Music-Genres & Styles-Jazz

In the course of almost a century, European jazz musicians not only produced a corpus of work worthy of much wider appreciation, but also adopted strategies to adapt to the varied reception that the music evoked, which ranged from joyful acceptance to outright prohibition,...

Graham Collier's career in jazz lasted over five decades. He was a bassist, a band-leader, a composer, an educator and an author, who wrote extensively about the music. His working life was littered with 'firsts'. Amongst his many achievements, he was the first British...

Born in 1905, Bill Russell demonstrated diverse musical interests from an early age. A contemporary of John Cage, Henry Cowell and Lou Harrison, his significance as a percussion composer is well known among aficionados and his work as a musicologist of New Orleans jazz...

This book is intended for the beginner to advanced Jazz player and is divided into four chapters. Chapter 1 includes Major & Minor Pentatonic scale exercises.Chapter 2 includes Major & Minor Blues scale exercises. Chapter 3 includes Major & Minor 7th & 9th exercises.Chapter...

15 Original Walking Bass Guitar lines in tablature and notation for the intermediate to advanced bassist. 176 bars of music over 15 Bass lines (average Bass line length 11.7 bars) Audio demonstrations and backing tracks for each Bass line at slow (70bpm), medium (135bpm)...

Life Lessons from the Horn is collection of compelling essays revealing saxophonist Sam Newsome's unique insights as an artist, educator, and jazz musician of the 21st Century. Mr. Newsome, who teaches jazz studies at LIU Brooklyn, brings to each chapter, decades of experience as...

New York City Jazz explores many of the haunts and hideaways that have played host to iconic jazz musicians and singers like Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, and Lester Young. Considered the jazz capital of the world,...

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: Chas B. EnnisISBN-10: 1528701933ISBN-13: 9781528701938Publisher: Classic Music CollectionLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Jazz Licks: Treble Clef Version is meticulously crafted to enrich and expand the melodic vocabulary of improvising musicians. Featuring over 1500 jazz licks in standard notation, this volume covers the most popular chord progressions across all keys. In addition to essential progressions like 2-5-1...

A CHOICE 2018 Outstanding Academic TitleIn Jazz Transatlantic, Volume II, renowned scholar Gerhard Kubik extends and expands the epic exploration he began in Jazz Transatlantic, Volume I. This second volume amplifies how musicians influenced by swing, bebop, and post-bop in Africa from the end...

Throughout his life, Louis Armstrong tried to explain how singing with a barbershop quartet on the streets of New Orleans was foundational to his musicianship. Until now, there has been no in-depth inquiry into what he meant when he said, "I figure singing and...

Jazz great Gerald Wilson (1918-2014), born in Shelby, Mississippi, left a global legacy of paramount significance through his progressive musical ideas and his orchestra's consistent influence on international jazz. Aided greatly by interviews that bring Wilson's voice to the story, Steven Loza presents a...

The book Jazzmen (1939) claimed New Orleans as the birthplace of jazz and introduced the legend of Buddy Bolden as the "First Man of Jazz." Much of the information that the book relied on came from a highly controversial source: Bunk Johnson. He claimed...

(Fake Book). Legendary drummer Billy Cobham made his name by playing with jazz icons like Miles Davis, George Benson, and Horace Silver and the Mahavishnu Orchestra in addition to his own band Dreams and a fruitful solo career. This Real Book includes 16 Cobham...

(Real Book Multi-Tracks Play-Along). Today's best way to practice jazz! Accurate, easy-to-read lead sheets and professional, customizable audio tracks accessed online for 10 songs. The interactive, online audio interface includes: tempo control; looping; buttons to turn each instrument on or off; lead sheet with...

(Real Book Play-Along). The Real Book you know and love has now been updated to include backing tracks for 240 songs accessed online for download or streaming The Real Books are the best-selling jazz books of all time. Since the 1970s, musicians have trusted...

