Authors:Nat Hentoff, Albert J. Mccarthy,
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Keywords: jazz, critics, scholars, capo, paperback, foremost, world, new, perspectives, history, twelve
Number of Pages: 387
Published: 1975-01-22
List price: $18.00
ISBN-10: 0306800020
ISBN-13: 9780306800023
The names of Nat Hentoff and Albert J. McCarthy have become almost synonymous with jazz writing. Hentoff, editor of Jazz Review, writer for Downbeat, High Fidelity, New Yorker, and theVillage Voice, and McCarthy, editor of Jazz Monthly, have raised jazz beyond mere appreciation and discography to a subject which demands the rigorous application of musicological, sociological, and historical analysis. In addition to their own contributions, the twelve articles they have commissioned by internationally noted critics and scholars provide almost revolutionary evidence of the emergence of Jazz as a
Author: Larry Minsky
Publisher: Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.
Keywords: jazz, piano, level, four, intermediate, solos, montage, library
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 2003-02
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 0757910068
ISBN-13: 9780757910067
Intermediate-level players can achieve a real "professional jazz sound" with this exciting mix of jazz standards and jazz originals by hot New York jazz player Larry Minsky. These incredible easy-to-play jazz stylings include original jazz riffs and written-out improvisations. Titles include: Everything’s Coming Up Roses * Solitude * On Green Dolphin Street * Here’s That Rainy Day along with jazz originals by Minsky.
Authors:Mier, Martha,
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Keywords: classical, jazz, amp, blues, rags, pianists, intermediate, arranged, melodies, styles
Number of Pages: 24
Published: 2008-10-01
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 073905709X
ISBN-13: 9780739057094
Classical melodies from piano literature, opera and orchestral literature are revisited in this unique series. The arrangements feature jazz styles including ragtime and blues. Students who are familiar with some of these gems will enjoy their new settings, while those playing them for the first time will become familiar with these wonderful melodies. Titles include: Bagatelle Swing * Ecossaise Rag * German Dance Rag * Jazz in A Minor * Lullaby in Blue * Ragtime Sonatina * Sheherazade Jazz. 24 pages.
Authors:Baker, David,
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Keywords: jazz, giants, davis, miles, style
Number of Pages: 68
Published: 1991-01-01
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0769209823
ISBN-13: 9780769209821
The Giants of Jazz series is designed to provide a method for studying, analyzing, imitating and assimilating the idiosyncratic and general facets of the styles of various jazz giants. The Davis book provides many transcriptions, plus discography, biographical data, list of innovations, genealogy, bibliography and comments.
Author: William Minor
Publisher: University of Michigan Pre
Keywords: jazz, perspectives, heart, japan, journeys
Number of Pages: 386
Published: 2004-01-20
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0472113453
ISBN-13: 9780472113453
Part music history, part cultural meditation, part travel narrative, Jazz Journeys to Japan is the first book to address the experiences of individual players -- Japanese jazz greats such as Toshiko Akiyoshi, Masahiko Satoh, Makoto Ozone, and Yosuke Yamashita.William Minor navigates the converging streams of Western music and Eastern tradition, revealing through interviews with musicians, critics, and producers the unique synthesis that results from this convergence. And, turning conventional wisdom on its ear, he disproves the widely held notion that Japanese jazz artists don’t "swing."
Author: John Szwed
Publisher: Hyperion
Keywords: jazz, loving, learning, guide, complete
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2000-08-23
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0786884967
ISBN-13: 9780786884964
Anyone interested in learning about a distinct musicjazzwill welcome this newest addition to the popular 101 reference series. Noted anthropologist, critic, and musical scholar John F. Szwed takes readers on a tour of the musics tangled history and explores how it developed from an ethnic music to become North Americas most popular music and then part of the avant garde in less than fifty years. Jazz 101 presents the key figures, history, theory, and controversies that shaped its development, along with a discussion of some of its most important recordings.
Author: Nat Hentoff
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: jazz, scene, years, ball, band, sixty
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2010-06-01
List price: $27.50
ISBN-10: 0520261135
ISBN-13: 9780520261136
Nat Hentoff, renowned jazz critic, civil liberties activist, and fearless contrarian--"I’m a Jewish atheist civil-libertarian pro-lifer"--has lived through much of jazz’s history and has known many of jazz’s most important figures, often as friend and confidant. Hentoff has been a tireless advocate for the neglected parts of jazz history, including forgotten sidemen and -women. This volume includes his best recent work--short essays, long interviews, and personal recollections. From Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong to Ornette Coleman and Quincy Jones, Hentoff brings the jaz
