Skip to main content
Search Button
Australia Kobo store Gift Cards Help

Rakuten Kobo

Wishlist

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...

Jazz Audiobooks

If you like Jazz Audiobooks, then you'll love these top picks.
Showing 1 - 24 of 62 Results
Skip side bar filters

  • Audiobook

    Wunderkindreise

    ein Jazzkonzert für Kinder

    by Cornelia Boese, Josef Holzhauser, Harald Alt, Rene Haderer, W.A. Mozart ...
    Narrated by Karla Andrä ...

    Unabridged

    36 min

    Alles beginnt mit ein paar Noten ... einer kleinen Melodie, die nach großem Aufbruch klingt! Karla und ihre Musiker gehen der Sache auf den Grund – und befinden sich mitten in einer spannenden Geschichte. Und das Tollste ist: Die Geschichte ist wahr! Alles dreht sich um den kleinen Mozart, der, erst sieben Jahre alt, mit der großen Schwester und den Eltern aufbrach und quer durch Westeuropa reiste ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Kleine Swing-Ensembles und ihre Solisten - Was Sie schon immer über Jazz wissen wollten, Folge 5 (Ungekürzt)

    by Ernst Weber ...
    Narrated by Willi Resetarits ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 19 min

    Wir hören das Wort "Swing" und verbinden es automatisch mit den Big Bands, die in den dreißiger Jahren die Szene beherrschten. Der Begriff "beherrschen" stimmt dann, wenn wir unter Szene die Dance Halls und die Ballsäle der großen Städte verstehen und die breite Masse des Publikums, der es um das Tanzen und um die Unterhaltung ging. Daneben etablierte sich aber auch eine andere Szene: in den ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Zankolon

    Hörspiel nach einer afrikanischen Erzählung

    by Al Zanabili, Al Zanabili, Viola Bommer ...
    Narrated by Al Zanabili, Viola Bommer, Dietmar Fuhr ...

    Unabridged

    33 min

    Zankolon – Hörspiel nach einer afrikanischen Erzählung Ganz in der Tradition der Griots, der afrikanischen Barden, bieten Al Zanabili, Viola Bommer und Dietmar Fuhr diese mythische, gleichwohl modern anmutende Erzählung aus Burkina Faso als Hörspiel dar. Sie handelt vom Glauben an die Vorsehung, die sich demjenigen erfüllt, der den Pfad der Tugend einschlägt: wer sich um Beharrlichkeit und Mut ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Miles to Go

    The Lost Years

    by Chris Murphy ...
    Narrated by Patrick Lawlor ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 14 min

    Miles to Go is a frank and intimate exploration of Miles Davis’ eccentric working life, drug habits, paranoia, depression, and subsequent recovery. Murphy explores Davis’ troubled relationship with his children and the controversial role Cicely Tyson played in his life. The book also delves into the dynamics that made Davis’ band work so well together, placing Davis’ work in a historic, literary, ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Mister Good Times

    by Norman Jay ...
    Narrated by David Monteith ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 58 min

    THE ENTHRALLING LIFE STORY OF THE LEGENDARY DJ, NORMAN JAY MBE'Norman Jay's contribution to club culture is immeasurable . . . He brought new life to undiscovered classics and in doing so turned on a whole new generation' David Rodigan'Full of the heart and spirit Norman Jay brings to his music, but it also offers a salutary account of growing up as part of the Windrush generation in London's ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Space Is the Place

    The Lives and Times of Sun Ra

    by John Szwed ...
    Narrated by Leon Nixon ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 55 min

    Considered by many to be a founder of Afrofuturism, Sun Ra-aka Herman Blount-was a composer, keyboardist, bandleader, philosopher, entrepreneur, poet, and self-proclaimed extraterrestrial from Saturn. He recorded over 200 albums with his Arkestra, which, dressed in Egypto-space costumes, played everything from boogie-woogie and swing to fusion and free jazz. John Szwed's Space is the Place is the ... Read more

    $44.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    How to Listen to Jazz

    by Ted Gioia ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 58 min

    A "radiantly accomplished" music scholar presents an accessible introduction to the art of listening to jazz (Wall Street Journal)In How to Listen to Jazz, award-winning music scholar Ted Gioia presents a lively introduction to one of America's premier art forms. He tells us what to listen for in a performance and includes a guide to today's leading jazz musicians. From Louis Armstrong's ... Read more

    $49.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Die Stimme als Jazzinstrument - Was Sie schon immer über Jazz wissen wollten - Spezial, Folge 2 (Ungekürzt)

    by Ernst Weber ...
    Narrated by Willi Resetarits ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 14 min

