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  • Claude Ranger

    Canadian Jazz Legend

    by Mark Miller ...
    Even before Claude Ranger disappeared in late 2000, his fate unknown, he had attained legendary status among Canada’s jazz musicians as an extraordinary drummer who repeatedly challenged the status quo on bandstands in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.   Willful, uncompromising and charismatic, cigarette invariably tucked into the left corner of his mouth, Ranger cut a compelling figure alongside ... Read more

    $5.60 USD

  • The Circle of Fifths

    Visual Tools for Musicians, #1

    Series Book 1 - Visual Tools for Musicians
    Struggling to connect majors with relative minors? Learn music's most powerful tool for making rapid progress linking theory to practice.Musical theories falling on deaf ears? Worrying how to calculate tritone intervals? Do you get confused when defining a chord? Technical music instructor and bestselling author Philip Jackson has spent the last two decades helping musicians master tricky concepts ... Read more

    $8.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Lion Roars

    The Musical Life of Willie 'The Lion' McIntyre

    by Phil Sandford ...
    By day a mild-mannered accountant, by night a roaring jazz pianist and singer.A boogie and stride pianist, Willie ‘The Lion’ McIntyre was a leading figure in the traditional jazz boom in Melbourne after World War II. He sang in a Fats Waller style or shouted the blues, and was a key member of Tony Newstead’s Southside Gang and the Portsea Trio.Together with clarinettist George Tack, he developed a ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • I Walked With Giants

    The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath

    Composer of more than 100 jazz pieces, three-time Grammy nominee, and performer on more than 125 albums, Jimmy Heath has earned a place of honor in the history of jazz. Over his long career, Heath knew many jazz giants such as Charlie Parker and played with other innovators including John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and especially Dizzy Gillespie. Heath also won their respect and friendship.In this ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Miles Davis, Miles Smiles, and the Invention of Post Bop

    by Jeremy Yudkin ...
    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. Jeremy Yudkin traces Davis's life and work during a period when the trumpeter was struggling with personal and musical challenges only to emerge once again as the artistic leader of his generation.A major ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Bitches Brew

    Il capolavoro di Miles Davis che ha rivoluzionato il jazz

    Translated by Michele Piumini ...
    Bitches Brew, album doppio di Miles Davis, registrato nell’agosto del 1969 e pubblicato nel marzo del 1970, è un disco leggendario che da cinquant’anni disorienta e incanta gli appassionati di jazz e rock. George Grella, l’autore di questo libro-guida, lo ascoltò per la prima volta con un amico quando aveva quindici anni senza riuscire a capire cosa stesse succedendo. Grella e il suo compagno ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Stephane Grappelli: A Life in Jazz

    by Paul Balmer ...
    This riveting book by Paul Balmer is the definitive biography of a unique musician whose life spanned the 20th century.Stephane Grappelli's astonishing career ran on a parallel track to the history of Jazz itself. Born in Paris in 1908 Grappelli was to become a member of the greatest European Jazz band of them all - the pre-war Hot Club de France Quintet - playing Violin alongside gypsy Guitar ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Hear Me Talkin' to Ya

    Series series Dover Books On Music: History
    "Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn." — Charlie Parker"What is jazz? The rhythm — the feeling." — Coleman Hawkins"The best sound usually comes the first time you do something. If it's spontaneous, it's going to be rough, not clean, but it's going to have the spirit which is the essence of jazz." — Dave BrubeckHere, in ... Read more

    $16.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dangerous Rhythms

    Jazz and the Underworld

    by T. J. English ...
    From T. J. English, the New York Times bestselling author of Havana Nocturne, comes the epic, scintillating narrative of the interconnected worlds of jazz and organized crime in 20****th century America."[A] brilliant and courageous book." —Dr. Cornel WestDangerous Rhythms tells the symbiotic story of jazz and the underworld: a relationship fostered in some of 20th century America’s most notorious ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Historia del jazz

    by Ted Gioia ...
    Translated by Paul Silles ...
    Series series Noema
    Músico e historiador, Ted Gioia une en Historia del jazz los conocimientos del erudito con las virtudes expresivas del divulgador entusiasta para componer el más completo panorama de este género: desde su prehistoria y la temprana africanización de la música americana, hasta las semblanzas de las grandes figuras del siglo XX y de los distintos estilos y geografías. Una autorizada obra de ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Stride Guitar

    by Guy Van Duser ...
    Seven outstanding solos in the Fats Waller post-ragtime style that gain a totally new flavor and life when played on fingerstyle guitar! In notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio. ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (Dischi da leggere)

    by Carlo Pasceri ...
    Series Book 3 - Dischi da leggere
    Questa serie di guide all'ascolto ha lo scopo di svelare i segreti custoditi dentro ogni disco preso in esame, per offrirli al lettore per dare nuova linfa vitale ai successivi ascolti.In questo libro viene analizzata in dettaglio la musica contenuta nel disco. Soltanto la musica.Non sono presenti, quindi, riferimenti agli aneddoti e alla storia della registrazione, né commenti sulla copertina e ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Myself When I am Real

