An updated new edition of Ted Gioia's acclaimed compendium of jazz standards, featuring 15 additional selections, hundreds of additional recommended tracks, and enhancements and additions on almost every page. Since the first edition of The Jazz Standards was published in 2012, author Ted Gioia has received almost non-stop feedback and suggestions from the passionate global community of jazz enthusiasts and performers requesting crucial additions and corrections to the book. In this second edition, Gioia expands the scope of the book to include more songs, and features new recordings by rising contemporary artists. The Jazz Standards is an essential comprehensive guide to some of the most important jazz compositions, telling the story of more than 250 key jazz songs and providing a listening guide to more than 2,000 recordings. The fan who wants to know more about a tune heard at the club or on the radio will find this book indispensable. Musicians who play these songs night after night will find it to be a handy guide, as it outlines the standards' history and significance and tells how they have been performed by different generations of jazz artists. Students learning about jazz standards will find it to be a go-to reference work for these cornerstones of the repertoire. This book is a unique resource, a browser's companion, and an invaluable introduction to the art form.

(Jazz Transcriptions). This is the ultimate resource for studying the work of Oscar Peterson! Nearly 40 full piano transcriptions for the jazz piano master, including: All of Me * Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea * Falling in Love with Love * Georgia on My Mind * I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good * If I Were a Bell * In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning * Love Is Here to Stay * On Green Dolphin Street * Sometimes I'm Happy * The Song Is You * Tangerine * That Old Black Magic * Whisper Not * You Stepped Out of a Dream * Yours Is My Heart Alone * and many more. Includes a brief biography and foreword by transcriber Larry Dunlap.

"There are two groups of standards that help form the basic repertory used in jazz improvisation. The first group was created by jazz musicians directly from improvisation, experimentation and the analysis of musical forms, ideas and practices that were developed through study and the natural gifts of some of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century. This group codified jazz into chronological styles and provides concrete examples of its styles and concepts. The second group of standards is comprised of compositions written as popular songs during the first half of the twentieth century ... Every improviser is a composer who makes up melodies spontaneously. The model choruses give examples that can be studied, learned, broken into independent phrases and used to create other melodies that reflect more clearly what the improviser wants to say musically ..."--Preface

Michael Landon Jr. and Tracie Peterson--a Winning Team! After his dreams of being a WWII flying ace are dashed, Joe settles for a dead-end job, crop-dusting his neighbors' farms and finishing out the evening slouched at the bar in the local tavern. One morning Joe's usual crop dusting routine turns into something else entirely when his beat-up Stearman begins a long spiral toward dearth... Joe doesn't die that mroning, but he begins an odyssey whose twists and turns head him back toward life, love, and true devotion.

This must-have new series gives you the opportunity to learn 27 of the most important jazz standards contained in the Just Jazz and Just Standards Real Books. Learn these great songs by playing along with jazz greats Jimmy Haslip and Barry Coates in a classic trio jazz setting. Plus, in the accompanying books Jimmy and Barry teach their approaches to chord substitution, comping, and soloing concepts; including complete transcriptions of their own improvised solos and Barry's awe-inspiring chord melody arrangements of the heads. Volume 3 titles are: My Funny Valentine * Night and Day * How High the Moon * Emily * Gentle Rain * On Green Dolphin Street * Secret Love * Softly As in a Morning Sunrise * Summertime.