Jazz
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Jazz with a Beat: Small Group Swing, 1940-1960
$29.95 Add to cartThe neglected small group swing sound of the 1940s-60s takes its place in the pantheon of jazz literature.
- Series: Excelsior Editions
- Author: Richards, Tad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 188
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1438496001
- Language: English
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The Boston Jazz Chronicles
$19.95 Add to cartThere has always been more to music in Boston than the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Jazz, for example, dates to the early 1900s, but it was in the 1940s and 1950s that it truly sparkled. The Boston Jazz
- Author: Vacca, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0983991006
- Language: English
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The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1,001 Best Albums
$37.00 Add to cartRichard Cook and Brian Morton’s Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in 1001 Best Albums is an indispensible guide to the recordings that every fan should know. Richard Cook and Brian Morton’s… [more below]
- Author: Morton, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: December 28 2010
- ISBN10: 014104831X
- Language: English
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Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon
$24.93 Add to cart“An occasion to appreciate Dexter’s resounding musical genius as well as his wish for major social transformation.”–Angela Y. Davis, political activist, scholar, author, and speaker
Sophisticated Gia- Author: Gordon, Maxine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: September 15 2020
- ISBN10: 520350790
- Language: English
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Free Jazz
$31.95 Add to cartA new and accessible introduction to this exciting, controversial, and often misunderstood music, drawing on extensive research, close listening, and the author’s experience as a performer.
- Series: Suny Press Jazz Styles
- Author: Schwartz, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 166
- Publish Date: April 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1438490305
- Language: English
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Ain’t But a Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story
$27.95 Add to cartDespite the fact that most of jazz’s major innovators and performers have been African American, the overwhelming majority of jazz journalists, critics, and authors have been and continue to be white … [more below]
- Author: Jenkins, Willard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: December 02 2022
- ISBN10: 1478019034
- Language: English
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A Supreme Love: The Music of Jazz and the Hope of the Gospel
$26.99 Add to cartThe Gospel Coaltion Award of Distinction–Arts and Culture
ECPA Top Shelf Award Winner
For practitioners and fans, jazz expresses the deepest meanings of life. Its rich history and its distinctive elem
- Author: Edgar, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1514000660
- Language: English
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Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn
$23.99 Add to cartA finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award
Billy Strayhorn (1915-67) was one of the greatest composers in the history of American music, the creator of a body of work that includes such sta- Author: Hajdu, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 26 1997
- ISBN10: 0865475121
- Language: English
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Miles Davis: The Definitive Biography
$24.00 Read moreThis exhaustively researched, revised edition of Ian Carr’s classic biography throws new light on Davis’ life and career: from the early days in New York with Charlie Parker; to the Birth of Cool; thr… [more below]
- Author: Carr, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 680
- Publish Date: December 21 2006
- ISBN10: 1560259671
- Language: English
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Jelly Roll Blues: Censored Songs and Hidden Histories
$32.00 Add to cartA bestselling music historian follows Jelly Roll Morton on a journey through the hidden worlds and forbidden songs of early blues and jazz.
In Jelly Roll Blues: Censored Songs and Hidden Histories, El… [more below]
- Author: Wald, Elijah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0306831406
- Language: English
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The Great Jazz Guitarists: The Ultimate Guide
$37.48 Add to cartTHE GREAT JAZZ GUITARISTS: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE
- Author: Yanow, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1617130230
- Language: English
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The History of the Blues: The Roots, the Music, the People
$24.99 Add to cartFrancis Davis’s The History of the Blues is a groundbreaking rethinking of the blues that fearlessly examines how race relations have altered perceptions of the music. Tracing its origins from the Mis… [more below]
- Author: Davis, Francis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 04 2003
- ISBN10: 0306812967
- Language: English
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Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper
$26.99 Add to cartArt Pepper (1925-1982) was called the greatest alto saxophonist of the post-Charlie Parker generation. But his autobiography, Straight Life, is much more than a jazz book–it is one of the most explos… [more below]
- Author: Pepper, Art
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 616
- Publish Date: July 06 2005
- ISBN10: 0306805588
- Language: English
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Ragtime: A Musical and Cultural History
$13.99 Add to cartRagtime, the jaunty, toe-tapping music that captivated American society from the 1890s through World War I, forms the roots of America’s popular musical expression. But the understanding of ragtime an… [more below]
- Author: Berlin, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 274
- Publish Date: September 27 2016
- ISBN10: 150402981X
- Language: English
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John Coltrane: His Life and Music
$24.95 Read moreJohn Coltrane was a key figure in jazz, a pioneer in world music, and an intensely emotional force whose following continues to grow. This new biography, the first by a professional jazz scholar and p… [more below]
- Series: Michigan American Music
- Author: Porter, Lewis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: January 11 2000
- ISBN10: 047208643X
- Language: English
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Historic Photos of New Orleans Jazz
$42.99 Add to cartNew Orleans jazz thrilled the world in the twenties and traveled around the world in the thirties. In the forties and fifties, the world came to New Orleans to hear authentic New Orleans jazz played b
- Series: Historic Photos
- Author: Morgan, Thomas L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: November 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1684420970
- Language: English
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From the Heart: The Story of Matrix
$28.95 Add to cartIn 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
- Author: Harmon, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1960329146
- Language: English
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Grant Green: Rediscovering the Forgotten Genius of Jazz Guitar
$28.48 Add to cartGRANT GREEN REDISCOVERING THE FORGOTTEN GENIUS OF JAZZ GUITAR
- Author: Green, Sharony Andrews
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 01 2002
- ISBN10: 087930698X
- Language: English
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Jazz Guitar Fake Book – Volume 1: Lead Sheets for 200 Jazz Standards
$44.99 Add to cart(Guitar Book). Lead sheets for 200 jazz standards, including the melodies, chord symbols and professionally arranged guitar chord diagrams for each song. Songs include: All the Things You Are * At Las… [more below]
- Author: Hal Leonard Corp
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1495019276
- Language: English
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Jazz Piano Fundamentals (Book 1)
$19.99 Add to cartJazz Piano Fundamentals is master-teacher Jeremy Siskind’s welcoming, clear, and detailed guide to the first stages of jazz piano study. Each of the book’s twelve units presents lessons, exercises, li
- Author: Siskind, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: November 30 2021
- ISBN10: 1735169536
- Language: English
