Jazz

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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Jazzklubb Fasching i Stockholm är unik, den ägs av jazzmusikerna själva och dess publik. I den lokal på Kungsgatan där Fasching ligger har det spelats jazz ända sedan 1930-talet, först för en dansande och därefter för en lyssnande publik sedan För...

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Jazz on a Winter's Night is a Christmas piano album of stylish arrangements. Favourite Christmas classics receive the complete jazz treatment, with grooves, chords, and solos all fully notated. The expertise of the arranger - celebrated jazz piani...

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Combining well-loved jazz standards with cool original compositions by celebrated jazz pianist Nikki Iles, this solo piano album takes a musical tour of springtime. With fully notated rhythms, grooves, and solos, and a CD of performances by Nikki ...

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Part design history, part trip down musical memory lane, this anthology of jazz album artwork is above all a treasure trove of creative and cultural inspiration. Spanning half a century, it assembles the most daring and dynamic jazz cover designs ...

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Alltsedan Paul Berntons Band i sent 1930-tal har Umeå varit en jazzstad med traditioner. Lars Lystedt, Thor och Berndt Egerbladh, Sten och Staffan Öberg med flera grupper har frodats i det lokala klimatet. Därtill har Umeå jazzfestival alltsedan 1...

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The definitive biography of guitar icon and Grammy Award-winning artist Bill Frisell. FEATURING EXCLUSIVE LISTENING SESSIONS WITH: Paul Simon; Justin Vernon of Bon Iver; Gus Van Sant; Rhiannon Giddens; The Bad Plus; Gavin Bryars; Van Dyke Parks; S...

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Unlock the Secrets of Bebop Saxophone Licks for Jazz Guitar Are you struggling to play authentic bebop guitar?  The saxophone played a pivotal role in the development of bebop - the music that revolutionised jazz and opened the door to a whol...

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Learn the essentials of accompanying soloists and playing in jazz ensembles.

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In this book, Steve takes a potentially very complex subject -- the creation of new, different, and creative melodies -- and shows how using two very simple and very guitaristic pentatonic scales, you can unleash an inexhaustible supply of new col...

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The Omnibook has become the book to turn to when you want to master the Bird. Includes 60 solos such as Anthropology * Au Privave (Nos. 1 and 2) * Billie's Bounce * Blues for Alice * Chi Chi * Confirmation * Constellation * Dewey Square * Donna Le...

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An introduction for new fans, a useful handbook for jazz enthusiasts and performers, and an important reference for students and educators, this second edition of Ted Gioia's The Jazz Standardsnow updated by popular demand belongs on the shelf of ...

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For thousands of years, love songs have pervaded our musical lives. But no one has told their full story until now. Ted Gioia surveys the conflicts and controversies, and traces the surprising path by which the love song has triumphed over all obs...

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The history of jazz dance is best understood by thinking of it as a tree. The roots of jazz dance are African. Its trunk is vernacular, shaped by European influence, and exemplified by the Charleston and the Lindy Hop. From the vernacular have gro...

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During America's Swing Era, no musician was more successful or controversial than Artie Shaw: the charismatic and opinionated clarinetist-bandleader whose dozens of hits became anthems for "the greatest generation." But some of his most ...

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What Duke Ellington and Miles Davis teach us about leadership How do you cope when faced with complexity and constant change at work? Here's what the world's best leaders and teams do: they improvise. They invent novel responses and take calculate...

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Provides an explanation of the basic elements of jazz, traverses the genre's history to see how it evolved, and profiles its key figures, theories, controversies, and role in American culture.

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"Intermediate Jazz Conception" ist eine weitere Ausgabe in der populären Reihe von Etüdenbüchern von Jim Snidero mit einigen der besten Jazzmusikern der Welt. Dieses Buch/CD-Set enthält 15 Soloetüden zu Standards...

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Shortlisted for the Penderyn Music Book Prize 2017. In this first installment of acclaimed music writer David Toop's interdisciplinary and sweeping overview of free improvisation, Into the Maelstrom: Music, Improvisation and the Dream of Freedom: ...

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A definitive assessment of the life and work of jazz musician John Coltrane, based on new interviews with his colleagues and never-before-published material.

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John Coltrane's A Love Supreme is widely considered one of the greatest jazz albums of all time. In Beyond A Love Supreme, author Tony Whyton explores both the musical aspects of A Love Supreme, and the album's seminal importance in jazz history, ...

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The preeminent altoist associated with the ""cool"" school of jazz, Lee Konitz was one of the few saxophonists of his generation to forge a unique sound independent of the influence of Charlie Parker. In the late 40s, Konitz be...

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Nikki Iles & Friends Easy to Intermediate is a collection of 22 original compositions and new arrangements for piano written by Nikki Iles and her friends from the world of jazz.

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A No Depression Most Memorable Music Book of 2022 The acknowledged maestro of the pedal steel guitar, Buddy Emmons lent his unparalleled virtuosity to over five decades of hit recordings and set standards that remain the benchmark for musicians to...

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Äntligen en bok och tidsbild över Arne Domnérus musikaliska liv. Arne berättar om sina spelningar, händelser och några av de musiker som han under alla år arbetade med. Boken innehåller 359 sidor, 1,8 kg, över 150 bilder, format 20 x 30 cm, person...

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