Jazz Blues category: 910 books

Jazz Rhythm Changes for Small Orchestra One © Music Klaus Bruengel. Instruments: Flute, Oboe, Violine, Cello, Harp, Bass. Original Musicscore & Parts of the Soundtrack (youtube). The label "Scores &Parts" produces eBooks containing musical scores and parts. The eBooks can be effectively...

John Coltrane's recording "Giant Steps" introduced a system of chord progressions and chord substitutions that has challenged even the best jazz musicians. The tri-tonic systems (sometimes referred to as "Coltrane Changes") found in the tunes Giant Steps and Countdown is taught...

These 30 warm-ups are challenging for the intermediate to advance player (even professional) and intended to improve both right and left hand facility. They are jazz oriented making use of arpeggios, scales and patterns applicable for improvisation. Includes access to online audio.

The goal of this book is to bridge the gap between classical/traditional accordion solos and professional jazz-styled solos. The accompanying recording follows the music as written but with added rhythm, rubato, and slight improvisation. Audio download available online.

Winner, Best History, 2012 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research When Mississippi John Hurt (1892-1966) was "rediscovered" by blues revivalists in 1963, his musicianship and recordings transformed popular notions of prewar...

Vic played the solos in this collection with the student in mind. Each piece is based on the changes of popular jazz standards and will serve as great etudes for learning advanced jazz soloing techniques. Students will be able to see how to build a solo, use tension and release (outside and inside...

La prima guida completa alle grandi canzoni e composizioni che costituiscono la struttura portante della musica jazz e la lingua comune degli interpreti di questo genere di tutti i paesi e di tutte le epoche. La storia, le caratteristiche, le versioni più celebri di oltre 250 successi che spaziano...

La storia del Jazz Classico narrata in modo interattivo, con fotografie e, in aggiunta, ascolti e visioni di filmati d'epoca da Internet, oltre alla possibilità di accedere in ogni momento a un glossario (con tutti i termini tecnici di più difficile comprensione).

A collection of 86 classic blues songs from the 20s through to the present day, featuring pivotal songs by the leading artists that defined the genre. All the songs have been arranged in the original keys from the actual recordings including guitar chord boxes and complete lyrics.

Despite rhythm and blues culture’s undeniable role in molding, reflecting, and reshaping black cultural production, consciousness, and politics, it has yet to receive the serious scholarly examination it deserves. Destructive Desires corrects this omission by analyzing how post-Civil Rights era...

An examination of the musical, religious, and political landscape of black New Orleans before and after Hurricane Katrina, this revised edition looks at how these factors play out in a new millennium of global apartheid. Richard Brent Turner explores the history and contemporary significance of second...

Mystère du jazz : ce passage du solo, à chacun tour à tour confié. Un au-delà de ce qui va ensemble. Et nous, écrivains, on en serait privé ? Marc Villard, un des principaux du polar français, a toujours été un explorateur, et un musicien du noir. Voilà ses 8 solos comme un seul,...

The first instruction guide exclusively about this major innovator and stylist. It reveals Gary Davis' style of playing and hints about playing in Davis' own words. More than 20 tunes, including Cocaine Blues, Candyman, and Lost Boy In The Wilderness.

John Coltrane spielte unüberhörbar und maßgeblich am bestverkauften Jazz-Album aller Zeiten mit – "Kind of Blue" von Miles Davis – , und wenige Jahre später produzierte er selbst sein Album für die Hall of Fame, das zum Maßstab des Jazz-Saxophons erhobene "A Love Supreme"....