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  • Times Remembered: The Final Years of the Bill Evans Triovolume 15 by La Barbera, Joe
    Joe La Barbera

    Times Remembered: The Final Years of the Bill Evans Triovolume 15

    In the late 1970s legendary pianist Bill Evans, one of the most influential jazz musicians of all time, was at the peak of his career. He revolutionized the jazz trio (bass, piano, drums) by giving each part equal emphasis in what jazz historian Ted...
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  • Blues People by Jones, Leroi
    Leroi Jones

    Blues People

    "A must for all who would more knowledgeably appreciate and better comprehend America's most popular music." -- Langston Hughes"The path the slave took to 'citizenship' is what I want to look at. And I make my analogy through the slave citizen's music--through the music...
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  • How to Listen to Jazz by Gioia, Ted
    Ted Gioia

    How to Listen to Jazz

    A "radiantly accomplished" music scholar presents an accessible introduction to the art of listening to jazz (Wall Street Journal) In How to Listen to Jazz, award-winning music scholar Ted Gioia presents a lively introduction to one of America's premier art forms. He tells us...
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  • The Art of Jazz: A Visual History by Shipton, Alyn
    Alyn Shipton

    The Art of Jazz: A Visual History

    The Art of Jazz explores how the expressionism and spontaneity of jazz spilled onto its album art, posters, and promotional photography, and even inspired standalone works of fine art. Everyone knows jazz is on the cutting edge of music, but how much do you...
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  • The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire by Gioia, Ted
    Ted Gioia

    The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire

    An updated new edition of Ted Gioia's acclaimed compendium of jazz standards, featuring 15 additional selections, hundreds of additional recommended tracks, and enhancements and additions on almost every page. Since the first edition of The Jazz Standards was published in 2012, author Ted Gioia...
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  • Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans by Armstrong, Louis
    Louis Armstrong

    Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans

    "In all my whole career the Brick House was one of the toughest joints I ever played in. It was the honky-tonk where levee workers would congregate every Saturday night and trade with the gals who'd stroll up and down the floor and the...
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  • Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra by Szwed, John
    John Szwed

    Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra

    Considered by many to be a founder of Afrofuturism, Sun Ra-aka Herman Blount-was a composer, keyboardist, bandleader, philosopher, entrepreneur, poet, and self-proclaimed extraterrestrial from Saturn. He recorded over 200 albums with his Arkestra, which, dressed in Egypto-space costumes, played everything from boogie-woogie and swing...
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  • The Real Book - Volume III: C Edition by Hal Leonard Corp
    Hal Leonard Corp

    The Real Book - Volume III: C Edition

    (Fake Book). The Real Books are the best-selling jazz books of all time. Since the 1970s, musicians have trusted these volumes to get them through every gig, night after night. The problem is that the books were illegally produced and distributed without any copyrights...
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  • Elegant People: A History of the Band Weather Report by Bianchi, Curt
    Curt Bianchi

    Elegant People: A History of the Band Weather Report

    Elegant People is the definitive history of Weather Report, the premier fusion band of the 1970s and beyond.Founded in late 1970 by three stars of the jazz world--keyboardist Joe Zawinul, saxophonist Wayne Shorter, and bassist Miroslav Vitous--Weather Report went on to become the most...
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  • Miles on Miles: Interviews and Encounters with Miles Davis by Maher, Paul
    Paul Maher

    Miles on Miles: Interviews and Encounters with Miles Davis

    Gathering the 30 most vital Miles Davis interviews--on his music, his life, and his philosophy--this collection reveals the jazz icon as a complex and contradictory man, secretive at times but extraordinarily revealing at others. Miles was not only a musical genius, but an enigma,...
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  • Hear Me Talkin' to YA by Shapiro, Nat
    Nat Shapiro

    Hear Me Talkin' to YA

    "Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn." -- Charlie Parker"What is jazz? The rhythm -- the feeling." -- Coleman Hawkins"The best sound usually comes the first time you do something....
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  • Finding the Right Notes by Carter, Ron
    Ron Carter

