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  • Ronnie Scott's 1959-69: Photographs by Freddy Warren by Warren, Freddy
    Freddy Warren

    Ronnie Scott's 1959-69: Photographs by Freddy Warren

    A warm and intimate portrait of London's most legendary jazz venueRonnie Scott's in London is one of the world's most celebrated jazz clubs. Freddy Warren began photographing Ronnie Scott's when it was still a construction site, and went on to photograph every major happening...
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  • The Cats!: Volume 1: On the Bandstand of Life with Master Musicians by Lasocki, David
    David Lasocki

    The Cats!: Volume 1: On the Bandstand of Life with Master Musicians

    On The Jake Feinberg Show (radio) and in Facebook Lives, Jake Feinberg has now conducted over 1,000 interviews with "The Cats"-popular musicians across the spectrum from rock to jazz, R&B to folk, pop to country, bluegrass to fusion. Jake's unique interviewing style puts musicians...
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  • Malts & Jazz by McCray +., Jack
    Jack McCray +.

    Malts & Jazz

    A true blend between ten famous jazz musicians and ten terrific single malts. Read about the history of jazz and whisky, find out how they blend and enjoy a real "sippin' and listening" guide. With seldom published portraits of the jazz greats and photography...
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  • Improvising Improvisation: From Out of Philosophy, Music, Dance, and Literature by Peters, Gary
    Gary Peters

    Improvising Improvisation: From Out of Philosophy, Music, Dance, and Literature

    There is an ever-increasing number of books on improvisation, ones that richly recount experiences in the heat of the creative moment, theorize on the essence of improvisation, and offer convincing arguments for improvisation's impact across a wide range of human activity. This book is...
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  • Guitar Compendium, Vol 3: Technique / Improvisation / Musicianship / Theory by Hagberg, Garry
    Garry Hagberg

    Guitar Compendium, Vol 3: Technique / Improvisation / Musicianship / Theory

    This is the first instructional book of its kind, taking a strikingly new and refreshing approach to learning guitar, carefully designed to guarantee efficient practice with rewarding results. Whether your playing falls under one of the more traditional styles, or whether you're a composer...
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  • Jazz Theory and Practice by Hellmer, Jeffrey
    Jeffrey Hellmer

    Jazz Theory and Practice

    Jazz Theory and Practice is the most modern introduction to jazz theory ever published. Rich with examples from the repertoire, it gives performers, arrangers and composers an in-depth and practical knowledge of the theoretical foundations of jazz. A CD-ROM is also available, providing supplemental...
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  • Howard Morgen -- Through Chord Melody & Beyond: A Comprehensive Hands-On Guide to Playing & Arranging Solo Jazz Guitar Based on 11 Classic Standards f by Morgen, Howard
    Howard Morgen

    Howard Morgen -- Through Chord Melody & Beyond: A Comprehensive Hands-On Guide to Playing & Arranging Solo Jazz Guitar Based on 11 Classic Standards f

    In this definitive work, Howard Morgen demonstrates all the tools, techniques, and concepts to create masterful solo guitar arrangements. This one-of-a-kind book with online media features 19 full song arrangements based on 11 classic jazz standards, which are immediately applicable for professional usage. The...
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  • Jazz, Flute [With CD (Audio)] by Alfred Music
    Alfred Music

    Jazz, Flute [With CD (Audio)]

    Take the Lead is a terrific series of books for all instrumentalists, young and old. Eight jazz classics are arranged for each instrument as stand-alone solos, or all the instruments can play together. Each song includes chord symbols in concert pitch for use by...
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  • Wax Poetics Issue 2 (Paperback Reprint) by Wax Poetics Writers
    Wax Poetics Writers

    Wax Poetics Issue 2 (Paperback Reprint)

    The Academic Archive: Vol 2; Pretty Purdie: Bernard Purdie; Bob James Calling; Two Brothers With Beats: Mr. Walt and Evil Dee; Old School: First Phase Phase (from East Village Eye November 1982); North Coast Hip-Hop: Step Into A World / An Allegory in Four...
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  • St. Louis Jazz: A History by Owsley, Dennis C.
    Dennis C. Owsley

