electric bass players, it's time to unlock the secrets to effortless groove on bass.In Motivic Soloing for...

There are three fundamentals to any great solo: Chords, Scales, and Tone Selection. Learn to use the fundamentals as your three-step approach to jazz improvisation. Over 80 images for Treble and Bass Clef. This book is perfect for beginners, struggling intermediates, and jazz instructors...

Born in the late 19th century, jazz gained mainstream popularity during a volatile period of racial segregation and gender inequality. It was in these adverse conditions that jazz performers discovered the power of dress as a visual tool used to defy mainstream societal constructs,...

Al Rose has known virtually every noteworthy jazz musician of this century. For many of them he has organized concerts, composed songs that they later played or sang, and promoted their acts. He has, when called upon, bailed them out of jail, straightened out...

Jazz Guitar Styles is an instruction book designed for the guitarist who already knows the fundamentals but wishes to explore the "classic" style of swing-era guitar. It offers a clear, concise introduction to the basics of jazz guitar, built on the student's basic knowledge...

The first bibliography devoted to a single jazz genre or era, Fire Music is concerned with the music of the jazz avant-gardists such as John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, and Sun Ra. It makes accessible the most extensive and up-to-date scholarship of the...

The Routledge Companion to Diasporic Jazz Studies recognizes the proliferation of jazz as global music in the 21st century. It illustrates the multi-vocality of contemporary jazz studies, combining local narratives, global histories, and cultural criticism. It rests on the argument that diasporic jazz is...

Illuminating exploration of Afro-Latin music s challenge to Western cultural imperialism.Author: Timothy BrennanISBN-10: 1844672913ISBN-13: 9781844672912Publisher: VersoLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2008Pages: 290Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.06lbsSize: 9.18h x 6.14w x 0.90d

Over a period of just six months, eminent jazz vocalist and composer Nnenna Freelon's life changed irrevocably. Her soulmate and husband of nearly forty years, the renowned architect Phil Freelon, passed away from ALS, her sister Debbie succumbed to cancer, and the family dog,...

Whether you're visiting Japan, living there, armchair traveling, or just love jazz, this guide points you toward the best of Japan's vibrant jazz scene. With reviews of over 40+ clubs and 200+ musicians, this indispensable guide lets you know where to go, who to...

A revelatory look at the photography that shaped the American Jazz Age. In this book, Alan John Ainsworth considers the work of a range of American jazz photographers from the turn of the twentieth century through the Jazz Age and into the 1960s. Drawing...

A sustained engagement with Theodor Adorno, Jazz As Critique looks to jazz for ways of understanding the inadequacies of contemporary life. Adorno's writings on jazz are notoriously dismissive. Nevertheless, Adorno does have faith in the critical potential of some musical traditions. Music, he suggests,...

Jelly Roll Morton: A Deep Dive into the Life, Music, and Legacy of a True American LegendJelly Roll Morton is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of jazz, a genre that reshaped the landscape of American music and...

(Fake Book). Your new official bebop bible Over 200 classics arranged for Eb instruments in Real Book style. Titles include: Anthropology * Au Privave * Be-Bop * Boneology * Boplicity (Be Bop Lives) * Byrd Like * Cherokee (Indian Love Song) * Confirmation *...

Over sixty original studies in a variety of jazz styles. A systematic, methodical approach that helps you to play stylish Jazz right from the beginning. The book is divided into three sections; part One introduces the beginner to jazz rhythms, including swing quavers, syncopation...

Ask Me Now explores the relationship between the language of music and the music of language with 20 conversations on jazz and literature. Writer, editor, and saxophonist Sascha Feinstein gathers a variety of artists, poets, musicians, fiction writers, essayists, playwrights, and record producers for...

A lively, subversive history of the new UK jazz wave, encapsulating its revolutionary spirit and tracing its foundations to the birth of the genre itself. "Not solely a book about jazz, or even a nascent cultural shift; it's a record of a pivotal moment...