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

San Francisco is probably best known for its hills, ubiquitous fog, dungeness crab and the Golden Gate Bridge. But jazz music's threads are similarly woven into the fabric of the city and its environs. Whether performed in renowned clubs like So Different, Jimbo's Bop...

TONY BENNETT: Harold Jones is one of the finest men I know. I have reviewed "The Singer's Drummer" and it is a Knock-Out I am happy that someone is putting together a history of what really happens on the road. This is a very...

Author: Joan SingletonISBN-10: 146200721XISBN-13: 9781462007219Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/20/2011Pages: 212Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.64lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d

(Jazz Transcriptions). These three CDs contain rhythm section backing tracks for all 60 songs in the popular Charlie Parker Omnibook lead sheet books.Author: Charlie ParkerISBN-10: 145844077XISBN-13: 9781458440778Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2012Pages: 4Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.31lbsSize: 11.74h x 8.90w x 0.04d

(Jazz Play Along). The Hal Leonard Jazz Play-Along Series is the ultimate tool for all jazz musicians. In this special instructional edition, the II-V-I progression is covered in detail from chords and scales to major and minor progressions to melodic and harmonic patterns and...

(Jazz Piano Solos). 20 MJQ favorites arranged for piano solo, including: Afternoon in Paris * Bags' Groove * Blues in H (B) * Bluesology * Concorde * Connie's Blues * Delauney's Dilemma * Django * Echoes * The Golden Striker * La Ronde *...

Tales of the Jazz Age is a collection of eleven short stories divided into three parts; My Last Flappers, Fantasies and Unclassified Masterpieces each touching on separate subject matter. Each stands alone in style and interest, May Day contrasts drunken debutantes with a mob...

Eleanora "Lady Day" Fagan, better known as Billie Holiday, played a primary role in the development of American jazz culture and in African American history. Devoted to the enduring jazz icon, covering many aspects of her career, image and legacy, these fresh essays range...

Black British musicians have been making jazz since around 1920 when the genre first arrived in Britain. This groundbreaking book reveals their hidden history and major contribution to the development of jazz in the UK. More than this, though, the chapters show the importance...

Jazz Child: A Portrait of Sheila Jordan is the complete biography of the first female jazz vocalist to record on the prestigious Blue Note record label. In this book, biographer Ellen Johnson reveals the challenges Jordan confronted to become an influential recording artist and...

An icon of musical talent and independence, Bessie Smith's contributions to the blues and the music industry earned her the title of "Empress of the Blues." Learning how to listen to Smith's work in turn develops a greater understanding of how her successors extended...

Jeff Sultanof takes a fresh look at big band jazz, examining why the big band era started when it did, how pop music and big bands evolved in response to one another, and the key roles played by well-known band leaders and the bands...

Shoemaker explores the musicians and music of one of the most important decades in jazz history, looking at events overlooked in most jazz histories, which too often stop at the 1960s. He argues that this period in jazz history saw an explosion of artist-produced...

In So You Want to Sing Jazz, singer and professor of voice Jan Shapiro gives a guided tour through the art and science of the jazz vocal style. Throughout, Shapiro hones in on what makes jazz singing distinctive, suggesting along the way how other...

"One of the greatest artists our country has is Benny Golson. He is not only a great musician, but an original and fabulous composer. He is inventive and creative and his work is loved the world over. Benny is a rare, creative genius. All...

Composer of more than 100 jazz pieces, three-time Grammy nominee, and performer on more than 125 albums, Jimmy Heath has earned a place of honor in the history of jazz. Over his long career, Heath knew many jazz giants such as Charlie Parker and...

(Jazz Play Along). For use with all B-flat, E-flat, Bass Clef and C instruments, the Jazz Play-Along series is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians. With musician-friendly lead sheets, melody cues, and other split-track choices on the included audio, these first-of-a-kind packages...