    Wir schreiben das Jahr 1932. Cab Calloway, der Bandleader und Sänger, ist einer der bekanntesten Persönlichkeiten in der amerikanischen Musikszene. Das breite Publikum kennt ihn weniger wegen der Qualität seiner Band, sondern als den "Hi-De-Ho-Man", der in seine Gesangstexte immer wieder diese paar charakteristischen Silben einbaut... ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Jason Moran 'Promotes the Abstract' in Jazz

    by PBS NewsHour ...
    Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

    Unabridged

    6 min

    An emerging jazz innovator and the new artistic director at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, musician Jason Moran uses song to promote thought, therapy, consciousness and creativity. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Moran about his efforts to create more appreciators of the arts in his new role. ... Read more

    $1.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    My Amy

    The Life We Shared

    by Tyler James ...
    Narrated by Tyler James ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 40 min

    Written with a searing honesty and published for the tenth anniversary of Amy Winehouse's death, My Amy is an evocative portrait of unbreakable lifelong friendship – and a devastating study into fame, addiction and self-sabotage.Only one person knows what really happened to Amy, other than Amy herself. He is Tyler James, Amy’s best friend from the age of thirteen. They met at stage school as two ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Art of Skill, The

    Establishing the Mindset for Unleashing the Music Inside You

    by Dave Liebman ...
    Narrated by Dave Liebman, Michael Lake ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 57 min

    Learn from a true jazz master about what it takes to achieve musical excellence."The Art of Skill chronicles and showcases Dave Liebman’s pursuit and attainment of living life as art. Lieb harnesses the mystery of the creative life-force and rides it to the truth that we all have something to say." (Peter Erskine)This is a candid and fascinating look at the mental, psychological and spiritual ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Sonny Sunshine

    by Beat Poet Experience ...
    Narrated by Dave O'Kelly ...
    series Beat Poet Experience

    Unabridged

    1 hour 11 min

    Sonny Sunshine the new Album by the Beat Poet Experience is formed around the poetry and dynamism of performance artist David O'Kelly. Paying more than a passing nod to the Beat Poets of the 60's it embraces warmly all that we love and hate about ourselves with a wry twist of phrase and some of the hottest jazz licks this side of New Orleans ...Reflecting the major works of Beat writing ALA Allen ... Read more

    $4.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Duke

    A Life of Duke Ellington

    by Terry Teachout ...
    Narrated by Peter Francis James ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 43 min

    A major new biography of Duke Ellington from the acclaimed author of Pops: A Life of Louis ArmstrongEdward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was the greatest jazz composer of the twentieth century—and an impenetrably enigmatic personality whom no one, not even his closest friends, claimed to understand. The grandson of a slave, he dropped out of high school to become one of the world’s most famous ... Read more

    $25.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    A Little Devil in America

    In Praise of Black Performance

    by Hanif Abdurraqib ...
    Narrated by JD Jackson ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 38 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.An electrifying celebration of Black performances, cultures and communities in the United States, from the New York Times bestselling poet and critic Hanif AbdurraqibAt the March on Washington, Josephine Baker reflected on her life and her legacy. She had spent decades as one of the most successful entertainers in the world, but, she told the crowd, "I was a devil in ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    No Beethoven

    An Autobiography & Chronicle of Weather Report

    by Peter Erskine ...
    Narrated by Peter Erskine ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 16 min

    NO BEETHOVEN chronicles the life and times of drummer Peter Erskine, with the legendary band Weather Report being the nexus to this first-hand account. Erskine was in the midst of the modern American jazz music scene as it underwent its most dynamic change. Peter Erskine is a musician of his times with incredibly rich stories to tell in this autobiography. NO BEETHOVEN includes chapters dedicated ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Dave Brubeck: A Life in Time

    by Philip Clark ...
    Narrated by Fleet Cooper ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 35 min

    The definitive, investigative biography of jazz legend Dave Brubeck.In 2003, music journalist Philip Clark was granted unparalleled access to jazz legend Dave Brubeck. Over the course of ten days, he shadowed the Dave Brubeck Quartet during their extended British tour, recording an epic interview with the bandleader. Brubeck opened up as never before, disclosing his unique approach to jazz; the ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Scala Radio's A Soundtrack for Life

    Classical Music to Take You Through the Day

    by Scala Radio ...
    Narrated by Charles Nove ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 10 min

