The year 2016 will mark the centennial of the birth of Albert Murray (1916–2013), who in thirteen books was by turns a lyrical novelist, a keen and iconoclastic social critic, and a formidable interpreter of jazz and blues. Not only did his prizewinning study Stomping the Blues (1976) influence musicians far and wide, it was also a foundational text for Jazz at Lincoln Center, which he cofounded with Wynton Marsalis and others in 1987. Murray Talks Music brings together, for the first time, many...
Constructing Walking Jazz Bass Lines Book I Bass Tab Edition
by Steven Mooney
In The Mood (Glenn Miller); Eager Beaver (Stan Kenton); Two O'Clock Jump (Harry James); Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (Duke Ellington); In A Minor Mood (Bob Crosby); Back Bay Shuffle (Artie Shaw); Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Duke Ellington); In A Mist (Bix Beiderbecke); Johnson Rag (Jimmy Dorsey); Don't Be That Way (Benny Goodman); Pennsylvanis 6-5000 (Glenn Miller); Blues On Parade (Woody Herman); At Last (Glenn Miller); Taking A Chance On Love (Larry Clinton); Cherokee (Charlie Branett)
Following the publication of "The Cover Art of `Blue Note'" and "California Cool", this book by the same authors returns to the American East Coast of the 1950s and 1960s to examine the jazz album covers of the "Prestige", "Atlantic" and "Riverside" labels. The hard-edged, straight-ahead playing of New York's jazz musicians, such as John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Thelonius Monk, Cannonball Adderley and Bill Evans, was reflected in the moody, monochromatic photography, quirky graphic...
The Jazz Band Director's Handbook (Mellen Studies in Applied Music, #4)
by Wayne E. Goins
Nat "King" Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Sarah Vaughan are among the 20 unforgettable vocalists presented in lively interviews by fine music commentators, coupled with classic photos.
The Routledge Companion to Jazz Studies (Routledge Music Companions)
The Routledge Companion to Jazz Studies presents over forty articles from internationally renowned scholars and highlights the strengths of current jazz scholarship in a cross-disciplinary field of enquiry. Each chapter reflects on developments within jazz studies over the last twenty-five years, offering surveys and new insights into the major perspectives and approaches to jazz research. The collection provides an essential research resource for students, scholars, and enthusiasts, and will se...
Jazz in Mind (Jazz history, culture, & criticism)
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; Sam Amidon; Hal Willner; Jim Woodring; Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill 'A beautiful and long overdue portrait of one of America's true living cultural treasures.' JOHN ZORN 'The perfect companion-piece to the music of its subject.' MOJO 'Outlines the su...