    Finding the Right Notes

    RON CARTER is among the most original, prolific, and influential bassists in jazz history, with more than 2,200 albums to his credit, an accomplishment honored in the 2015 Guinness Book of World Records. He has recorded with greats including: Tommy Flanagan, Gil Evans, Lena...
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  • Patterns for Improvisation by Nelson, Oliver
    Oliver Nelson

    Patterns for Improvisation

    Patterns for Improvisation by Oliver Nelson is one of the world's most popular patterns books---many jazz greats have fond memories of practicing from this book It contains an exhaustive collection of improvisational jazz patterns in various meters and feels, and comments and suggestions by...
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  • The Ultimate Jazz Fake Book: C Edition by Hal Leonard Corp
    Hal Leonard Corp

    The Ultimate Jazz Fake Book: C Edition

    (Fake Book). This must-own collection includes 635 songs spanning all jazz styles from more than 9 decades from traditional to swing to modern jazz, carefully chosen chords with common practice chord substitutions, lyrics to accomodate vocalists, easy-to-read music, and composer and performer indexes. Songs...
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  • On That Note by Wolff, Michael
    Michael Wolff

    On That Note

    FROM TOURETTE'S TO TRIUMPH. FROM CANCER TO CURE. FROM THE SEGREGATED SOUTH TO COMMANDING STAGES AROUND THE WORLD, JAZZ MASTER, MICHAEL WOLFF'S JOURNEY BEGINS WITH PURE GRIT AND ENDS IN PERFECT VICTORY.Award winning jazz musician Michael Wolff's journey nearly ended six years ago at...
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  • Billie Holiday: The Graphic Novel: Women in Jazz by Gilbert, Ebony
    Ebony Gilbert

    Billie Holiday: The Graphic Novel: Women in Jazz

    Dive into the celebrated life of "Lady Day" with this fully-illustrated graphic novel that tells the story of Billie Holiday's rapid--and, at times, grueling--rise to become one of the best musicians who ever lived. From her days as a young entertainer performing for small...
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  • Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker by Gavin, James
    James Gavin

    Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker

    This first major biography of the most romanticized icon in jazz thrillingly recounts his wild ride. From his emergence in the 1950s--when an uncannily beautiful young man from Oklahoma appeared on the West Coast to become, seemingly overnight, the prince of "cool" jazz--until his...
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  • The Jazz Bass Book: Technique and Tradition by Goldsby, John
    John Goldsby

    The Jazz Bass Book: Technique and Tradition

    More than a player's manual, this book portrays jazz bass as a vital element of 20th century American music. Citing examples from key recordings in the jazz canon, the book defines the essence of the musical contributions made by more than 70 important jazz...
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  • Delightfulee: The Life and Music of Lee Morgan by McMillan, Jeff
    Jeff McMillan

    Delightfulee: The Life and Music of Lee Morgan

    One of the most individual stylists of his time, trumpeter Lee Morgan began his professional career in Philadelphia at age fifteen. At eighteen, after a short stint with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Morgan joined Dizzy Gillespie's orchestra, where he stayed until the group disbanded...
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  • Miles Davis' Bitches Brew by Grella, George
    George Grella

    Miles Davis' Bitches Brew

    It was 1969, and Miles Davis, prince of cool, was on the edge of being left behind by a dynamic generation of young musicians, an important handful of whom had been in his band. Rock music was flying off in every direction, just as...
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  • Swing That Music by Armstrong, Louis
    Louis Armstrong

    Swing That Music

    Not only biography, but also one of the earliest American attempts to trace the development of jazz."--from the foreword by Dan Morgenstern The first autobiography of a jazz musician, Louis Armstrong's Swing That Music is a milestone in jazz literature. Armstrong wrote most of...
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  • Mike Stern Altered Scale Soloing by Stern, Mike
    Mike Stern