    St. Louis Jazz: A History

    In the early twentieth century, St. Louis was a hotbed for ragtime and blues, both roots of jazz music. In 1914, Jelly Roll Morton brought his music to the area. In 1919, Louis Armstrong came to town to play on the "floating conservatories" that...
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  • Soul on Soul: The Life and Music of Mary Lou Williams by Kernodle, Tammy L.
    Tammy L. Kernodle

    Soul on Soul: The Life and Music of Mary Lou Williams

    First time in paperback and e-book! The jazz musician-composer-arranger Mary Lou Williams spent her sixty-year career working in--and stretching beyond--a dizzying range of musical styles. Her integration of classical music into her works helped expand jazz's compositional language. Her generosity made her a valued...
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  • Jazz Standards: 22 Swingin' and Fun Piano Arrangements by Springer, Mike
    Mike Springer

    Jazz Standards: 22 Swingin' and Fun Piano Arrangements

    This collection of jazz classics contains entertaining solo piano arrangements. The carefully crafted arrangements sound impressive, with lively rhythms and satisfying harmonies, while remaining accessible to pianists at the intermediate to late intermediate level. The clearly notated arrangements include lyrics, level-appropriate chord symbols, helpful...
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  • Soundtrack to a Movement: African American Islam, Jazz, and Black Internationalism by Turner, Richard Brent
    Richard Brent Turner

    Soundtrack to a Movement: African American Islam, Jazz, and Black Internationalism

    **FINALIST for the 2022 PROSE Award in Music & the Performing Arts** **Certificate of Merit, Best Historical Research on Recorded Jazz, given by the 2022 Association for Recorded Sounds Collection Awards for Excellence in Historical Sound Research** Explores how jazz helped propel the rise...
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  • Naná Vasconcelos's Saudades by Sharp, Daniel B.
    Daniel B. Sharp

    Naná Vasconcelos's Saudades

    The story of Afro-Brazilian percussionist Naná Vasconcelos stitches together histories of 1960s-1980s jazz, psychedelia, world music, experimentalism and post-punk. Based in Recife, Rio de Janeiro, New York City and Paris, Naná played with musicians as varied as Egberto Gismonti, Don Cherry, Pat Metheny, Ralph...
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  • Cool Cats and a Hot Mouse: A History of Jazz and Disney by McLain, Bob
    Bob McLain

    Cool Cats and a Hot Mouse: A History of Jazz and Disney

    All That Disney JazzForeword by Emmy-Nominated Composer Don DiNicola***Winner of a 2020 Gold Award from the Nonfiction Authors Association***Winner of a 2020 Literary Titan Silver Book AwardWhat does a 'King, ' a 'Queen, ' a 'Duke, ' and a talking mouse have in common?...
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  • Jazz: A Quick Immersion by Dinerstein, Joel
    Joel Dinerstein

    Jazz: A Quick Immersion

    Jazz hides in plain sight in global culture, a musical revolution that led to soul, rock, funk, and hip-hop in a fascinating story of art, race, rebellion, and freedom in five key American cities: New Orleans, Chicago, Kansas City, New York, and Los Angeles....
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  • Jazz in Europe: Networking and Negotiating Identities by Dias, José
    José Dias

    Jazz in Europe: Networking and Negotiating Identities

    Should we talk of European jazz or jazz in Europe? What kinds of networks link those who make it happen 'on the ground'? What challenges do they have to face?Jazz is a part of the cultural fabric of many of the European countries. Jazz...
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  • Historical Dictionary of Jazz, Second Edition by Davis, John S.
    John S. Davis

    Historical Dictionary of Jazz

    Jazz is a music born in the United States and formed by a combination of influences. In its infancy, jazz was a melting pot of military brass bands, work songs and field hollers of the United States slaves during the 19th century, European harmonies...
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  • Jazz Dialogues by Gordon, Jon
    Jon Gordon

