Music-Genres & Styles-Jazz

(Signature Licks Guitar). Explore the music of one of the greatest jazz guitarists of all time This in-depth book/online audio pack will guide you through 12 of the best-known tracks from the legendary Wes Montgomery: Besame Mucho * Cariba * Four on Six *...

Charles Mingus is one of the most important--and most mythologized--composers and performers in jazz history. Classically trained and of mixed race, he was an outspoken innovator as well as a bandleader, composer, producer, and record-label owner. His vivid autobiography, Beneath the Underdog, has done...

A thrilling account of life with Sun Ra's Arkestra and New York's avant-garde jazz scenes of the 1970s-90sIn this memoir, Harlem-born trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah recounts decades of national and international touring with the Sun Ra Arkestra and charts the rise of the New York...

African Roots of the Jazz Evolution discusses how jazz style evolved from its original source - traditional African music. Reflecting the continental interaction and cultural development that took place over centuries, the book explores how melodic, structural, rhythmic, and other musical elements from Africa...

Over 100 illustrations and photos throughoutAuthor: William F. LeeISBN-10: 0634080547ISBN-13: 9780634080548Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2006Pages: 392Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.39lbsSize: 9.00h x 5.92w x 0.95d

Antipodean Riffs is a collection of essays on Australian jazz and jazz in Australia. Chronologically they range from what could be called the 'prehistory' of the music -- the tradition of US-sourced African-American music that predated the arrival of music billed as 'jazz' --...

The Alfred Jazz Play-Along series for Rhythm Section goes beyond the other play-alongs. The rhythm section book has written out parts for piano, bass, and drumset to show comping suggestions. In addition, each of the nine jazz standards includes the melody and a sample...

The Alfred Jazz EASY Play-Along series for Rhythm Section goes beyond the other play-alongs. The rhythm section book has written out parts for piano, bass, and drumset to show comping suggestions. In addition, each of the nine jazz standards includes the melody and a...

Despite the fact that most of jazz's major innovators and performers have been African American, the overwhelming majority of jazz journalists, critics, and authors have been and continue to be white men. No major mainstream jazz publication has ever had a black editor or...

Despite the fact that most of jazz's major innovators and performers have been African American, the overwhelming majority of jazz journalists, critics, and authors have been and continue to be white men. No major mainstream jazz publication has ever had a black editor or...

Includes discussion questions for each chapter.Author: Karlton HesterISBN-10: 1516555449ISBN-13: 9781516555444Publisher: Cognella Academic PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/16/2016Pages: 666Format: HardcoverWeight: 3.42lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w x 1.44d

The Gospel Coaltion Award of Distinction--Arts and CultureECPA Top Shelf Award Winner For practitioners and fans, jazz expresses the deepest meanings of life. Its rich history and its distinctive elements like improvisation and syncopation unite to create an unrepeatable and inexpressible aesthetic experience. But...

Artie Shaw, the world famous clarinet-playing bandleader who became popular during the Swing Era, was immersed in the music business as a performer for 30 years, from the summer of 1924, when he began to study saxophone, until the summer of 1954, when he...

In this classic account of the new black music of the 1960s and 70s, celebrated photographer and jazz historian Val Wilmer tells the story of how a generation of revolutionary musicians established black music as the true vanguard of American culture. Placing the achievements...

The Annual Review of Jazz Studies (ARJS) is a journal providing a forum for the ever expanding range and depth of jazz scholarship, from technical analyses to oral history to cultural interpretation. Addressed to specialists and fans alike, all volumes include feature articles, book...

To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com.Author: Dan MorgensternISBN-10: 0810822970ISBN-13: 9780810822979Publisher: Scarecrow PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1986Pages: 218Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 9.97h x 7.13w x 0.53d

Features King Oliver, Gunther Schuller, Fats Waller, and black college bands.Author: Dan MorgensternISBN-10: 0810822954ISBN-13: 9780810822955Publisher: Scarecrow PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/30/1995Pages: 176Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.78lbsSize: 9.90h x 6.46w x 0.52d

Master modern fusion-blues guitar with virtuoso Allen HindsAllen Hinds is respected internationally for his mastery of the fusion-blues genre. As "the players' teacher" he has guided countless guitar students to success as the instructor and artist in residence at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood....