    Mike Stern Altered Scale Soloing

    Master Powerful Altered Scale Guitar Soloing With Mike Stern There has never been a jazz guitar book like this before... Mike Stern is an electrifying guitarist whose blistering chops combine sophisticated jazz harmony with rock-fusion firepower and perfect bluesy phrasing. In this ground-breaking book,...
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  • Jazz as Critique: Adorno and Black Expression Revisited by Okiji, Fumi
    Fumi Okiji

    Jazz as Critique: Adorno and Black Expression Revisited

    A sustained engagement with Theodor Adorno, Jazz As Critique looks to jazz for ways of understanding the inadequacies of contemporary life. Adorno's writings on jazz are notoriously dismissive. Nevertheless, Adorno does have faith in the critical potential of some musical traditions. Music, he suggests,...
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  • In Search of Buddy Bolden: First Man of Jazz by Marquis, Donald M.
    Donald M. Marquis

    In Search of Buddy Bolden: First Man of Jazz

    The beginnings of jazz and the story of Charles "Buddy" Bolden (1877-1931) are inextricably intertwined. Just after the turn of the century, New Orleanians could often hear Bolden's powerful horn from the city's parks and through dance hall windows. Despite his lack of formal...
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  • Dance of the Infidels: A Portrait of Bud Powell by Paudras, Francis
    Francis Paudras

    Dance of the Infidels: A Portrait of Bud Powell

    What Charlie Parker was to the saxophone, Bud Powell (1924-1966) was to the piano: No jazz pianist can rival his brilliance. But his life was filled with tragedy, including years of electroshock therapy in psychiatric institutions, illnesses, physical and mental abuse from people who...
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  • Jazz Anecdotes: Second Time Around by Crow, Bill
    Bill Crow

    Jazz Anecdotes: Second Time Around

    When jazz musicians get together, they often delight one another with stories about the great, or merely remarkable, players and singers they've worked with. One good story leads to another until someone says, "Somebody ought to wrie these down!" With Jazz Anecdotes, somebody finally...
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  • Sun Ra's Chicago: Afrofuturism and the City by Sites, William
    William Sites

    Sun Ra's Chicago: Afrofuturism and the City

    Sun Ra (1914-93) was one of the most wildly prolific and unfailingly eccentric figures in the history of music. Renowned for extravagant performances in which his Arkestra appeared in neo-Egyptian garb, the keyboardist and bandleader also espoused an interstellar cosmology that claimed the planet...
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  • MilesStyle: The Fashion of Miles Davis by Stradford, Michael
    Michael Stradford

    MilesStyle: The Fashion of Miles Davis

    Miles Davis is one of the most revered artists of the last 100 years, regardless of the art form. Credited with ushering in a new age of jazz more than once, Davis's unique perception of the world is best known through his memorable music...
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  • Black Music, White Business: Illuminating the History and Political Economy of Jazz by Kofsky, Frank
    Frank Kofsky

    Black Music, White Business: Illuminating the History and Political Economy of Jazz

    Probes the principal contradiction in the jazz world: that between black artistry on the one hand and white ownership of the means of jazz distribution -- the recording companies, booking agencies, festivals, nightclubs, and magazines -- on the other.Author: Frank KofskyISBN-10: 0873488598ISBN-13: 9780873488594Publisher: PathfinderLanguage:...
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  • Free Jazz PB by Jost, Ekkehard
    Ekkehard Jost

    Free Jazz

    "Neither in Europe, nor in the States, has anyone published a volume dealing with contemporary jazz problems in such a concise and detailed manner."--Jazz Forum When originally published in 1974, Ekkehard Jost's Free Jazz was the first examination of the new music of such...
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  • Herbie Hancock: Possibilities by Hancock, Herbie
    Herbie Hancock

    Herbie Hancock: Possibilities

    The warmly welcomed memoir by one of the most influential and beloved musicians of our time In Herbie Hancock: Possibilities, the legendary jazz musician and composer reflects on an extraordinary life and a thriving career that has spanned seven decades. A true innovator who...
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  • Playing Solo Jazz Piano by Siskind, Jeremy
    Jeremy Siskind

