Jazz category: 919 books
The Baroness
The Search for Nica, the Rebellious Rothschild
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Beautiful, romantic and spirited, Pannonica, known as Nica, named after her father’s favorite moth, was born in 1913 to extraordinary, eccentric privilege and a storied history. The Rothschild family had, in only five generations, risen from the ghetto in Frankfurt to stately homes in England. As...
Indianapolis Jazz
The Masters, Legends and Legacy of Indiana Avenue
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Get into the music with David Leander Williams as he charts the rise and fall of Indiana Avenue, the Majestic Entertainment Boulevard of Indianapolis, which produced some of the nation's most influential jazz artists. The performance venues that once lined the vibrant thoroughfare were an important stop...
But Beautiful
A Book About Jazz
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
"May be the best book ever written about jazz."—David Thomson, Los Angeles Times
In eight poetically charged vignettes, Geoff Dyer skillfully evokes the music and the men who shaped modern jazz. Drawing on photos, anecdotes, and, most important, the way he hears the music, Dyer...
by Multiple Authors
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
These beginning to advanced jazz guitar ensembles are written for four and five guitars by some of the best guitar ensemble arrangers in the business. Arrangers include, Barry Greene, Dave Frackenpohl, Steve Schenkel, Andrian Ingram, and Chris Buzzelli. Not only are these fine performance pieces for...
Che razza di musica
Jazz, blues, soul e le trappole del colore
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Un libro che mette radicalmente in discussione le categorie frequentemente legate al jazz e alla musica afroamericana. Musica “nera”, “jazz bianco”, cantanti neri che possiedono il senso del “soul”, lo swing come attitudine “naturale” dei neri americani: quale fondamento hanno espressioni...
by Jonathan Hansen
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016
As opposed to Complete Piano Photo Chords, this edition encompasses only the most commonly used chords that you will find in Jazz music. All photos are shown in the left hand, except where two hands are necessary. A vivid graphic illustrates the location of the notes and a list of note names and the...
by Ben Ratliff
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Non esiste modo migliore per capire un musicista che quello di farlo parlare nel suo stesso linguaggio: la musica. È con questo presupposto cheil critico del New York Times Ben Ratliff ha incontrato quindici fra i maggiori jazzisti contemporanei e li ha invitati a conversare di musica liberamente...
by Marco Ravasini
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 9, 2018
La storia del Jazz Moderno narrata in modo interattivo, con ascolti da Internet e filmati storici, più la possibilità di accedere in ogni momento a un glossario con tutti i termini tecnici di più difficile comprensione.
Hot Club Session
Basic Acoustic Swing Jazz Guitar
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2016
Finally, a great method which will show you how to play the acoustic jazz guitar in the style of players like Django Reinhardt, Oscar Alleman and Eddie Lang - their style is characterized by a powerful rhythm guitar and a vital swinging single-note solo line. Due to the fact that it can be very hard...
by Mark Tucker, Travis Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
An historical survey of jazz. This ebook is a static version of an article from Grove Music Online, a continuously updated online resource, offering comprehensive coverage of the world’s music written by leading scholars. For more information, visit www.oxfordmusiconline.com.
I Wish You Love
A Riveting Memoir From One of the Leading Ladies of Jazz
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2000
I Wish You Love is the inspiring story ofa courageous woman overcoming terrible adversities--a story of triumph over tragedy, of heartbreaking and heart-mending and a jazz career that would span four decades.It is also an important piece of American history, a first-hand account of the African-American...
The Hearing Eye
Jazz & Blues Influences in African American Visual Art
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2009
The widespread presence of jazz and blues in African American visual art has long been overlooked. The Hearing Eye makes the case for recognizing the music's importance, both as formal template and as explicit subject matter. Moving on from the use of iconic musical figures and motifs in Harlem Renaissance...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
Duke Ellington (1899–1974) is widely considered the jazz tradition's most celebrated composer. This engaging yet scholarly volume explores his long career and his rich cultural legacy from a broad range of in-depth perspectives, from the musical and historical to the political and international....
Music and the Creative Spirit
Innovators in Jazz, Improvisation, and the Avant Garde
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2006
Like most ground-breaking art forms, contemporary creative music is rarely understood or accepted in its own time, and for those reasons, can largely go unheard. Music and the Creative Spirit: Innovators in Jazz, Improvisation, and the Avant Garde aims to give today's brightest music innovators due...