    Jazz Dialogues

    Backstage, on the bus, or in the studio, saxophonist Jon Gordon, winner of the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone competition, chats with several generations of great musicians. From Jay McShann to Renee Rosnes, Jazz Dialogues lets the reader hang out with dozens of...
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  • Women in Jazz: Musicality, Femininity, Marginalization by Buscatto, Marie
    Marie Buscatto

    Women in Jazz: Musicality, Femininity, Marginalization

    Women in Jazz: Musicality, Femininity, Marginalization examines the invisible discrimination against female musicians in the French jazz world and the ways in which women thrive as professionals despite such conditions. The author shines a light on the paradox for women in jazz: to express...
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  • Black Music Matters: Jazz and the Transformation of Music Studies by Sarath, Ed
    Ed Sarath

    Black Music Matters: Jazz and the Transformation of Music Studies

    Black Music Matters: Jazz and the Transformation of Music Studies is one of the first books to promote the reform of music studies with a centralized presence of jazz and black music to ground American musicians in a core facet of their true cultural...
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  • Jazz Singing: A Guide to Pedagogy and Performance by Oney, Tish
    Tish Oney

    Jazz Singing: A Guide to Pedagogy and Performance

    Tish Oney merges the worlds of jazz and classical singing in a comprehensive guide for those teaching and singing jazz. Legendary jazz singers' performance strategies are discussed providing unique insights. Jazz Singing combines jazz stylization and improvisational techniques with classic voice pedagogy to outline...
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  • Where Dead Voices Gather by Tosches, Nick
    Nick Tosches

    Where Dead Voices Gather

    A forgotten singer from the early days of jazz is at the center of this riveting book -- a narrative that is part mystery, part biography, part meditation on the meaning and power of music.Author: Nick ToschesISBN-10: 0316895377ISBN-13: 9780316895378Publisher: Back Bay BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/28/2002Pages:...
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  • Billie's Blues: The Billie Holiday Story, 1933-1959 by Chilton, John
    John Chilton

    Billie's Blues: The Billie Holiday Story, 1933-1959

    Anyone who has ever heard a Billie Holiday record knows the sound of her voice--sad, sexy, always relaxed but securely aware of the beat. Conveying a poignancy that cut to the heart of a song, she redeemed even trivial material with her impeccable sense...
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  • Dexter Gordon: A Musical Biography by Britt, Stan
    Stan Britt

    Dexter Gordon: A Musical Biography

    Described by Leonard Feather as "one of the most influential saxophonists of the bop era," Dexter Gordon has been a recognized master for over four decades. This new biography traces his career from his early stints with Lionel Hampton and Louis Armstrong, through his...
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  • From Satchmo to Miles by Feather, Leonard
    Leonard Feather

    From Satchmo to Miles

    Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Norman Granz, Oscar Peterson, Ray Charles, Don Ellis, and Miles Davis-these are the dozen jazz figures whom Leonard Feather chose to describe the development of jazz. This is the first...
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  • Jazz Masters of the 30s by Stewart, Rex
    Rex Stewart

    Jazz Masters of the 30s

    This is the only jazz history written by a musician that is not strictly autobiographical. Rex Stewart, who played trumpet and cornet with Fletcher Henderson and Duke Ellington, knew personally all the giants of jazz in the 1930s and thus his judgments on their...
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  • Inside Jazz by Feather, Leonard
    Leonard Feather

    Inside Jazz

    By 1940 the big band sound had grown stale, and jazz musicians began to search out new sounds and styles. At the Harlem nightclub Minton's Playhouse, a small group of musicians -- John Birks, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Beau Hawkins, and Thelonious Monk, among sounding...
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  • Jazz Styles by Gridley, Mark
    Mark Gridley

    Jazz Styles

    America's most widely used introduction to jazz text aims at capturing the minds of students to jazz, by teaching them the history of the style and showing them how to listen to jazz critically. While its chronological set up serves as a great resource...
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  • Dvorak to Duke Ellington: A Conductor Explores America's Music and Its African American Roots by Peress, Maurice
    Maurice Peress

    Dvorak to Duke Ellington: A Conductor Explores America's Music and Its African American Roots

    Drawing upon a remarkable mix of intensive research and the personal experience of a career devoted to the music about which Dvo疚 so presciently spoke, Maurice Peress's lively and convincing narrative treats readers to a rare and delightful glimpse behind the scenes of the...
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  • John Coltrane and Black America's Quest for Freedom: Spirituality and the Music by Brown, Leonard
    Leonard Brown

    John Coltrane and Black America's Quest for Freedom: Spirituality and the Music

    Edited by prominent musician and scholar Leonard Brown, John Coltrane and Black America's Quest for Freedom: Spirituality and the Music is a timely exploration of Coltrane's sound and its spiritual qualities that are rooted in Black American music-culture and aspirations for freedom. A wide-ranging...
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  • Clifford Brown: The Life and Art of the Legendary Jazz Trumpeter by Catalano, Nick
    Nick Catalano

    Clifford Brown: The Life and Art of the Legendary Jazz Trumpeter

    Although he died in a tragic car accident at twenty-five, Clifford Brown is widely considered one of the most important figures in the history of jazz--now, in this absorbing work, Nick Catalano gives us the first major biography of this musical giant. Based on...
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  • Visions of Jazz: The First Century by Giddins, Gary
    Gary Giddins

    Visions of Jazz: The First Century

    Poised to become a classic of jazz literature, Visions of Jazz: The First Century offers seventy-nine chapters illuminating the lives of virtually all the major figures in jazz history. From Louis Armstrong's renegade-style trumpet playing to Sarah Vaughan's operatic crooning, and from the swinging...
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  • The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1,001 Best Albums by Morton, Brian
    Brian Morton

    The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1,001 Best Albums

    Richard 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 Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings is firmly established as the...
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  • Dizzy: The Life and Times of John Birks Gillespie by Maggin, Donald L.
    Donald L. Maggin

    Dizzy: The Life and Times of John Birks Gillespie

    Dizzy Gillespie secured his place in the jazz pantheon as one of the most expressive and virtuosic improvisers in the history of music. More important is that he was one of its great innovators. As a primary creator of the bebop and Afro-Cuban revolutions,...
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  • Ulf Wakenius: Master the Soloing Language of Post-Bop & Modern Saxophone Legends on Jazz Guitar by Wakenius, Ulf
    Ulf Wakenius

    Ulf Wakenius: Master the Soloing Language of Post-Bop & Modern Saxophone Legends on Jazz Guitar

    Discover Modern Saxophone Licks for Jazz Guitar Ready to supercharge your jazz guitar playing with progressive modern saxophone lines? Want to play the jazz language of the post-bop modern sax masters? The saxophone has always been at the forefront of modern jazz and has...
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  • Hi-De-Ho: The Life of Cab Calloway by Shipton, Alyn
    Alyn Shipton

    Hi-De-Ho: The Life of Cab Calloway

    Clad in white tie and tails, dancing and scatting his way through the "Hi-de-ho" chorus of "Minnie the Moocher," Cab Calloway exuded a sly charm and sophistication that endeared him to legions of fans. In Hi-de-ho, author Alyn Shipton offers the first full-length biography...
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  • The Guitar in Jazz: An Anthology by Sallis, James
    James Sallis

    The Guitar in Jazz: An Anthology

    The Guitar in Jazz presents in rich, entertaining detail the history and development of the guitar as a jazz instrument. In a series of essays by some of jazz's leading historians and critics, the volume traces the impressive evolution of jazz guitar playing, from...
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  • The Great Jazz Drummers by Spagnardi, Ronald
    Ronald Spagnardi

    The Great Jazz Drummers

    (Percussion). The Great Jazz Drummers is an excellent reference for any drummer or jazz enthusiast. It features biographies and photos of 62 influential drummers, as well as a CD featuring 16 artists to demonstrate the gradual progression of jazz drumming through seven decades.Author: Ronald...
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  • Classical Jazz Rags & Blues, Bk 5: 9 Classical Melodies Arranged in Jazz Styles for Late Intermediate to Early Advanced Pianists by Mier, Martha
    Martha Mier

    Classical Jazz Rags & Blues, Bk 5: 9 Classical Melodies Arranged in Jazz Styles for Late Intermediate to Early Advanced Pianists

