Music-Genres & Styles-Jazz

This book is about my approach to jazz piano playing based on one of the primary styles of the 40s and 50s. I studied with Sam Saxe, originally from New York. When I studied with him in the mid-fifties, he was one of the...

Is Jazz Dead? examines the state of jazz in America at the turn of the twenty-first century. Musicians themselves are returning to New Orleans, Swing, and Bebop styles, while the work of the '60s avant-garde and even '70s and '80s jazz-rock is roundly ignored....

Author: Charles EmbreeISBN-13: 9798218591977Publisher: One Mind Good PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/24/2026Pages: 558Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.65lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.56d

Author: Kurt Rosenwinkel,Tim Pettingale,Joseph AlexanderISBN-10: 1789334764ISBN-13: 9781789334760Publisher: WWW.Fundamental-Changes.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/10/2026Pages: 100Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.56lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.21d

Kevin Le Gendre brings his extensive knowledge and experience to The Philosophy of Jazz, offering a thoughtful exploration of the mindset, vision, and creative drive of the jazz musician, and of a musical form that has captivated audiences around the world for more than...

What hasn't been said about Miles Davis? Much has been written about the jazz trumpeter and band leader, yet studies of Davis are often restricted to the groundbreaking acoustic jazz he produced between the 1940s and 50s. While more recent studies revisit his 1960s...

From the gritty streets of 1960s London to the globalized subcultures of today, the story of the skinhead movement is far more complex, diverse, and misunderstood than mainstream portrayals suggest. "History of Skinheads" cuts through decades of myth, media sensationalism, and political distortion to...

On The Jake Feinberg Show (radio) and in Facebook Lives, Jake Feinberg has conducted over 1,500 interviews with "The Cats"-popular musicians across the spectrum. His unique interviewing style puts musicians at their ease, inspiring them to reflect candidly on topics familiar or unexpected. This...

Komeda: A Private Life in Jazz is the biography of Krzysztof (Trzciński) Komeda (1931-1969), composer of no fewer than 40 soundtracks, including film scores to all of Roman Polański's early films such as Knife in the Water and Rosemary's Baby; and revered figure in...

What if I told you children from broken homes become the most successful adults? This is hard to believe because social media portrays perfect people who prosper. However, this book proves that imperfect people triumph over tragedy. In Free From Silence: 12 Success Stories...

'Mellifluous Meetings: A Measure of Music in the Multifaceted Jazz Community' follows the life of jazz drummer Darius Robaire as he entangles himself into a diverse and occasionally calamitous community of musicians, agents, artists, drug dealers and women. The character, half rooted in reality...

(Musicians Institute Press). This one-on-one lesson with Musicians Institute instructor Peter Deneff features 50 exercises for the beginning to professional jazz pianist, covering: angular lines, large intervals, pentatonic patterns, blues scales, irregular chromatic melodies, double-note patterns, suggested fingerings, suggestions for practice, and more. Includes...

This book presents a slice of the American songbook from 1920 to 2020, with the author recommending 365 of the best recordings of lesser-known standards and sambas of the period. From Whose Baby Are You? (Jerome Kern, music; George Gershwin, piano; 1920) to Baltimore...

Author: Debby WallaceISBN-10: 143272357XISBN-13: 9781432723576Publisher: Outskirts PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/11/2009Pages: 108Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.22d

The Real Jazz by Hugues Panassie is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the history and development of jazz music. Originally published in French in 1946, this book has been widely regarded as a classic in the field of jazz literature. In this book,...

Today, jazz history is dominated by iconic figures who have taken on an almost God-like status. From Satchmo to Duke, Bird to Trane, these legendary jazzmen form the backbone of the jazz tradition. Jazz icons not only provide musicians and audiences with figureheads to...