Based on the Allan Holdsworth REH video. Allan discusses his unique approach to scales, chords and improvising. Beginning with a complete discussion of 15 different scales, Allan shows how he derives his extraordinary chord voicings from these scales. Includes five fully transcribed songs. In...

Ralph Ellison famously characterized ensemble jazz improvisation as "antagonistic cooperation." Both collaborative and competitive, musicians play with and against one another to create art and community. In Antagonistic Cooperation, Robert G. O'Meally shows how this idea runs throughout twentieth-century African American culture to provide...

(Jazz Book). Helps musicians know what to do with specific chords in specific contexts. Lays out clear and objective guidelines on how to turn scales and chords into real music. Perfect for a college or high school improvisation classAuthor: Robert RawlinsISBN-10: 0793555965ISBN-13: 9780793555963Publisher: Hal...

Alfred's Essentials of Jazz Theory is designed for jazz enthusiasts and musicians who want to learn jazz concepts and terminology. To get the most out of this course, it is recommended that you have a good understanding of basic theory, such as the lessons...

ALIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD MY LIFE IN AND OUT OF JAZZ TIMEAuthor: Barry SingerISBN-10: 0634073990ISBN-13: 9780634073991Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2006Pages: 296Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.28lbsSize: 9.22h x 6.10w x 0.89dReview Citation(s): Library Journal 10/15/2006 pg. 64

In Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, pianist Randy Weston and bassist Ahmed Abdul-Malik celebrated with song the revolutions spreading across Africa. In Ghana and South Africa, drummer Guy Warren and vocalist Sathima Bea Benjamin fused local musical forms with the dizzying innovations of modern jazz. These four...

In Advanced Jazz Guitar Techniques jazz guitar virtuoso Jens Larsen provides more deep insights into the techniques and theory of contemporary jazz guitar. You'll discover a practical, no-nonsense guide to jazz guitar topics that have mystified even experienced jazz musicians - such as effective...

"Ascension is as spellbinding as Coltrane's music."--The New Review of Records "This remarkable book traces the development of Coltrane's music as it moved from hard bop to the freest jazz. . . . Informed and convincing, Ascension belongs on the short list of essential...

Arranging for the Small Jazz Ensemble presents an innovative approach to the challenging subject of jazz arranging. The author, Robert Larson, has narrowed down the choices of instrumentation and texture in such a way that anyone from a novice jazz enthusiast to a seasoned...

In his preface to the first Arcana: Musicians on Music (2000), avant-garde composer and saxophone player John Zorn wrote: "This book exists to correct an unfortunate injustice, the incredible lack of insightful critical writing about a significant generation of the best and most important...

AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ, THIRD EAR ESSENTIAL LISTENING COMPANIONAuthor: Scott YanowISBN-10: 087930619XISBN-13: 9780879306199Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2000Pages: 214Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.87lbsSize: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.48dReview Citation(s): Library Journal 03/15/2001 pg. 74American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2002 pg. 529Rec Ref Bks for Small/Med Libr 01/01/2002 pg. 197

Adventures of a Jazz Age Lawyer is the lively story of legal giant Nathan Burkan, whose career encapsulated the coming of age of the institutions, archetypes, and attitudes that define American popular culture. With a client list that included Charlie Chaplin, Al Jolson, Frank...

At Home in Our Sounds illustrates the effect jazz music had on the enormous social challenges Europe faced in the aftermath of World War I. Examining the ways African American, French Antillean, and French West African artists reacted to the heightened visibility of racial...

African Rhythms is the autobiography of the important jazz pianist, composer and band leader Randy Weston. He tells of his childhood in Brooklyn, his six decades long musical career, his time living in Morocco, and his lifelong quest to learn about the musical and...

Author: Richard ZeladeISBN-10: 1540213404ISBN-13: 9781540213402Publisher: History Press Library EditionsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/17/2015Pages: 210Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Portraits of jazz icons from famed fashion photographer Arthur ElgortFashion photographer Arthur Elgort has loved jazz since he was nine years old, when a childhood friend introduced him to the music; he soon found himself frequenting jazz clubs all over his native New York...

