Presents an introduction to the history, leading practitioners, and music of ragtime while tracking its manifestations in other musical styles and genres.
Hand To Hand You Very Much , Mr Monk with the one on the deleted City Soul Note 121107-2 Adams ; Jimmy Knepper ( tb ) ; Hugh Gates ) , and much of the interest now lies in hearing how much Lawson ( p ) ; Mike Richmond ( b ) ; Dannie ...
The Bass Tradition is an incredible collection of 36 famous bass solos and lines from 18 masters written in bass clef, including Jimmy Blanton, Milt Hinton, Oscar Pettiford, Ray Brown, Paul Chambers, Sam Jones, Richard Davis, Stanley Clarke ...
Red and Hot: The Fate of Jazz in the Soviet Union, 1917-1980
RAY NANCE ( trumpet ) , JOHNNY HODGES ( alto sax ) , FLIP PHILLIPS ( tenor sax ) , EARL HINES ( piano ) , AL CASEY ... session with ( I to r ) : Flip Phillips , Oscar Pettiford , Ray Nance , Betty Roché , Sid Catlett and Earl Hines .
Includes all known Brunswick label recordings through 1931, including subsidiary labels such as Vocalion and Melotone.
Stuart Nicholson's biography of Ella Fitzgerald is considered a classic in jazz literature. Drawing on original documents, interviews, and new information, Nicholson draws a complete picture of Fitzgerald's professional and...
This revised and updated book is a guide for the listener, collector, singer, player and devotee of folk music. It covers music from string band to bluegrass, Canadian, Creole, Zydeco,...
You've probably seen other jazz guides, but you haven't run across anything quite like MusicHound Jazz. It delivers sound advice on what to buy and what not to buy. Explore...
Critic Leonard Feather was one of the earliest and most persistent champions of bop. It was he who persuaded RCA Victor that the new music was worth recording. His Inside...
"Full of the sort of 'I was there' stories that enrich the late-night conversations of jazz enthusiasts but rarely end up between the covers. For anyone with an interest in...