Music-Genres & Styles-Jazz

""Sinatra And His Rat Pack"" by Richard Gehman is a comprehensive account of the legendary group of entertainers known as the Rat Pack, led by the iconic singer Frank Sinatra. The book delves into the group's origins, rise to fame, and the many scandals...

Michael Ronald Taylor (1938 - 1969) was a British jazz composer, pianist and co-songwriter for the band Cream. Mike Taylor was brought up by his grandparents in London and Kent, and joined the RAF for his national service. Having rehearsed and written extensively throughout...

Soul Jazz is a history of jazz and its reception in the black community in the period from the end of World War II until the end of the Vietnam War. Previous histories reflect the perspective of an integrated America, yet the United States...

From 1985 to the present, Hank O'Neal interviewed 42 jazz legends who made music in Harlem during its heyday and decline. In their homes or immediate neighborhoods, he took their portraits with a large-format view camera and talked with them about what had been...

John Chilton's Who's Who of Jazz has established itself as a major jazz reference book on the lives of over a thousand musicians born before 1920. The informative biographies give the essential details of each musician's life and career, and jazz greats jostle with...

With their unforgettable melodies, timeless messages, and stylistic indebtedness to both jazz and Broadway, American popular standards have proven to be among the most widely performed and enjoyed songs of the past century. Shaped in many ways by the technological and cultural developments of...

In 1974, as Apple was winding down, George Harrison and RIngo Starr both wanted to help new artists, so rather than trying to salvage Apple Records, each ex-Beatle created their own label. Ringo Starr established Ring'o Records, while George Harrison created Dark Horse Records,...

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. With...

The Fierce Urgency of Now links musical improvisation to struggles for social change, focusing on the connections between the improvisation associated with jazz and the dynamics of human rights struggles and discourses. The authors acknowledge that at first glance improvisation and rights seem to...

In 1910, the Tuxedo Jazz Band played its first show at the Tuxedo Dance Hall in Storyville under Oscar Celestin. The popular ensemble went on to play all over New Orleans, as well as across the South and the nation. In 1953, it became...

In 1974, nine musicians came together in Appleton, Wisconsin, to form Matrix, a jazz fusion ensemble. Led by composer and keyboardist John Harmon, the group rose to prominence on the festival circuit before recording six acclaimed albums. Follow Harmon as he tells the story...

Every Sunday from late August to Father's Day, a second line parade snakes through the neighborhoods and backstreets of New Orleans. The parades are hosted by social aid and pleasure clubs (SAPCs), civic organizations that have been fixtures in Black New Orleans since the...

Django Reinhardt was perhaps the greatest guitarist to ever live. A Gypsy who made his jazz guitar speak with a human voice, he was dashing, charismatic, childish . . . and doomed to die young after creating a legacy of Gypsy Jazz that remains...

Find out who had the #1 jazz sample in hip hop history.Author: Rashad Skyla MitchellISBN-10: 1511616660ISBN-13: 9781511616669Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/07/2015Pages: 26Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.05d

Welcome to the second issue of Virtuoso Bass. This issue features the legendary Ron Carter on the cover. Carter has really been a pioneer in the world of jazz bass, and is the most recorded bassist in history. Check out Ron's beautiful lifestyle/fashion editorial...

In Dreams in Double Time Jonathan Leal examines how the musical revolution of bebop opened up new futures for racialized and minoritized communities. Blending lyrical nonfiction with transdisciplinary critique and moving beyond standard Black/white binary narratives of jazz history, Leal focuses on the stories...

Equal parts experimental bellow and love utterance, Claudia Saleeby Savage's new collection, metal used for beauty alone, is a plea for music as prayer, music as protest, music as balm, and music as change. Her poetry entrances as she casts Macbeth's witches to perform...

Take a fascinating trip through the life and career of jazz legend Duke Ellington. G.E. Lambert's insightful biography offers a fresh perspective on Ellington's music and his epic influence on jazz music.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is...