A solid introductory guide to classical jazz naming the greats, their influences, and providing neophyte listeners with keys to listening and appreciating this musical genre. Free-lance music critic Piazza explains the science of riffing and the development of bebop and harmonic ensemble thinking.Author: PiazzaISBN-10:...

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 workbooks designed to help students of jazz piano learn and apply jazz scales by mastering...

Author: Herb WassermanISBN-10: 0595147267ISBN-13: 9780595147267Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2000Pages: 292Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d

Global Jazz: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography that explores the global impact of jazz, detailing the evolution of the African American musical tradition as it has been absorbed, transformed, and expanded across the world's historical, political, and social landscapes.Author: Clarence...

Jazz Heritage brings together twenty years' of reviews, musicians' profiles, and critical essays by the renowned critic Martin Williams. This companion volume to the prize-winning The Jazz Tradition includes profiles of great performers at work in studios and clubs, "liner notes" for many classic...

Author: Eleonora Strino,Tim Pettingale,Joseph AlexanderISBN-10: 1789334837ISBN-13: 9781789334838Publisher: WWW.Fundamental-Changes.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/06/2026Pages: 84Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.17d

Break the mold with this collection of 300 progressive and genre-bending chord combinations. Designed for songwriters who want to experiment with fresh, innovative sounds, Creative Chords will help you stand out with progressions that push boundaries. Why You Need This Book: Instant Inspiration: Over...

Piano/Vocal transcriptions from Decauville's music album "White Dream Journey" including complete note for note piano solos.Author: Argyris LazouISBN-10: 9609390404ISBN-13: 9789609390408Publisher: National Library of GreeceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/10/2017Pages: 42Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.11d

"Pulse is essential to life. Everything we do as humans is influenced by the phenomenon of rhythm." The Hildebrandt Method is about rhythm - or more precisely polyrhythm. A polyrhythm is the rhythmic pattern that results when two or more independent rhythm or tempo...

Florence is ninety-one. She is dying. Atlantic City is dying too. But both were once vibrantly alive.This is a love story between friends who met in a yoga class. "When our l'affair du coeur started Florence was eighty-seven. I was fifty-one. She lived in...

This book collects the best of Ben Watson's music and culture writing from 1985-2002, including reviews and essays on significant music--jazz, pop, punk, and classical--written from the author's distinctive "militant aesthetix" point of view; plus reflections on the intersection of madness and music, the...

Horn of Plenty: The Story of Louis Armstrong is a biography written by Robert Goffin that chronicles the life and career of the legendary jazz musician, Louis Armstrong. The book covers Armstrong's childhood in New Orleans, his early musical influences, and his rise to...

Rhythm Changes like the " Blues " is an essential part of the Jazz musicians vocabulary. Book II in the Constructing Walking Jazz Bass Lines series Rhythm Changes in 12 Keys provides various insights into how the Rhythm Changes song form may be approached...

Author: Rex Pernell LewisISBN-13: 9798251557275Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/11/2026Pages: 74Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.15d

The Remarkable Mr Morrison delves into the life and musicality of James Morrison, one of Australia's most internationally acclaimed musicians. It follows not only his transformation from tearful primary school boy to supremely confident performer, but also explores the nature and development of his...

Modern Jazz Classics is intended to provide the reader an in-depth, yet not encyclopedic, purview into the musical life of significant contributors to the modern jazz era. Certainly not every artist or composition is reflected in this highly discriminating book. What is displayed is...

Original Music composed by Antonio Ciacca for the Chocolate Festival Event, pairing Richart chocolate with live jazz.Author: Antonio CiaccaISBN-10: 0982824998ISBN-13: 9780982824993Publisher: Twinsmusic Enterprises Co.Language: EnglishPublished: 10/16/2011Pages: 30Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.21lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.08d

Taking up where he left off with Kinds of Blue (The Ohio State University Press, 2004), Jürgen E. Grandt seeks to explore in depth some of the implications of the modernist jazz aesthetic resonating in the African American literary tradition. Grandt's new book, Shaping...

