Jazz

Modern Jazz Guitar Concepts provides an in-depth insight into the modern jazz guitar techniques you'll hear in the music of Kurt Rosenwinkel, Adam Rogers, Jonathan Kriesberg, Gilad Hekselman, Lage Lund and others.

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Georg Riedel är jazzmusiker och kompositör. Få musiker har arbetat på ett så brett, händelserikt och varierande verksamhetsfält som Georg Riedel. Från början av 1950-talet och fram till idag har han hört till de främsta svenska musikerna. På 60-ta...

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When Mikhail Baryshnikov defected in Toronto in 1974, he admitted that he knew only three things about Canada: It had great hockey teams, a lot of wheatfields, and Glenn Gould. In Wondrous Strange, Kevin Bazzana vividly recaptures the life of Glen...

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Miles: The Autobiography, like the man himself, holds nothing back. He talks about his battles against drugs and racism, and discusses the many women in his life. But above all, Miles talks about music and musicians, including the legends he has p...

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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 ...

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Fletcher Henderson (1897 - 1952) is a major figure in the history of jazz. He led the premier black jazz band of the 1920s and the early 1930s, and wrote the swing arrangements that helped make Benny Goodman the 'King of Swing'. The Uncrowned King...

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Behind the iconic jazz orchestras, vocalists, and stage productions of the Swing Era lay the talents of popular music's unsung heroes: the arrangers. John Wriggle takes you behind the scenes of New York City's vibrant entertainment industry of the...

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Blues is the cornerstone of American popular music, the bedrock of rock and roll. In this extraordinary musical and social history, Robert Palmer traces the odyssey of the blues from its rural beginnings, to the steamy bars of Chicago's South Side...

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Notes and Tones is one of the most controversial, honest, and insightful books ever written about jazz. As a black musician himself, Arthur Taylor was able to ask his subjects hard questions about the role of black artists in a white society. Free...

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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:...

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A deeply researched and beautifully illustrated study of saxophone legend John Coltrane's signature album. Written with the full co-operation of the Coltrane family and featuring the voices of musicians, producers and writers of the 1960s, Kahn ha...

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'An utterly original and brilliant story' Reese Witherspoon Longlisted for the 2023 Joyce Carol Oates Prize Ruth, Esther and Chloe have been singing in harmony since before they could speak. Together they are The Salvations. Driven to success by t...

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A groundbreaking social history of the drum kit, Matt Brennan's Kick It makes a compelling case for the instrument as one of most important and transformative musical inventions of the modern era.

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The quintessential depiction of 1980s New York and the downtown scene from the artist, actor, musician, and composer John Lurie. In the tornado that was downtown New York in the 1980s, John Lurie stood in its vortex. After founding the band The Lo...

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Master Advanced Modern Jazz Guitar Chords with this Creative Method "Every book I've seen from Tim Pettingale is so well done. Lots of wonderful information and always very clearly delivered." -MIKE STERN "This is the kind of book I've wanted to s...

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For a decimated post-war West Germany, the electronic music studio at the WDR radio in Cologne was a beacon of hope. Collaborating with scientists and technicians, the studio's composers coaxed music from oscillators, generators, filters, and magn...

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Wolf Marshall guides guitarists through the styles and techniques of jazz legend Barney Kessel, examining in depth 14 top tunes: Barney's Blues * Begin the Blues * Contemporary Blues * Easy Like * Foreign Intrigue * Indiana (Back Home Again in Ind...

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This biography is a rich portrait of saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter, one of the great architects of jazz, and a man whose influence will be felt by musicians and music fans for generations to come.

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One of Europe's foremost jazz producers takes us through a world of musical traditions and explores the effects of sound on consciousnes

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Ted Gioia's first new jazz book since The History of Jazz, The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire, is a comprehensive handbook to the 250 most important jazz compositions. The book highlights the most popular jazz standards, tells their sto...

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Superbly researched and vividly written, The Devil's Music is one of the only books to trace the rise and development of the blues both in relation to other forms of black music and in the context of American social history as experienced by Afric...

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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 dif...

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The double bass: It's history, important makers, and bassists in classical music and jazz.The many photos and illustrations allow for a deep look into the world of the double bass and transform this book into a captivating and entertaining lecture...

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Vital concepts and topics of jazz piano improvisation are thoroughly presented in this outstanding book & CD by master performer and educator, Noah Baerman. Organized into three main categories----scales, modes and other source material; pract...

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After the singularity of Astral Weeks in 1968, the 1970s were the formative years for the solo career of one of the acknowledged giants of modern music. Van Morrison was one of the music legends who defined the decade, with every album bringing ou...

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Improvise jazz on trumpet with a simple six-step method This 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 pl...

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