    The Life and Music of Charles Mingus

    by Gene Santoro ...
    Charles Mingus was one of the most innovative jazz musicians of the 20th Century, and ranks with Ives and Ellington as one of America's greatest composers. By temperament, he was a high-strung and sensitive romantic, a towering figure whose tempestuous personal life found powerfully coherent expression in the ever-shifting textures of his music. Now, acclaimed music critic Gene Santoro strips away ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Blue Trane

    La vita e la musica di John Coltrane

    by Lewis Porter ...
    John Coltrane, il più grande sax tenore di tutti i tempi, rimane oggi per molti versi una figura ancora misteriosa: ingabbiata nello stereotipo dell’artista geniale e maledetto ma non sufficientemente indagata e compresa. Questa biografia, la prima scritta da un musicista e studioso di jazz, colma un vuoto di cui da più parti si andava denunciando l’anacronismo. Frutto di quindici anni di ricerche ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Joe Pass Guitar Style

    by Joe Pass ...
    This is the internationally acclaimed Joe Pass guitar method in which Joe displays his mastery of the jazz guitar. Part One/Harmony, is divided into five sections on chord construction, embellishment, substitution, connection, and symmetric chords. Part Two/Melody, is divided into twelve sections, including chord scales, altered scales, ear training, whole tone scales, chord resolutions, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Real Book - Volume IV (B-flat Edition)

    (Fake Book). Since the 1970s, The Real Book has been the most popular book for gigging jazz musicians. Hal Leonard is proud to publish completely legal and legitimate editions of the original volumes as well as exciting new volumes to carry on the tradition to new generations of players in all styles of music! All the Real Books feature hundreds of time-tested songs in accurate arrangements in the ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Improvising Jazz

    by Jerry Coker ...
    With musical scores and helpful charts, noted jazz educator and featured jazz soloist, Jerry Coker, gives the beginning performer and the curious listener insights into the art of jazz improvisation.Improvising Jazz gives the beginning performer and the curious listener alike insights into the art of jazz improvisation. Jerry Coker, teacher and noted jazz saxophonist, explains the major concepts ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Easily Slip into Another World

    A Life in Music

    **A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • An autobiography of one of the towering figures of contemporary American music and a powerful meditation on history, race, capitalism, and art.A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, NPR*, The New Yorker***Henry Threadgill has had a singular life in music. At 79, the saxophonist, flautist, and celebrated composer is one of three jazz artists ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Dorian Guitar Licks

    10 Original Smooth Jazz Licks with Audio & Video

    by Gareth Evans ...
    Series Book 2 - Modal Guitar Licks
    10 original smooth jazz guitar licks from the Dorian mode in tablature and notation for the progressing guitarist at intermediate level and above.53 bars of music over 10 licks (average lick length 5.3 bars)Video at full speed & Audio at full & half speed (Downloadable)Backing tracks at full and slower practise speeds (Downloadable)Scale diagrams with theory and technique tips for each lickGuitar ... Read more

    $2.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bireli Lagrene: Gypsy Jazz Guitar Artistry

    In the tradition of Django Reinhardt, Biréli Lagrène is one of most highly regarded Gypsy jazz, bebop, and fusion guitarists of recent decades. Once regarded as a child prodigy, he has performed with such legendary players as Benny Goodman, Stéphan Grappelli, Al Di Meola, Paco de Lucía, John McLaughlin and countless others. Given that roster, one might assume that Lagrène is quite advanced in ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Il jazz-film

    Rapporti tra cinema e musica afroamericana

    Jazz e cinema, due fenomeni, due arti, due linguaggi che hanno attraversato burrascosamente il ventesimo secolo per proiettarsi, con immutata forza creatrice, nel secolo nuovo. Due forme espressive e artistiche coeve – nascono quasi simultaneamente – da intendersi quali grandissimi fenomeni del nostro tempo, perché in poco più di cent’anni hanno compiuto sul piano evolutivo un’accelerazione non ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Visions of Jazz : The First Century

    The First Century

    by Gary Giddins ...
    Poised to become a classic of jazz literature Visions of Jazz: The First Century offers seventy-nine chapters illuminating the lives of virtually all the major figures in jazz history. From Louis Armstrong's renegade-style trumpet playing to Sarah Vaughan's operatic crooning and from the swinging elegance of Duke Ellington to the pioneering experiments of Ornette Coleman jazz critic Gary Giddins ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Gentleman of Jazz

    A Life in Music

    This immersive new autobiography provides insight into the early life and illustrious career of the late great Ramsey Lewis, one of the most popular jazz pianists of all time.Beginning with his childhood growing up in Chicago’s Cabrini Green neighborhood, Ramsey Lewis recounts his memories of the music in his parents’ church and his early piano lessons. As he learned classical technique, Lewis ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Swing Era

    The Development of Jazz, 1930-1945

    Series series The ^AHistory of Jazz
    Here is the book jazz lovers have eagerly awaited, the second volume of Gunther Schuller's monumental The History of Jazz. When the first volume, Early Jazz, appeared two decades ago, it immediately established itself as one of the seminal works on American music. Nat Hentoff called it "a remarkable breakthrough in musical analysis of jazz," and Frank Conroy, in The New York Times Book Review, ... Read more

    $21.99 USD