Jazz category: 919 books

John 'Bucky' Pizzarelli is one of the best known 7-string players alive. For more than half a century, 'Bucky,' as he is affectionately known, has been a part of the fraternity of musicians who have kept mainstream and traditional jazz alive. Bucky is well known for his work in groups as well as his...

Charlie Parker was arguably one of the most influential jazz musicians to have ever lived. This text presents numerous jazz lines in Charlie's style, grouped by their application in a given harmonic content. Students will learn to connect lines to play over ii-V-I progressions, turnarounds and other...

This book is packed with seventeen great fingerstyle arrangements of jazz standards. Each tune is presented in standard notation and tab for easy reading. These playable solos work great for fingerstyle players wanting to broaden their repertoire with jazz classics. Guitar solos include: All the Things...

The exercises and etudes in this book will help students gain the technique needed to execute great jazz lines. A mixture of technique builders and etudes are all designed to give jazz guitarists a daily workout. All of the exercises in this book are written with the plectrum guitarists in mind, but this doesn't mean that fingerstyle guitarists can't benefit from the exercises as well.

Edizione aumentata con ascolti in linea: mentre leggi con un clic ascolti i brani degli eroi del Jazz. I personaggi descritti, da Armstrong agli ottantenni Sonny Rollins e Ornette Coleman assurgono a eroi non tanto perché autori di gesti più o meno straordinari bensì perché interpreti autentici...

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,...

The first notes of jazz hit Cape Cod in the very early days of the genre. Bournehurst-on-the-Canal hosted top bands, and emerging swing era dancers packed the hall. Cape Cod's "First Lady of Jazz," Marie Marcus, was a child prodigy in Boston and found some of her most important instruction in the...

This collection of jazz etudes with an accompanying downloadable audio gives students a fun and effective way to learn to play jazz style blues lines. The online audio tracks provide a professional rhythm section (piano, bass, drums) to play along with, plus recordings of professional jazz musicians...

This collection of jazz etudes with accompanying online audio gives students a fun and effective way to learn to play jazz style blues lines. The online audio tracks provide a professional rhythm section (piano, bass, drums) to play along with, plus recordings of professional jazz musicians playing...

Classic Jazz For SaxophoneOffers up sixty-six of the great all-time jazz standards, specially arranged for saxophone by Jack Long, complete with chord symbols in concert pitch. Easy keys and ranges will suit players from beginner to intermediate standard. The songlist includes: - Honeysuckle...

Contains jazz solos written for ten of the most common jazz standard progressions. The author suggests using these solos as a springboard for improvisation.

Da più di settant’anni la casa discografica Blue Note Records è sinonimo di musica di altissimo livello. Punto di riferimento imprescindibile nel mondo del jazz, si è sempre distinta per essere un vero e proprio laboratorio di idee, basato su un interscambio fecondo e paritario tra il produttore...

Sembra passato un secolo da quando Art Blakey se n’è andato, stroncato da un male incurabile, il 16 ottobre del 1990, all’età di settantuno anni. Perché la sua figura era certo ingombrante, come il suono profondo e poderoso dei suoi tamburi, come l’affetto che nutriva per i suoi giovani musicisti....

'Ella ist die Größte von allen!'' (Bing Crosby) Queen of Jazz und First Lady of Song wurde sie genannt, und ohne sie wäre die Musikgeschichte eine andere. 13 Grammys, zig Millionen verkaufte Schallplatten, dutzendfach als 'Beste Sängerin' ausgezeichnet, das sind nur einige Meilensteine in der...