One of America's top jazz guitar educators and authors, and a respected jazz chord-melody performer, Jody Fisher clarifies and simplifies the art of creating an arrangement and improvising as a solo guitarist. In his easy-to-understand and enjoyable style, this master of solo guitar teaches...

Duke Ellington's Symphonic Visions, the culmination of a decade-long study of Ellington's compositions for the symphony orchestra by author Luca Bragalini, is the first book entirely dedicated to Ellington's symphonic music. Duke Ellington's Symphonic Visions unfolds across five chapters, each dedicated to a distinct...

Duke Ellington's Symphonic Visions, the culmination of a decade-long study of Ellington's compositions for the symphony orchestra by author Luca Bragalini, is the first book entirely dedicated to Ellington's symphonic music. Duke Ellington's Symphonic Visions unfolds across five chapters, each dedicated to a distinct...

Jazz legend Cootie Williams left home to start his career as a professional musician at the age of fifteen. In 1940, after eleven years as one of the major soloists with the Duke Ellington orchestra, Williams was lured away to the band of Benny...

Jazz legend Cootie Williams left home to start his career as a professional musician at the age of fifteen. In 1940, after eleven years as one of the major soloists with the Duke Ellington orchestra, Williams was lured away to the band of Benny...

This book is a fun and engaging introduction to jazz from composer and saxophonist Ned Bennett. Discover the exciting world of jazz, from its roots in ragtime to blues, bebop, and beyond Ideal for established beginners (approximately Grade 3+ standard), this book teaches methods...

The amount of theoretical knowledge required to become a fluent improvisor on the piano can be overwhelming to the aspiring jazz pianist. Jazz Piano Vocabulary is a series of books designed to help students master each scale and learn how to apply it in...

In The Funky Beat, David focuses on combining funk and jazz with Afro-Cuban rhythms to extend his own innovative style. By dissecting his grooves and musical choices for each song on the recording, David demonstrates how to develop musical skills and how to create...

Musical Echoes tells the life story of the South African jazz vocalist Sathima Bea Benjamin. Born in Cape Town in the 1930s, Benjamin came to know American jazz and popular music through the radio, movies, records, and live stage and dance band performances. She...

Many regard jazz as the soundtrack of America, born and raised in its cities and echoing throughout its tumultuous century of progress. So when Ernest Hemingway wrote about seeing jazz in 1920s Paris, and when British colonial officials danced to jazz in the clubs...

The Last Musical Hurrah: Jazz and Pop Singing and the Onslaught of Rock. The title alone should give you some idea of the subject matter. To elaborate just a bit, it is about the impact of the tsunami of rock and roll as it...

Pepper Adams' Joy Road not only compiles the sessions and gigs of the greatest baritone saxophone soloist in history, but it's a fascinating overview of Adams' life and times through colorful interviews with Adams and other musicians. These candid observations open a window onto...

This book is the first volume in a series designed to help the student of jazz piano learn and apply jazz scales by mastering each scale and its uses in improvisation. Volume 1 focuses on the major scale, illustrating the scale in all twelve...

New Orleans is a kind of Mecca for jazz pilgrims, as Whitney Balliett once wrote. This memoir tells the story of one aspiring pilgrim, Clive Wilson, who fell in love with New Orleans jazz in his early teens while in boarding school in his...

"Highly recommended"--Library Journal"In this account of the world adventures of two splendid jazz artists, Bill Zinsser has given us one of the most exciting books about America's original art form that I've ever read. It's a revelation."--Studs TerkelSince 1955, Dwike Mitchell and Willie Ruff...

Sittin' In with the Big Band, Vol. II is more than just a fun play-along kit. This book and audio set features 10 big band charts written at the intermediate level. It provides an opportunity to play along with a professional jazz ensemble and...