(Jazz Play Along). For use with all Bb, Eb, C and bass clef instruments, the Jazz Play-Along Series is the ultiimate learning tool for all jazz musicians. With musician-friendly lead sheets, melody cues and other split-track choices on the included CD, this first-of-its-kind package...

(Willis). Six classical favorites written with an original jazz twist Spinning Song is a particular favorite. The excellent orchestrations are an added treat! * Funeral March of a Marionette (Gounod) * Habanera (Bizet) * Sugar Plum Funk (Tchaikovsky) * Song for the New World...

(Jazz Play Along). For use with all Bb, Eb, C and BC instruments, the Jazz Play-Along Series is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians. With musician-friendly lead sheets, melody cues and other split-track choices on the included CD, this first-of-its-kind package makes...

(Fake Book). Features 44 signature songs from this jazz piano genius, all in the famous Real Book style Includes: Audrey * Blue Pearl * Borderick * Bouncing with Bud * Bud on Bach * Burt Covers Bud * Buster Rides Again * Celia *...

(Jazz Play Along). For use with all Bb, Eb, C and bass clef instruments, the Jazz Play-Along Series is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians. With musician-friendly lead sheets, melody cues and other split-track choices on the included CD, this first-of-its-kind package...

(Guitar Solo). 13 solo jazz arrangements in notes & tab, with online audio access to demo recordings. Includes: All of Me * Blame It on My Youth * Edelweiss * If I Loved You * It Might as Well Be Spring * Misty *...

(Paperback Songs). All the basics you need to play 115 jazz favorites Features melody, lyrics and chords for: All of Me * Basin Street Blues * Cheek to Cheek * For All We Know * I'll Take Romance * Let's Fall in Love *...

The bebop era was a period in time where African descendants took European musical instruments and bent them to their well so that these European instruments told the story of African Americans in a uniquely African American voice. In Swing, Hard Bop, Bop &...

The Fastlines Jazz Guitar Method Advanced in the third book in a set of nine created by the Guitar & Music Institute. This book, written by guitarist Ged Brockie continues from the Jazz Primer and Jazz Intermediate volumes. This Advanced book includes twenty two...

This is book two in the series for guitarists looking to learn jazz guitar. The Fastlines Jazz Guitar Method Intermediate edition expands on the musical ideas offered in the primer edition to create improvisations that outline and expand upon the chord progressions covered. Learn...

For guitarist looking to learn jazz guitar, the Fastlines Jazz Guitar Method Primer edition gives you the musical ideas to create improvisations that sound authentic. Learn the Fastlines, understand how they are created and use over the audio backing tracks. Full solo and projects...

[B&W edition. 37 photographs. Full-color edition available at www.amazon.com/dp/0985442948] In celebration of Dizzy Gillespie's 100th birthday, author David G. Brown (Deacon's Crossbow) shares his intimate experiences and memoirs of this humanitarian, innovator, and magical musician. After a chance meeting in Georgetown, 1985, Brown had...

Constructing Walking Jazz Bass Lines Book I Walking Bass Lines - The Blues in 12 Keys The Blues in 12 Keys is a complete guide demonstrating the devices used to construct walking bass lines in the jazz tradition. The book starts out in Part...

25 original jazz guitar licks from the Harmonic minor scale and its modes in tablature and notation. 120 bars of music over 25 licks (average lick length 4.8 bars) Video at full speed & Audio at full & half speed (Downloadable) Backing tracks at...

Lincoln T Beauchamp, Jr., known artistically as Chicago Beau, was raised in an environment rooted in blues, literature, law, and travel. An unlikely circumstance provided by his Great Migration, agrarian background parents. He is a musician, writer, publisher, and adventurer. He has published several...

JAZZ ON FILM THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE MUSICIANS AND MUSIC ONSCREENAuthor: Scott YanowISBN-10: 0879307838ISBN-13: 9780879307837Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2004Pages: 314Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.41lbsSize: 9.38h x 7.36w x 0.77d