Elegant Soul
Title | Elegant Soul PDF eBook |
Author | Janie Harris |
Publisher | Caxton Press |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780870044458 |
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press Gene Harris, the “Blues Man From Boise,” as the Wall Street Journal once called him, died at the start of a new millennium, but he left a legacy of music that will outlive us all. He played on more than 80 recordings and shared the stage or recording studio with many legends and luminaries. Gene's wife, Janie, and veteran writer Bob Evancho detail the career of this gifted entertainer.
The Wynton Kelly Collection
Title | The Wynton Kelly Collection PDF eBook |
Author | Wynton Kelly |
Publisher | Alfred Music |
Pages | 126 |
Release | 2015-03 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9781562242862 |
The first of its kind! This long awaited masterpiece includes 25 legendary solos by the influential master transcribed note-for-note from classic recordings Miles Davis at the Blackhawk, Undiluted, Piano Interpretations, Full View, It's All Right!, Kelly at Midnight, and Kelly Blue! 130 pages, spiral bound to lay flat on your piano. Titles: All of You * Blues on Purpose * Don't Cha Hear Me Calling to Ya? * I Thought * Kelly Roll * Never * On a Clear Day * On Green Dolphin Street * Someday My Prince Will Come * Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home * Whisper Not * and 14 more originals and standards.
Jet
Title | Jet PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 64 |
Release | 1971-04-29 |
Genre | |
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The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.
Profiles in Jazz
Title | Profiles in Jazz PDF eBook |
Author | Raymond Horricks |
Publisher | Transaction Publishers |
Pages | 302 |
Release | 1991-01-01 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9781412832083 |
A highly personal collection of jazz portraits--centered around the towering figure of Duke Ellington--with the unabashedly didactic intent of publicizing, promoting, and encouraging listeners at all levels of sophistication to hear jazz anew. And it will. (c) by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
From the Minds of Jazz Musicians, Volume II
Title | From the Minds of Jazz Musicians, Volume II PDF eBook |
Author | David Schroeder |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 2023-10-13 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1000966046 |
From the Minds of Jazz Musicians, Volume II is a follow-up to Volume I’s celebration of contemporary jazz artists who have toiled, struggled and succeeded in finding their creative space. Volume II was developed through transcribing and editing selected interviews with 29 jazz artists, conducted by the author since 2011, along with a historical essay on each artist. The interviews feature musicians from a broad range of musical styles and experiences, with their beginnings ranging from the 50s to the early 80s. Topics range from biographical life histories to descriptions of mentor relationships, revealing the important life lessons they learned along the way. With the goal to discover the person behind the persona, the author elicits conversations that speak of the creative process, mining the individualistic perspectives of seminal artists who witnessed history in the making. By comparing and contrasting each artist’s perspective to discover similarities in their career paths. these volumes are an important research tool for students and academics, offering direct information from leading figures in the jazz world.
The Jazz Theory Book
Title | The Jazz Theory Book PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Levine |
Publisher | "O'Reilly Media, Inc." |
Pages | 725 |
Release | 2011-01-12 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1457101459 |
The most highly-acclaimed jazz theory book ever published! Over 500 pages of comprehensive, but easy to understand text covering every aspect of how jazz is constructed---chord construction, II-V-I progressions, scale theory, chord/scale relationships, the blues, reharmonization, and much more. A required text in universities world-wide, translated into five languages, endorsed by Jamey Aebersold, James Moody, Dave Liebman, etc.
All Music Guide
Title | All Music Guide PDF eBook |
Author | Vladimir Bogdanov |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Pages | 1508 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780879306274 |
Arranged in sixteen musical categories, provides entries for twenty thousand releases from four thousand artists, and includes a history of each musical genre.