This book by renowned jazz guitarist and educator Jody Fisher, now in a standard-notation-only edition, is great for guitarists who have learned the basics of jazz harmony and improvisation. Topics include the ii-V-I progression, solo lines, altered chord formulas, and comping in various jazz...

Once a lively presence on radio, jazz now finds itself relegated to satellite broadcasters and low-watt stations at the edge of the dial. Aaron J. Johnson examines jazz radio from the advent of Black radio in 1948 to its near extinction from the commercial...

Catherine and Darius Brubeck's 1983 move to South Africa launched them on a journey that helped transform jazz education. Blending biography with storytelling, the pair recount their time at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where they built a pioneering academic program in jazz music and...

Dave Brubeck is a worldwide musical legend. Brubeck, working closely with his protegé John Salmon, has written a volume of newly composed works for the jazz piano world. Get ready for a real musical treat! Titles: All My Love * As the Moon Is...

Jazz and Literature: An Introduction presents an original collection of essays from leading international scholars, examining an array of musical and literary interconnections including improvisation, multicultural influences, poetry, modernism, the Beat movement, jazz forms, noir, solo and collective expression, global perspectives on jazz and...

Jazz Journey: A Guide for Listening explores jazz music from its 19th Century forerunners through today. The text takes readers on an historical audio and video tour of select jazz performances of the last hundred years.All of the major styles of jazz-including the predecessors...

Sonny Clark was a unique jazz pianist. Totally original, he never sounded like any other jazz pianist and no other piano player ever sounded like him.This is his story; the musicians he worked and recorded with included Rollins, Coltrane, Gordon and many others. His...

30 Jazz Classics arranged by the masters of jazz piano: Art Tatum, George Shearing, André Previn, Teddy Wilson and more. Kudos to the people at Alfred for putting together a collection of great standards arranged by great pianists! -- The vast majority of the...

Carmen and the Staging of Spain explores the Belle �poque fascination with Spanish entertainment that refashioned Bizet's opera and gave rise to an international "Carmen industry." Authors Michael Christoforidis and Elizabeth Kertesz challenge the notion of Carmen as an unchanging exotic construct, tracing the...

Classic Ragtime Music Collection constitutes an extensive library of the most well-known and universally-enjoyed works of ragtime music ever composed, reproduced from authoritative editions for the enjoyment of musicians and music students the world over.Author: Ernest HoganISBN-10: 1528701925ISBN-13: 9781528701921Publisher: Classic Music CollectionLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/13/2017Pages:...

Music is an expressive voice of a culture, often more so than literature. While jazz and rap are musical genres popular among people of numerous racial and social backgrounds, they are truly important historically for their representation of and impact upon African American culture...

Twelve classic gypsy jazz guitar solos arranged for 5-string banjo in the original keys in which Django Reinhardt recorded them. The solos featured in this collection span a range of eight different keys, all of which are performed in standard G tuning and without...

Are you eager to unlock the secrets of jazz music and master a unique, captivating instrument?Do you dream of playing the vibraphone with style and confidence?Are you struggling to find clear, beginner-friendly guidance that makes learning enjoyable?Would you love to impress others with your...

Author: Alice ColtraneISBN-10: 1636811566ISBN-13: 9781636811567Publisher: Delmonico BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/11/2025Pages: 192Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.75lbsSize: 12.60h x 9.80w x 0.90d

Noble Sounds offers a friendly journey into the world of jazz and blues. Author Joel Strauss shares his love for these uniquely American musical styles, guiding readers through their rich history and cultural impact. The book introduces key artists and important recordings, helping newcomers...

An introduction to jazz and how to listen to it Written by active jazz musician and jazz historian Mark Gridley, the Concise Guide to Jazz was created in response to students and professors asking for a clear and accurate introductory jazz text. This brief...

A deep dive into the meaning behind the hatred of jazz. A rock guitarist plays four notes in front of one thousand people, while a jazz guitarist plays one thousand notes in front of four people. You might laugh or groan at this jazz...