Jazz 48

Nella storia della musica jazz, come Sonny Rollins non c'è mai stato nessuno. Leggenda vivente, già presente sulla scena sul finire de gli anni quaranta, quando il jazz si stava rin novando nel bebo……続きを見る

Nominated for the 2016 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research. Foreword by Sonny Rollins. Henry Grimes recorded and toured with some o……続きを見る

Among the great American modern jazz saxophonists, Mobley had been the most unjustly neglected – the truly forgotten man. Yet he played and recorded prolifically with the greatest legends of his era……続きを見る

John Lenwood McLean – sugar free saxophonist from Sugar Hill, Harlem – is widely known as one of the finest, most consistent soloists in jazz history. From early in his career Jackie's powerful, uns……続きを見る

Booker T. Pittman (1909-1969) was a jazz saxophonist and clarinetist who played with greats like Louis Armstrong and Count Basie in the 1920s and 1930s. The maternal grandson of Booker T. Washington……続きを見る

Tajna je veština pisati o prošlosti bez patetike i samosažaljivosti. Voja je njome odavno ovladao. Njegove kolumne, reportaže sa domaćih festivala, eseji o našim džez velikanima, recenzije značajnih……続きを見る

James P. Johnson (1894–1955) is one of the most important figures in twentieth-century American music. However, few people other than scholars and serious fans know of his life and work. Rare jazz a……続きを見る

Due fratelli, Diego e Michele. Uno suona il piano, l’altro il sax. Uno ha avuto successo, l’altro elemosina qualche moneta dai clienti distratti nei ristoranti. Nella vita sono sempre scappati da qu……続きを見る

Trust in the Art of Free Improvisation explores how trust manifests across diverse musical genres and contexts that contribute to free improvisation. Using an interdisciplinary approach which combin……続きを見る

UM DOS MAIS ACLAMADOS COMPÊNDIOS DE JAZZ DA HISTÓRIA AGORA EM PORTUGUÊS! "Este livro deveria estar na biblioteca de todos os músicos de jazz e de todos os fãs sérios de jazz." - Library Journal "O g……続きを見る

UMA DECLARAÇÃO DE AMOR À ARTE DE OUVIR JAZZ POR UM DE SEUS MAIORES ESPECIALISTAS! Eleito o Livro do Ano pela The Economist. "Este livro faz o que muitos tentaram e falharam: ensina sem pregar e capa……続きを見る

È la sera del 15 gennaio 1935 quando Louis Armstrong tiene un concerto a Torino, tra i mugugni del regime e l’entusiasmo della folla: un giovane musicologo antifascista, Massimo Mila, ne scrive in t……続きを見る

Focusing on one of the legendary musicians in jazz, this book examines Miles Davis's often overlooked music of the mid-1960s with a close examination of the evolution of a new style: post bop. Jerem……続きを見る

This book widens the context of our understanding of the “modern” American jazz of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s by looking at writing about it by both musicians and commentators. Jazz, Race, and Writing,……続きを見る

A bass player navigates his way through the muddy waters of Chicago's music scene Bill Harrison chronicles his journey from bumbling music student to successful professional bass player in late twen……続きを見る

ScaleChord Magic is a condensed and comprehensive reference and memory aid crafted to help you become fluent in the language of music. The clear, concise and innovative visual components are designe……続きを見る

Ready for a great leap forward in applying theory to your musical practice? Discover techniques to help bring your visual memory into play. Have you suffered from traditional teaching approaches rel……続きを見る

Officially licensed with the estate of Nat King Cole and featuring a foreword by his twin daughters, Christmas with Nat King Cole provides an intimate and rare look at Nat King Coles' holiday songs ……続きを見る

New Orleans Style tells the tale of the recognition of New Orleans jazz as a discrete style and how that recognition affected the writing of American jazz history. The men and women who participated……続きを見る

During the early decades of the twentieth century symphonic jazz involved an expansive family of music that emulated, paralleled, and intersected the jazz tradition. Though now largely forgotten, sy……続きを見る

Highbrow/Lowdown explores the twentieth century's first culture war and the forces that permanently transformed American theater into the art form we know today. The arrival of jazz in the 1920s spa……続きを見る

In the 1960s, a musical revolution took place in the industrial landscapes of Cleveland and Detroit. Disenchanted with the strictures of bebop, musicians forged a new styleーfree jazzーthat took ins……続きを見る

Bowed Strings in 20th-Century Jazz in the United States serves as a historical examination of the roles of bowed strings (violin, viola, and cello) in jazz. The subject of bowed strings in jazz has ……続きを見る

What defines a “musical work”? Traditionally, this question has been dominated by Western art music and its reliance on prescriptive scores. Yet, with the rise of recording technologies and the grow……続きを見る

Dance Appreciation is an exciting exploration of how to understand and think about dance in all of its various contexts. This new edition has been revised and updated to include contemporary conside……続きを見る

This is the story of Australia's most popular modern jazz group of the 1960s, and their best-selling debut album Move. The Three Out were Australia's most popular modern jazz band. Their debut album……続きを見る

From the Author: There aren’t enough trees to make enough paper to write enough words to say how much I love my mom, and words would just make a big bucket of ink. I only knew her for a short time, ……続きを見る

A coleção Uma breve imersão é dirigida a todas as pessoas que desejam começar a entender ou se aprofundar em temas atuais sobre ciência, filosofia, humanidades e ciências políticas e sociais. São li……続きを見る

Jazz Piano Fundamentals is master-teacher Jeremy Siskind’s welcoming, clear, and detailed guide to the first stages of jazz piano study. Each of the book’s twelve units presents lessons, exercises, ……続きを見る

From Bing Crosby's early days in college minstrel shows and vaudeville, to his first hit recordings, from his 11 year triumph as star of America's most popular radio show, to his first success in Ho……続きを見る