Dive into the captivating world of jazz with "Women in Jazz" by Sammy Stein, a groundbreaking book that shines a spotlight on the incredible contributions of women in this beloved genre. This special edition book containing both "Women in Jazz: The Women, the Legends...

Take a fascinating trip through the life and career of jazz legend Duke Ellington. G.E. Lambert's insightful biography offers a fresh perspective on Ellington's music and his epic influence on jazz music.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is...

Subversive Sounds probes New Orleans's history, uncovering a web of racial interconnections and animosities that was instrumental to the creation of a vital American art form--jazz. Drawing on oral histories, police reports, newspaper accounts, and vintage recordings, Charles Hersch brings to vivid life the...

Few people know jazz as well as Gene Lees. As a musician, songwriter, former editor of Down Beat, and creator of the acclaimed Jazzletter, he has steeped himself in the music for decades. And no one writes about jazz better than Lees. He is...

(Fake Book). Since the 1970s, The Real Book has been the most popular book for gigging jazz musicians. Hal Leonard is proud to publish completely legal and legitimate editions of the original volumes as well as exciting new volumes to carry on the tradition...

In Dreams in Double Time Jonathan Leal examines how the musical revolution of bebop opened up new futures for racialized and minoritized communities. Blending lyrical nonfiction with transdisciplinary critique and moving beyond standard Black/white binary narratives of jazz history, Leal focuses on the stories...

JAZZ ESSENTIALS NUTS & BOLTS INSTRUCTION FOR THE JAZZ & POP MUSICIAN SFTCVRAuthor: Dean KellyISBN-10: 0793542545ISBN-13: 9780793542543Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1998Pages: 92Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 7.52h x 8.52w x 0.28d

South End Shout: Boston's Forgotten Music Scene in the Jazz Age details the power of music in the city's African American community, spotlighting the era of ragtime culture in the early 1900s to the rise of big band orchestras in the 1930s. This story...

Spacebook is a series focused on the contemporary language of Jazz, the collection consists of compositions, exercises and music theory. Exercises for the Modern Jazz Pianist, the third volume in the series, focuses on bringing the modern pianist a clear understanding of chordal harmony....

Singers Have you ever wanted to feel more equipped to nail every scale and chord shape on call? See a set of chord changes and quickly recognize by sight and by ear what scales to use to help you improvise more freely, deeply and...

This book is a four step method to develop the skills and concepts needed to play contemporary jazz guitar. To listen to any of the top jazz guitarist today, it is easy to hear a blending of guitar styles and techniques that include blues,...

Big Joe Turner was the greatest of the blues shouters. For more than five decades, from Kansas City saloons to Carnegie Hall, through the swing era, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and soul music, Joe Turner sang, never wavering. Small bands, big bands,...

(Keyboard Instruction). Now with a CD Bill Evans, the pianist, is a towering figure acknowledged by the jazz world, fans, musicians and critics. However Bill Evans, the composer, has yet to take his place alongside the great masters of composition. Therein lies the sole...

Learn Gypsy Jazz Guitar Soloing Strategies for 8 Classic StandardsStruggling to play authentic Gypsy Jazz Guitar Solos? Ready to progress from licks to longer, meaningful solos that tell a story?In his new book, Gypsy Jazz Guitar Soloing Etudes - Volume One, world renowned Gypsy...

(Easy Jazz Play Along). Improvising is easier than ever with this new series for beginning jazz musicians. The Hal Leonard Easy Jazz Play-Along Series includes songs with accessible chord changes and features recordings with novice-friendly tempos. Just follow the streamlined lead sheets in the...

Jazz Guitar Workshop Book I - Daily Warm Up Exercieses for Guitar. Guitar Method for developing a dedicated daily practice routine utilising scales, modes & arpeggios. One of the most important aspects of learning any instrument is being able to set aside time to...