    Playing Solo Jazz Piano

    "Playing Solo Jazz Piano" is an essential new book for creative jazz pianists. Readers will learn essential solo jazz piano concepts like stride piano, one-handed shell voicings, comping, using basslines, shared-hand voicings, leaving out the bass, and playing ballads. Plus, the book explores modern...
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  • The Reharmonized Real Book - Volume 1: C Instruments: Arranged by Jack Grassel by Hal Leonard Corp
    Hal Leonard Corp

    The Reharmonized Real Book - Volume 1: C Instruments: Arranged by Jack Grassel

    (Fake Book). Since the early 1970s, Real Books have provided jazz classics and standards for small jazz groups around the world. To help modern musicians approach some of these jazz standards with a fresh perspective, Hal Leonard is proud to present The Reharmonized Real...
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  • Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life by Marsalis, Wynton
    Wynton Marsalis

    Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life

    In this beautiful book, Pulitzer Prize--winning musician and composer Wynton Marsalis draws upon lessons he's learned from a lifetime in jazz-lessons that can help us all move to higher ground. With wit and candor he demystifies the music that is the birthright of every...
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  • Jazz, Rags & Blues, Bk 5: 8 Original Pieces for the Later Intermediate to Early Advanced Pianist, Book & Online Audio by Mier, Martha
    Martha Mier

    Jazz, Rags & Blues, Bk 5: 8 Original Pieces for the Later Intermediate to Early Advanced Pianist, Book & Online Audio

    Due to numerous piano teacher and student requests, Martha Mier has written Book 5 in her best-selling Jazz, Rags & Blues series. The online audio includes dynamic recordings of each song in the book. Titles: Blue Interlude * Hot Potato Rag * Jazz Finale...
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  • The History of the Blues: The Roots, the Music, the People by Davis, Francis
    Francis Davis

    The History of the Blues: The Roots, the Music, the People

    Francis 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 Mississippi Delta to its amplification in Chicago right after World War II, Davis...
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  • Ron Carter's Comprehensive Bass Method by Carter, Ron
    Ron Carter

    Ron Carter's Comprehensive Bass Method

    This is the centerpiece of the Ron Carter Library. (He refers to it as "THE book" when talking to his students)While other bass lesson books teach you arco techniques and how to audition for a classical orchestra, this book is completely different. It shows...
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  • It's About Time by Wallenstein, Barry
    Barry Wallenstein

    It's About Time

    Barry Wallenstein's poetry, from his first book in 1977 to now, addresses his awareness of time's swift passing. The poems continue this time-honored theme and its attendant thoughts and emotions. Now in his eighth decade this theme is paramount. While time is explicitly central...
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  • Ugly Beauty: Jazz in the 21st Century by Freeman, Philip
    Philip Freeman

    Ugly Beauty: Jazz in the 21st Century

    What does jazz mean 20 years into the 21st century? Has streaming culture rendered music literally meaningless, thanks to the removal of all context beyond the playlist? Are there any traditions left to explore? Has the destruction of the apprenticeship model (young musicians learning...
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  • Jazz, Rags & Blues, Bk 1: 10 Original Pieces for the Late Elementary to Early Intermediate Pianist, Book & Online Audio by Mier, Martha
    Martha Mier

    Jazz, Rags & Blues, Bk 1: 10 Original Pieces for the Late Elementary to Early Intermediate Pianist, Book & Online Audio

    Jazz, Rags & Blues, Book 1 contains original solos for late elementary to early intermediate-level pianists that reflect the various styles of the jazz idiom. An excellent way to introduce your students to this distinctive American contribution to 20th century music. The online audio...
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  • Black Music by Jones (Amiri Baraka), Leroi
    Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka)

    Black Music

    "Baraka writes with the passion and lyricism that can only come from a jazz critic who is uncompromisingly invested in the social and aesthetic dimensions of the music." --WBGO (Newark Public Radio)In 2007, Akashic Books ushered Amiri Baraka back into the forefront of America's...
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  • Jazz & Blues: Play-Along Solos for Alto Sax [With] by Hal Leonard Corp
    Hal Leonard Corp

