Music-Genres & Styles-Jazz

Saxophone virtuoso Charlie "Bird" Parker began playing professionally in his early teens, became a heroin addict at 16, changed the course of music, and then died when only 34 years old. His friend Robert Reisner observed, "Parker, in the brief span of his life,...

"Although it will be of primary interest to those who are engaged in composition themselves, [this] book is also recommended for readers who may wish to gain further insight into just what makes jazz composition so different from traditional approaches."--Malcolm Bessom, The Music MagazineAuthor:...

Bebop music is more than a jazz movement that seemed to have burst suddenly upon the jazz scene--it is an outgrowth of the sociocultural environment dating from the 1920s through the 1940s. In this consideration of the period and its music, noted jazz scholar...

A comprehensive biography of the brilliant jazz composer and pianist Bill Evans This enthralling book is the first biography in English of Bill Evans (1929-1980), one of the most influential of all jazz pianists. Peter Pettinger, himself a concert pianist, describes Evans's life (the...

Improvisation is an important aspect of music, not only in jazz and other 'improvised music', but also of classical music. Pianists may add improvised interludes to their recitals and cadenzas to a concerto they perform. They may conclude their recitals by playing compositions composed...

Jazz is more than music. It encompasses the stories and struggles of those who compose, play, and perform on stages across America and the world. To fully understand the music, you must know the players. Jazz journalist Charles L. Latimer spent almost two decades...

Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) possessed one of the twentieth century's most astonishing voices. In this first major biography since Fitzgerald's death, historian Judith Tick offers a sublime portrait of this ambitious risk-taker whose exceptional musical spontaneity made her a transformational artist. Becoming Ella Fitzgerald clears...

Learn Jazz Guitar Bebop Scales - Musically!Struggling to play convincing jazz guitar solos?Bebop scales are at the heart of jazz guitar soloing and essential for developing your chops. However, they are greatly misunderstood and often poorly taught, making your jazz solos boring and uninspired....

Lester Young was one of the great jazz masters, and his impact on the course of the art form was profound. He fundamentally changed the way the saxophone was played--his long, flowing lines brought new levels of expressiveness and subtlety to the jazz language,...

In jazz circles, players and listeners with "big ears" hear and engage complexity in the moment, as it unfolds. Taking gender as part of the intricate, unpredictable action in jazz culture, this interdisciplinary collection explores the terrain opened up by listening, with big ears,...

Over the 100 years since Benny Goodman's birth, interest in his life and music remains as intense as ever--yet there has been no new discographical information since 1996. Benny Goodman: A Supplemental Discography fills that gap, gathering materials uncovered since the last bio-discography of...

Selected as one of the Best Jazz Books of the Year (2021) by The New York City Jazz Record The New Yorker recently referred to Pat Metheny as "possibly the most influential jazz guitarist of the past five decades." A native of Lee's Summit,...

Best of JOPLIN I 3 Ragtimes I Original Rags Piano contains the most popular compositions by Scott Joplin.All songs are presented twice: with larger and smaller music notation.Songs include: Maple Leaf Rag The Entertainer Elite Syncopations ★ Original Version, perfect for advanced pianists!★ Two...

Are you a classical bass player that wants to apply your hard earned instrumental skills to jazz improvisation?Or are you a jazz bass player looking to open up your scale/interval practice to new worlds of melodic invention?Bach Shapes II for Bass Clef is the...

Where did big bands and swing music go? They didn't leave. . . but many Americans actually believe they disappeared along with ballrooms, jukeboxes, bobby sox and zoot suits decades ago. Band leader Brooks Tegler, who has recreated the great music of World War...

Author: Richard J. FriswellISBN-10: 0996616926ISBN-13: 9780996616928Publisher: Hammonasset House BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/07/2016Pages: 180Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.41d

Quincy Jones calls him, "My kind of musician."Herb Alpert praised him for helping him regain his musical voice after a fierce creative block.When he performed with Dizzy Gillespie...Werner mastered an effortless state of flow in his music.Kenny Werner has been a world-class pianist, composer,...

Recorded by his quartet in a single session in 1964, A Love Supreme is widely considered John Coltrane's magnum opus and one of the greatest jazz albums of all time. In Beyond A Love Supreme, Tony Whyton explores both the musical complexities of A...

"When bebop was new," writes Thomas Owens, "many jazz musicians and most of the jazz audience heard it as radical, chaotic, bewildering music." For a nation swinging to the smoothly orchestrated sounds of the big bands, this revolutionary movement of the 1940s must have...

Phrase like a pro By simply adding one chromatic note, you can convert the most commonly used scales into bebop scales. Bebop scales almost magically turn scales into jazz lines, adding melodic flow and logical forward motion to your solos. This makes hitting those...

A beautiful genre-bending tribute to the larger-than-life blues singer Bessie Smith. Scotland's National Poet blends poetry, prose, fiction, and nonfiction to create an entirely unique biography of the Empress of the Blues. There has never been anyone else like Bessie Smith. Born in Chattanooga,...

Being Gerry Mulligan: My Life in Music is Gerry Mulligan in his own words. This autobiography tells the story of the iconic American jazz saxophonist, clarinettist, composer, and arranger.Author: Gerry MulliganISBN-10: 1493064827ISBN-13: 9781493064823Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/15/2022Pages: 360Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.56lbsSize: 9.24h x 6.31w x...

Bass player extraordinaire Charles Mingus, who died in 1979, is one of the essential composers in the history of jazz, and Beneath the Underdog, his celebrated, wild, funny, demonic, anguished, shocking, and profoundly moving memoir, is the greatest autobiography ever written by a jazz...

(Jazz Piano Solos). 24 essential Evans standards arranged for piano solo, including: Alice in Wonderland * Autumn Leaves * But Beautiful * Everything Happens to Me * Here's That Rainy Day * How Deep Is the Ocean (How High Is the Sky) * In...

Be Inspired, Stay Focused: Creativity, Learning, and the Business of Music is an engaging and inspiring collection of personal essays written by soprano saxophonist Sam Newsome. This book is a must-read for those wanting real insight into how a creative musician thinks about his...

From the great recording artist and studio guitarist Barry Galbraith comes the first comprehensive material on the art of jazz guitar comping. This book contains jazz voicings and rhythms for a range of standards and blues, and bass parts are shown in treble clef....

Improvise jazz on trumpet with a simple six-step methodThis is not a how to play the trumpet book. It's a how to play music book Many brass players come from a classical background which may not have taught you how to play by ear....

Unlock the Secrets of Gypsy Jazz GuitarRobin Nolan's Beginner Gypsy Jazz Guitar Are you struggling to learn authentic Gypsy Jazz guitar? Do you want to play effortless Django-inspired guitar licks? Are you ready to create your own Gypsy Jazz guitar solos? Robin Nolan has...

(Berklee Guide). This chord dictionary from the assistant chair of Berklee's guitar department includes 100+ chord forms, from basic 7th chords to guide tone chords and triads over bass notes. It is organized to reveal chord relationships and help guitarists learn voicings quickly and...

(Faber Piano Adventures ). BigTime Piano Jazz & Blues is a great collection of jazz and blues pieces. Standards such as "Take the 'A' Train" and "Desafinado" provide an introduction to basic jazz styles such as swing and bossa nova. Other moods and styles...

Many woodwind players come from a classical background which may not have taught you how to play by ear. While this can provide an excellent grounding in music, it doesn't teach you how to improvise, and often it's difficult for classically trained musicians to...

"The analyses of both Ellington's music and his enigmatic personality are delineated with rare insight."--Leonard Feather, author of The Encyclopedia of JazzOne of the twentieth century's greatest composers, Duke Ellington (1899-1974) led a fascinating life. Beyond Category, the first biography to draw on the...

Are you a classical player that wants to apply your hard earned instrumental skills to jazz improvisation?Or are you a jazz player looking to open up your scale/interval practice to new worlds of melodic invention?Bach Shapes II is the sequel to Bach Shapes, the...

(Guitar Collection). The latest release in our acclaimed Classic Jazz Masters series, this book features note-for-note transcriptions of 17 of the finest improvised jazz bass performances ever recorded. Includes: Blues Minor * Body and Soul * But Beautiful * Falling in Love with Love...

(Signature Licks Guitar). Learn and explore the music of one of the most respected and pioneering jazz guitar players of our time. This book includes a hands-on analysis of 13 great performances: Affirmation * Billie's Bounce (Bill's Bounce) * Body Talk * The Borgia...

When most people think of Detroit and music, they think of the Motown sound. But what many people forget is that Detroit has a remarkable jazz history, which became a major influence in what came to be known as the Motown sound.Before Motown is...

Improvise jazz on violin with a simple six-step methodMany string players come from a classical background which may not have taught them how to play by ear. While this can provide an excellent grounding in music, it doesn't teach you how to improvise, and...

Improvise jazz on flute with a simple six-step methodThis is not a how to play the flute book. It's a how to play music book Many woodwind players come from a classical background which may not have taught you how to play by ear....

Between Beats: The Jazz Tradition and Black Vernacular Dance offers a new look at the complex intersections between jazz music and popular dance over the last hundred-plus years. Author Christi Jay Wells shows how popular entertainment and cultures of social dancing were crucial to...

Bass Notes features transcriptions and bass lines played by John Goldsby from play-along recordings Volumes 41, 48, and 55. Each tune includes bass lines from the tracks with instruction / analysis. This book discusses the rules to bass line construction as well as the...

Now includes TAB, as well as standard notation! Guitar Improv contains 10 finger/transcribed solos based on standard" chord changes by the great Barry Galbraith. The audio recordings feature Mark Slifstein playing the transcribed solos, Milt Hinton on bass, and Barry comping chords. You can...

BEBOP, INFLUENTIAL GROUPS, GREAT MUSICIANSAuthor: Scott YanowISBN-10: 0879306084ISBN-13: 9780879306083Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2000Pages: 402Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.77lbsSize: 9.22h x 7.42w x 1.13dReview Citation(s): Library Journal 11/15/2000 pg. 26

(Signature Licks Guitar). Explore the music of the world's greatest jazz guitarists! In this book/auduo pack, Wolf Marshall provides a hands-on analysis of 10 of the most frequently played tunes in the jazz genre, as played by the leading guitarists of all time. Features:...

On January 16, 1938 Benny Goodman brought his swing orchestra to America's venerated home of European classical music, Carnegie Hall. The resulting concert - widely considered one of the most significant events in American music history - helped to usher jazz and swing music...

From legendary studio and recording artist Barry Galbraith comes this logical, cohesive method that covers sliding, slurring, and positioning of the fingers on the fingerboard. Exercises rotate through several major and dominant 7th keys, and also cover the Cycle of Fifths and ii-V progressions.Author:...

Barry Galbraith's popular exercise book---embraced by students and teachers worldwide---features thirty-five pages of exercises that utilize melodic and harmonic minor modes over various chord progressions. Also included are finger and position notations.Author: Barry GalbraithISBN-10: 1562240390ISBN-13: 9781562240394Publisher: Alfred MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2015Pages: 36Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 10.80h...

All a beginner, comeback player, or serious student of jazz needs to know about jazz theory. The first of 3 parts. More information including free samples at: www.allabouttrumpet.com/BJT/Author: Jonathan HarnumISBN-10: 1453723560ISBN-13: 9781453723562Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2010Pages: 82Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.99w...

(Jazz Instruction). Written for the musician who is interested in acquiring a firm foundation for playing jazz, this unique book/audio pack examines the phrases of the masters The book features standard notation, with over 800 licks to help you play like your heroes. Audio...

(Jazz Play Along). For use with all B-flat, E-flat, C and Bass Clef instruments, the Jazz Play-Along Series is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians. With musician-friendly lead sheets, melody cues and other split-track choices on the included CD, this first-of-its-kind package...

Duvivier's reflections on growing up in Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s, the evolution of the bass, life in the commercial studios, and his memories of close associates. With discography/solography and previously unpublished photographs.Author: Edward Berger, David ChevanISBN-10: 0810826917ISBN-13: 9780810826915Publisher: Scarecrow PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/1993Pages:...