    Classical melodies from piano, opera, and orchestral literature are revisited in this unique series. The arrangements feature jazz styles including ragtime and blues. Students who are familiar with some of these gems will enjoy their new settings while those playing them for the first...
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  • New York City Jazz by Brinkofski, Elizabeth Dodd
    Elizabeth Dodd Brinkofski

    New York City Jazz

    New York City Jazz explores many of the haunts and hideaways that have played host to iconic jazz musicians and singers like Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, and Lester Young. Considered the jazz capital of the world,...
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  • The Beatles for Jazz Guitar by Beatles, The
    The Beatles

    The Beatles for Jazz Guitar

    (Guitar Solo). This new edition features fantastic, jazz-style chord melody arrangements of 23 Beatles classics, including: All My Loving * Blackbird * Can't Buy Me Love * Eleanor Rigby * Hey Jude * In My Life * Let It Be * Michelle * Nowhere...
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  • Tatum's Town: The story of jazz in Toledo, Ohio (1915-1985) by Dietsche, Bob
    Bob Dietsche

    Tatum's Town: The story of jazz in Toledo, Ohio (1915-1985)

    Author Robert Dietsche is a Toledo born jazz historian and jazz critic who has resided in the Portland, Oregon area most of his life. Tatum's Town is the jazz history of his hometown, Toledo, Ohio, a city well known for producing and supporting great...
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  • Smooth Jazz [With CD (Audio)] by Hal Leonard Corp
    Hal Leonard Corp

    Smooth Jazz [With CD (Audio)]

    (Instrumental Play-Along). 11 contemporary smooth jazz favorites arranged for instrumental solo and including a CD with great full-band accompaniment tracks. Songs include: Just the Two of Us * Morning Dance * She Could Be Mine * Silhouette * Songbird * This Masquerade * Tourist...
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  • The Torment of Buddy Rich by Minahan, John
    John Minahan

    The Torment of Buddy Rich

    Author: John MinahanISBN-10: 0595137458ISBN-13: 9780595137459Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/20/2000Pages: 264Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.84lbsSize: 9.16h x 6.08w x 0.65d
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  • The Jazz Sax Collection: For Tenor or Soprano Saxophone by Bennett, Ned
    Ned Bennett

    The Jazz Sax Collection: For Tenor or Soprano Saxophone

    The Jazz Sax Collection (Alto/Baritone) is an unmissable selection of authentic jazz, written and arranged by professional jazz saxophonist Ned Bennett. It includes accompanied and unaccompanied pieces, featuring well-known jazz standards, with opportunities for improvisation within selected pieces, together with performance notes and listening...
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  • Really Easy Jazzin' about for Piano / Keyboard: Book & CD [With CD (Audio)] by Wedgwood, Pam
    Pam Wedgwood

    Really Easy Jazzin' about for Piano / Keyboard: Book & CD [With CD (Audio)]

    Cool syncopation, funky riffs and smooth, stylish tunes - from dynamic to nostalgic, Pam Wedgwood's series has it all. Really Easy Jazzin' About is a vibrant collection of original pieces in a range of contemporary styles, tailor-made for the absolute beginner. This new edition...
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  • Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice by Hershorn, Tad
    Tad Hershorn

    Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice

    "Any book on my life would start with my basic philosophy of fighting racial prejudice. I loved jazz, and jazz was my way of doing that," Norman Granz told Tad Hershorn during the final interviews given for this book. Granz, who died in 2001,...
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  • Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Musicvolume 13 by Baraka, Amiri
    Amiri Baraka

    Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music Volume 13

    For almost half a century, Amiri Baraka has ranked among the most important commentators on African American music and culture. In this brilliant assemblage of his writings on music, the first such collection in nearly twenty years, Baraka blends autobiography, history, musical analysis, and...
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  • Dameronia: The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron by Combs, Paul
    Paul Combs

    Dameronia: The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron

    Dameronia is the first authoritative biography of Tadd Dameron, an important and widely influential figure in jazz history as one of the most significant composers and arrangers of jazz, swing, bebop, and big band. He arranged for names like Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Jimmie...
    $29.95
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