Author: Batt JohnsonISBN-10: 0595151663ISBN-13: 9780595151660Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2000Pages: 352Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.18lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d

Master Jazz from the Ground Up with Confidence, Clarity, and GrooveHave you ever tried learning Jazz but felt completely overwhelmed by dense and impenetrable theory? Or have you been frustrated by vague and cryptic instructions like "play what you feel" or "find your sound"?...

Blue Note Women: Solos in a Male Ensemble is not another feel-good music history. It's a forensic excavation of the women who left sonic fingerprints on modern jazz, only to be airbrushed from its archives. Drawing from studio logs, private correspondence, and unreleased session...

In this book I edited 10 well-known songs from the years 1889-1920, which will be played and sung today. So have nice moments spent with them. The are in the book songs without text. Check out samples from books: http: //osos.sweb.cz/preview-ukulele.pdf Songs: Hello! Ma...

This comprehensive analysis aims to explain the basic theory on scales and to encourage the reader to explore also with more unusual scale choices. There are numerous scales more or less close to the basic scales that are usually used with a particular chord...

Idea Factory Press Fakebook A compilation of 15 original jazz lead sheets brought to you by Idea Factory Press: Ideal for small jazz ensembles A variety of styles are included inside: Swing, Blues, Bebop, Free Jazz, Latin, Funk & More! All lead sheets are...

What defines a "musical work"? Traditionally, this question has been dominated by Western art music and its reliance on prescriptive scores. Yet, with the rise of recording technologies and the growing influence of genres like jazz, pop, and rock, the very foundations of music's...

Revised and expanded edition of the Miles Davis companion guide to the autobiography. In his autobiography, Miles talks in great detail about his recording sessions with various record labels and personnel. Use this annotated sequencing companion guide to help you find and listen to...

Horn of Plenty: The Story of Louis Armstrong is a biography of the legendary jazz musician Louis Armstrong, written by Robert Goffin. The book chronicles Armstrong's life from his humble beginnings in New Orleans to his rise to fame as one of the most...

How have American writers written about jazz, and how has jazz influenced American literature? In Fascinating Rhythm, David Yaffe explores the relationship and interplay between jazz and literature, looking at jazz musicians and the themes literature has garnered from them by appropriating the style,...

This book explores the relationship between three African American women's dance-art-music sensibilities within the context of a Pan African aesthetic.Author: Melanie E. BratcherISBN-10: 0415980291ISBN-13: 9780415980296Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/15/2007Pages: 278Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.12lbsSize: 9.16h x 6.37w x 0.77d

Co-authored by three prominent philosophers of art, Jazz and Philosophy of Art is the first book in English to be exclusively devoted to philosophical issues in jazz.Author: Lee B. Brown,David Goldblatt,Theodore GracykISBN-10: 1138241369ISBN-13: 9781138241367Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/12/2018Pages: 302Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x...

"This lush paean to the composer explores the challenges he faced of being both black and gay, and his commitment to his own four freedoms." --The New York Times Strayhorn: An Illustrated Life is a stunning collection of essays, photographs, and ephemera celebrating Billy...

Jazz has had a peculiar and fascinating history in Germany. The influential but controversial German writer, broadcaster, and record producer, Joachim-Ernst Berendt (1922-2000), author of the world's best-selling jazz book, labored to legitimize jazz in West Germany after its ideological renunciation during the Nazi...

Scott Joplin's classic ragtime score, Antoinette, originally composed in 1906. Scott Joplin was an African-American composer and pianist. Joplin achieved fame for his ragtime compositions and was known as the "King of Ragtime". Classic Ragtime Music Collection constitutes an extensive library of the most...

"Sarah Cion, an extraordinary pianist, has given us a wonderful collection of Etudes that appeal to all music lovers, both classical and jazz teachers and students.They are pianistically well written for the hand and truly enjoyable to play and listen to.My students love them...