    Jazz & Blues - Play-Along Solos for Alto Sax (Book/Online Audio) [With]

    (Instrumental Play-Along). 14 songs for solo saxophone, complete with access to online play-along accompaniment tracks. Includes: Bernie's Tune * Cry Me a River * Fever * Fly Me to the Moon * God Bless' the Child * Harlem Nocturne * Moonglow * A Night...
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  • Raise Up Off Me: A Portrait of Hampton Hawes by Hawes, Hampton
    Hampton Hawes

    Raise Up Off Me: A Portrait of Hampton Hawes

    Hampton Hawes [1928-1977] was one of jazz's greatest pianists. Among his peers from California the self-taught Hawes was second only to Oscar Peterson. At the time of his celebration as New Star of the Year by downbeat magazine (1956), Hawes was already struggling with...
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  • The Giant Book of Standards Sheet Music: Easy Piano by Coates, Dan
    Dan Coates

    The Giant Book of Standards Sheet Music: Easy Piano

    Play everybody's favorite songs with this extensive collection of standards arranged for easy piano by Dan Coates! Dozens of gems from the golden years of 20th Century pop and jazz are joined by traditional melodies in this collection of essential songs that belong in...
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  • Jazz Standards for Easy Guitar by Hal Leonard Corp
    Hal Leonard Corp

    Jazz Standards for Easy Guitar

    (Easy Guitar). This giant collection features 60 jazz standards for beginning-level guitarists to enjoy, including: Ain't Misbehavin' * Autumn Leaves * Body and Soul * Georgia on My Mind * How Deep Is the Ocean * Misty * My Funny Valentine * Lullaby of...
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  • Vocal Complete -- Female Voice Jazz Standards: Piano/Vocal Sheet Music with Orchestrated Backing Tracks, Book & Online Audio/Software [With 2 CDs] by Alfred Music
    Alfred Music

    Vocal Complete -- Female Voice Jazz Standards: Piano/Vocal Sheet Music with Orchestrated Backing Tracks, Book & Online Audio/Software [With 2 CDs]

    Sing 16 of the world's most beloved jazz standards in the style of legendary vocalists like Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Etta James, Eileen Rodgers, Barbra Streisand, Sarah Vaughan, and more! This deluxe package (songbook plus online media) provides everything you need to arrive at...
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  • Jazz & Blues: Play-Along Solos for Trumpet [With] by Hal Leonard Corp
    Hal Leonard Corp

    Jazz & Blues - Play-Along Solos for Trumpet Book/Online Audio [With]

    (Instrumental Play-Along). 14 songs for solo instruments, complete with play-along audio accompaniments. Includes: Bernie's Tune * Cry Me a River * Fever * Fly Me to the Moon * God Bless' the Child * Harlem Nocturne * Moonglow * A Night in Tunisia *...
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  • The Real Book by Hal Leonard Corp
    Hal Leonard Corp

    The Real Book

    (Fake Book). The Real Books are the best-selling jazz books of all time. Since the 1970s, musicians have trusted these volumes to get them through every gig, night after night. The problem is that the books were illegally produced and distributed without any copyrights...
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  • Thelonious Monk - Collection: Piano Transcriptions by Monk, Thelonious
    Thelonious Monk

    Thelonious Monk - Collection: Piano Transcriptions

    (Artist Transcriptions). Now you can play exactly what Monk played on 12 jazz classics This folio features note-for-note transcriptions from Monk recordings as well as a bio and discography showing which recordings were used. Pieces include: Blue Monk * Eronel * Evidence * Hackensack...
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  • Jazz Piano Concepts & Techniques by John, Valerio
    Valerio John

    Jazz Piano Concepts & Techniques

    (Piano Method). This book provides a step-by-step approach to learning basic piano realizations of jazz and pop tunes from lead sheets. Systems for voicing chords are presented from the most elementary to the advanced along with methods for practicing each system. Both the non-jazz...
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