Writing in a passionate and streetwise style all his own, Nat Hentoff transports us into the diverse worlds of musicians that hold one thing in common: America. In over sixty pieces Hentoff has assembled a mosaic that creates a vivid picture of the music...

Through in-depth analysis, detailed transcriptions and album references, author John Ramsay gives us an insider's view of Art Blakey's unique drumming style. The book includes examples of Art's philosophies and wisdom as told by some of the great alumni of the Jazz Messengers.Author: Art...

This book presents the recent positions, theories, and methods of artistic research in jazz, inviting readers to critically engage in and establish a sustained discourse regarding theoretical, methodological, and analytic perspectives. A panel of eleven international contributors presents an in-depth discourse on shared and...

Ralph Ellison famously characterized ensemble jazz improvisation as "antagonistic cooperation." Both collaborative and competitive, musicians play with and against one another to create art and community. In Antagonistic Cooperation, Robert G. O'Meally shows how this idea runs throughout twentieth-century African American culture to provide...

This is Whitney Balliett's long-awaited "big book." In it are all the jazz profiles he has written for The New Yorker during the past 24 years. These include his famous early portraits of Pee Wee Russell, Red Allen, Earl Hines, and Mary Lou Williams,...

Though renowned, Austin's contemporary music scene pales in comparison with the explosion of creative talent the city spawned during the Jazz Age. Dozens of musicians who started out in the capital city attained national and international fame--but music was just one form of artistic...

Adrian Rollini (1903-1956), an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, played the bass saxophone, piano, vibraphone, and an array of other instruments. He even introduced some, such as the harmonica-like cuesnophone, called Goofus, never before wielded in jazz. Adrian Rollini: The Life and Music of a Jazz...

Adrian Rollini (1903-1956), an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, played the bass saxophone, piano, vibraphone, and an array of other instruments. He even introduced some, such as the harmonica-like cuesnophone, called Goofus, never before wielded in jazz. Adrian Rollini: The Life and Music of a Jazz...

Analysis of Jazz: A Comprehensive Approach, originally published in French as Analyser le jazz, is available here in English for the first time. In this groundbreaking volume, Laurent Cugny examines and connects the theoretical and methodological processes that underlie all of jazz. Jazz in...

Analysis of Jazz: A Comprehensive Approach, originally published in French as Analyser le jazz, is available here in English for the first time. In this groundbreaking volume, Laurent Cugny examines and connects the theoretical and methodological processes that underlie all of jazz. Jazz in...

Showcases professional work in the arena of jazz theory. Among the contributors are scholars of jazz theory as well as musicians, including four of the founding members of the jazz section of the Society for Music Theory.Author: Henry MartinISBN-10: 0810849739ISBN-13: 9780810849730Publisher: Scarecrow PressLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Features Lester Young, early black recording, Earl Hines, jazz and bop harmony.Author: Edward Berger, David Cayer, Dan MorgensternISBN-10: 0810822989ISBN-13: 9780810822986Publisher: Scarecrow PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/23/1995Pages: 224Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.98lbsSize: 9.88h x 6.46w x 0.59d

Features Thelonious Monk, McCoy Tyner, Count Basie, and John Coltrane.Author: Dan MorgensternISBN-10: 0810822962ISBN-13: 9780810822962Publisher: Scarecrow PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/23/1995Pages: 224Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 10.16h x 6.42w x 0.59d

AN ADVENTURE IN JAZZ was written for the student pianist. It is intended to be an informative and entertaining picture of the probable origin of jazz. One person can study and play the entire set of pieces in each book, or the performance can...

The Alfred Jazz EASY Play-Along series goes beyond the other play-alongs. Each volume has parts for C, B-flat, E-flat, and bass clef instruments and includes a sample jazz solo written out for you to listen to, play, and practice. The included online audio has...

Nat Hentoff, renowned jazz critic, civil liberties activist, and fearless contrarian--"I'm a Jewish atheist civil-libertarian pro-lifer"--has lived through much of jazz's history and has known many of jazz's most important figures, often as friend and confidant. Hentoff has been a tireless advocate for the...