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Over a period of just six months, eminent jazz vocalist and composer Nnenna Freelon’s life changed irrevocably. Her soulmate and husband of nearly forty years, the renowned architect Phil Freelon, p……続きを見る

This book helps you become more skilled at rehearsing with a choir. How do you efficiently rehearse individual parts? What's the best way to combine voices? How do you give starting notes clearly? H……続きを見る

Reflections, Observations, and Stories from a six decade career in music by Greg Bobulinski - trumpet jazz artist, composer, recording artist, educator, author, poet, and philosopher: “Greg, ‘Grog’,……続きを見る

What if Chopin wrote music during a different era of history? The answer is this collection of Frédéric Chopin’s most famous pieces, arranged in the style of jazz, guaranteed to surprise audiences a……続きを見る

As an American singer, conductor, composer, and actor, Frank Sinatra, Jr. (1944–2016), had a long and successful music career and was recognized for his many contributions to American popular song. ……続きを見る

In On the Way to the Sky: Remembering Bob Brookmeyer, author Michael Stephans has created a rich, multifaceted paean to jazz icon Bob Brookmeyer, the much beloved musical genius who passed away in 2……続きを見る

A complete chronicle of one of the greatest postwar jazz labels. Founded by jazz enthusiast Bob Weinstock, Prestige Records recorded the leading jazz artists of its day, many of whom were at or appr……続きを見る

A unique memoir that takes you from the Harlem Revival and the Golden Age of Jazz to the New Millennium , I Wish You Love is an account of the African American Jazz Experience from one of the voice……続きを見る

"May be the best book ever written about jazz."ーDavid Thomson, Los Angeles Times In eight poetically charged vignettes, Geoff Dyer skillfully evokes the music and the men who shaped modern jazz. Dr……続きを見る

An intimate exploration into the musical genius of fifteen living jazz legends, from the longtime New York Times jazz critic Jazz is conducted almost wordlessly: John Coltrane rarely told his quarte……続きを見る

Jazz legend Cootie Williams left home to start his career as a professional musician at the age of fifteen. In 1940, after eleven years as one of the major soloists with the Duke Ellington orchestra……続きを見る

Delannoy aborda el desarrollo del jazz en el mundo latino. Lo hace destacando sobre todo el punto de vista humano, emociones, culturas, sin perder de vista en ningún momento su propia experiencia. L……続きを見る

Have Horn, Will Travel is the first full-length biography of tenor saxophone virtuoso and in-demand sideman Herman “Junior” Cook, chronicling his life and impact from his Pensacola, Florida, origins……続きを見る

“Mahalia Jackson was the greatest gospel singer of her time and an overlooked leader in the Civil Rights Movement. Her voice seemed born of heaven.” ?Henry Louis Gates Jr. If Americans today still r……続きを見る

Theory for Today’s Musician, Fourth Edition, recasts the scope of the traditional music theory course to meet the demands of the professional music world, in a style that speaks directly and engagin……続きを見る

En este capítulo el estudiante podrá encontrar todas las escalas conocidas, y otras más, con la suficiente información para su estudio desde casi cualquier perspectiva práctica. En cada una se indic……続きを見る

En estos anexos se encuentran series de ejercicios diseñados para el adiestramiento y la práctica con respecto a todos los conceptos y elementos teóricos abarcados en los seis capítulos del libro. D……続きを見る

For its initiates, jazz is instinctive and engaging the way that popular music should be. For non-aficionados, it can be slippery and difficult to grasp: without familiar forms or a hard-and-fast fo……続きを見る

Kevin Miller is a guitarist and composer based out of New York City. While receiving his undergraduate degree in Jazz Guitar Studies at The New School, he became very interested in creating an instr……続きを見る

Xabier "Xabi" Oro is a musician and music educator from Barcelona, Spain. After studying at l'AULA de Musica Moderna i Jazz del Conservatori del Liceu, he was granted a scholarship to attend Berklee……続きを見る

« Je mourrai à soixante-dix ans, parce qu’après ce n’est que de la douleur. » Et c’est à soixante-dix ans que Nina Simone s’éteint, le 21 avril 2003, dans le sud de la France, après une vie de soupi……続きを見る

Quand on considère le jazz comme un seul être musical à travers les diverses phases de son existence, il est tentant de le laisser s’exprimer et de recueillir les propos qu’il aurait pu tenir lui-mê……続きを見る

Women and Jazz: European Perspectives from Researchers and Artists is an edited volume bringing together the work of female researchers exploring the complex relationship between jazz and gender. Wh……続きを見る

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……続きを見る

The topic of jazz phrasing is difficult to teach. Jazz musicians spend years transcribing solos, learning repertoire, practicing technique, and acquiring vocabulary, but even advanced players can st……続きを見る

Sing Vocal Jazz, Teach Vocal Jazz: A Holistic Guide to Vocal Jazz Performance Pedagogy provides a step-by-step, research-based, field-tested set of pedagogical tools specific to vocal jazz. Covering……続きを見る

This book tells the relatively unknown story of Mura Dehn (1902- 1987) a white, Jewish dancer from Russia, once deemed among the most beautiful classical dancers in Europe, who emigrated to the Unit……続きを見る

Preparada con la inestimable colaboración de la asociación Cifujazz, esta nueva edición busca volver a hacer accesible al público, por primera vez en forma de libro, la única obra que Juan Claudio C……続きを見る

How a small town in New England became a home for jazz, challenging conventional assumptions about the relationship between culture and landscape, art and geography, town and city, and race and plac……続きを見る

Bass player Coleridge Goode recalls his Jamaican childhood, his arrival in Britain in the 1930s and the lively wartime London club scene. He recounts his career including working with the Ray Elling……続きを見る