The quintessential depiction of 1980s New York and the downtown scene from the artist, actor, musician, and composer John Lurie "A picaresque roller coaster of a story, with staggering amounts of sex and drugs and the perpetual quest to retain some kind of artistic...

Big Joe Turner was the greatest of the blues shouters. For more than five decades, from Kansas City saloons to Carnegie Hall, through the swing era, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and soul music, Joe Turner sang, never wavering. Small bands, big bands,...

In the early 1960s, pianist Horace Tapscott gave up a successful career in Lionel Hampton's band and returned to his home in Los Angeles to found the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, a community arts group that focused on providing community-oriented jazz and jazz training....

Glorious Days and Nights is a personal account of the fifty-year career of jazz photographer Herb Snitzer, with a special focus on his years in New York City from 1957 to 1964. A photojournalist for Life, Look, and Fortune, Snitzer was the photo editor...

Across dozens of official studio and live albums encompassing solo acts, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Shakti, and co-headlining group projects, GRAMMY-Award winner John McLaughlin has consistently surprised with boundary-pushing, genre-defying music. This is a thrilling ride through the life of a master musician.Author: Matt PhillipsISBN-10: 1538170949ISBN-13:...

Jazz trombonist Jack Teagarden once referred to Ruby Braff as the "Ivy League'sLouis Armstrong." That legacy of great trumpet performance and recording is brought to readers in Thomas Hustad's Born to Play: The Ruby Braff Discography and Directory of Performances. Braff's uncompromising standards, musical...

This book looks at the influence of jazz on the development of African American modernist literature over the 20th century, with a particular attention to the social and aesthetic significance of stylistic changes in the music.Author: Michael BorshukISBN-10: 0415804000ISBN-13: 9780415804004Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2009Pages: 256Format:...

Effortlessly Fuse Funk, RnB, Blues, Rock and Jazz GuitarLet's get this out of the way... Shane Theriot's Grammy Winning resume includes Beyoncé, Hall & Oates, Willie Nelson, and The Neville Brothers - so you know he's the real deal!And in Modern Funk Fusion Guitar...

Howard Eiland's Notes on Literature, Film, and Jazz is a highly erudite and courageous inquiry into the arts. It addresses a dissident force in art while discussing an impressively diverse range of works and ideas in literature, film, and jazz. For instance: Shakespeare, Cervantes,...

The emergence of jazz out of New Orleans is part of the American story, but the creation of this music was more than a regional phenomenon: it also crossed geographical, cultural, and technological lines. Court Carney takes a new look at the spread and...

Exploring the temporal dimension of African American music in its development from early forms of blues and jazz to the free and fast-paced sequences of jazz musicians such as John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman, this volume addresses music as a key metaphor for the...

In Circular Breathing, George McKay, a leading chronicler of British countercultures, uncovers the often surprising ways that jazz has accompanied social change during a period of rapid transformation in Great Britain. Examining jazz from the founding of George Webb's Dixielanders in 1943 through the...

An Unsung Cat explores the life and music of jazz saxophonist, Warne Marsh. The book also offers an extensively researched discography and photographs that reveal the public and private face of this unique performer. A significant addition to the literature of jazz studies.Author: Safford...

A Danish musician here presents the most accurate, comprehensive work on a major figure in American jazz: Lester Willis Young (1909-1959), better known as Pres' or Prez, ' from the nickname President' given to him by Billie Holiday. Based on interviews with Young's colleagues...

This book explores the relationship between three African American women's dance-art-music sensibilities within the context of a Pan African aesthetic. Its purpose is three-fold: to show commonalities between Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday and Nina Simone's lives and original compositions; to codify, examine and evaluate...

This immersive new autobiography provides insight into the early life and illustrious career of the late great Ramsey Lewis, one of the most popular jazz pianists of all time.Beginning with his childhood growing up in Chicago's Cabrini Green neighborhood, Ramsey Lewis recounts his memories...