    Bringing together much-loved masterpieces with exciting new works, this accessible and inspiring guide is a celebration of classical music.Discussing pieces ranging from Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending and Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony to the scores for Avatar and Assassin's Creed, each entry puts the piece of music into context, providing fascinating insights into the inspirations behind ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Relaxed und introvertiert - Was Sie schon immer über Jazz wissen wollten, Folge 9 (Ungekürzt)

    by Ernst Weber ...
    Narrated by Willi Resetarits ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 19 min

    Die Geschichte des Jazz war von ihren Anfängen im Süden der USA bis zur Hochblüte des Swing-Stils eng mit dem Begriff "hot" verbunden, dem englischen Begriff für "heiß" und auch "scharf". Übersetzt in die musikalische Sprache bedeutete das: emotional, ungestüm, expressiv, und was die Tonbildung betrifft: rauh, unrein, mit viel Vibrato, der menschlichen Stimme angenähert. Auch der Bebop entsprach ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans, with Wynton Marsalis

    A Joe Bev Musical Sound Portrait

    by Joe Bevilacqua, Joe Bevilacqua, Wynton Marsalis, Donald Newlove, Leonard Lopate, Louis Armstrong ...
    Narrated by Joe Bevilacqua, Wynton Marsalis, others ...

    Unabridged

    59 min

    Veteran radio producer Joe Bevilacqua hosts this entertaining, informative hour, recorded in the French Quarter of New Orleans and featuring jazz great Wynton Marsalis, jazz author and historian Donald Newlove, WNYC Radio talk show host Leonard Lopate, members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and others. They discuss the origins of jazz and the life and music of legendary trumpeter Louis ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Restrisiko

    by Gerhard Bracht, Gerhard Bracht ...
    Narrated by Gerhard Bracht ...
    Audiobook 3 - Bracht & Bracht Trilogie

    Unabridged

    8 hours 32 min

    Im letzten Band unserer Trilogie wird der seit 2006 flüchtige Ehemann von Anna Hindemith zum Opfer skrupelloser Waffenhändler. Thomas Hindemith, der versucht hat, sich in der Provence ein neues Leben aufzubauen und sich seitdem Jean-Michel Reinhardt nennt, wird von Lars Biegel, einem ehemaligen Münsteraner Medizinstudenten entführt und in einem unterirdischen Labor bei Saint-Rémy-de Provence einer ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Clean Living Under Difficult Circumstances

    A Life In Mod – From the Revival to Acid Jazz

    by Eddie Piller ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours

    ***'Eddie was there very early doors. His story is of the many.' Paul Weller'A total riot! Takes me right back to the 70s. A Superb book' Mani, The Stone Roses'What a wonderful book. Mod isn't about what decade you lived in, it's about your attitude, and this book has tons of it' Kenney Jones**, The Small Faces**WITH A FOREWORD BY PAUL WELLERThis is ... ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

    PRE-ORDER

  • Audiobook

    Vom Dixieland zur Big Band im Zentrum der Musikindustrie - Was Sie schon immer über Jazz wissen wollten, Folge 3 (Ungekürzt)

    by Ernst Weber ...
    Narrated by Willi Resetarits ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 14 min

    Am Anfang der zwanziger Jahre war der beste Jazz eindeutig in Chicago zu hören, und doch war New York bereits im Begriff, der "Toddling Town" den Rang abzulaufen. Was New York den Musikern zu bieten hatte, war nicht so sehr musikalischer, sondern eher organisatorischer Natur. Hier waren die großen Konzertagenturen zuhause, von hier aus starteten die Tourneen durch die Staaten und hierher kehrten ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Die Pianisten: Zeitlos - Virtuos - Was Sie schon immer über Jazz wissen wollten - Spezial, Folge 1 (Ungekürzt)

    by Ernst Weber ...
    Narrated by Willi Resetarits ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 18 min

    Trompeten und Posaunen, nicht exakt der Tonleiter zuordenbare "Blue notes" - alles was in der sogenannten "klassischen" Musik verpönt ist, ist im Jazz gang und gäbe. Doch da gibt es ein Instrument, auf das all das nicht zutrifft. Das Klavier mit seinen 88 Tasten in unveränderbarer Tonhöhe und Tonqualität dürfte eigentlich in der Jazzgeschichte gar keine Rolle spielen. Noch dazu, wo es im frühen ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music

    by Barry Mazor ...
    Narrated by Barry Mazor, Dom Flemons, Ketch Secor ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 4 min

    This is the first biography of Ralph Peer, the adventurous—even revolutionary—A&R man and music publisher who saw the universal power locked in regional roots music and tapped it, changing the breadth and flavor of popular music around the world. It is the story of the life and fifty-year career, from the age of cylinder recordings to the stereo era, of the man who pioneered the recording, ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial