Jazz
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Jazz
By Clive D. GriffinAnother member of the band , DANNY BARKER , told of the problems Gillespie had : Be - bop " Some of us began to jam at Minton's in Harlem in the early ' forties . But there were always some cats showing up there who couldn't blow at all ...
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Jazz: Essential Listening
By Gary Giddins, Scott Knowles DeVeauxThe #1 text in the market—now in an Essentials Edition.
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Jazz: The First Century
By John E. HasseJazz: The First Century is edited by John Edward Hasse, Curator of American Music at the Smithsonian Institution, leading a writing team of today's finest and most widely respected jazz authorities.
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Jazz: Research and Pedagogy
By Eddie S. MeadowsA good update to Frederick Starr's Red and Hot: The Face of Jazz in the Soviet Union and Leo Feigin's Russian Jazz: New Identity. Starr, Frederick. Red and Hot: The Fate of Jazz in the Soviet Union. New York: Oxford University Press; ...
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Jazz: The First 100 Years, Enhanced Media Edition
By Henry Martin, Keith Waters“Lullaby of Birdland” (Shearing-Foster), from Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown. EmArcy EP1-6099. December 16, 1954 (master take). Vaughan, vocal; Brown, trumpet; Herbie Mann, flute; Paul Quinichette, tenor saxophone; Jimmy Jones, ...
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Jazz: Midnight
By Gary Scott BeattyA fantastic, innovative and unique blend of art and text that depicts the rhythm of the times! "Jazz: Midnight is a beautiful marriage between 50’s stylized art and captivate writing that only Beatty can provide.
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Jazz: Cool Birth
By Gary Scott BeattyDo you dig? A murder mystery set in a 1957 jazz club, with illustrations inspired by '50s album cover designs that give this comic book story a unique style all its own.
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JAZZ
By Gary Scott Beatty"Gary Scott Beatty’s jazz piano man Dean Fontessa returns in five stand alone stories on a central theme that come together with a twist — like a masterful, cool jazz solo!
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Jazz: Cool Birth : a Late Night Murder Mystery in C♯ Minor
By Gary Scott BeattyJazz: Cool Birth : a Late Night Murder Mystery in C♯ Minor
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Jazz
By Simon AdamsJazz
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Jazz: The Basics
By Christopher MeederChristopher Meeder provides an introduction to jazz, explaining it as a musical form and showing readers how to listen to it. He includes a chronological history of jazz and biographies of leading musicians.
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Jazz: The Australian Accent
By John ShandThey brought the piece to a conclusion after about seven and a half minutes, whereupon Manfred Eicher vehemently signalled from the control room to keep it going, and they repeated the form, achieving even greater heights.
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Jazz: A Regional Exploration
By Scott YanowHERBIE HANCOCK Herbie Hancock already had a strong name in jazz before he joined Miles Davis in 1963 , having composed " Watermelon Man " and recorded his own albums for Blue Note . While with Davis , he continued to grow , finding a ...
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Jazz: The Golden Era
By Richard Evans, Richard HaversThere¿s some supremely nonchalant playing, but you will also hear jazz that¿s intense and smooth, hot and cool, fast and slow; there¿s great singing, and there¿s also passion and soul. In fact all kinds of jazz are here.
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Jazz: the Basics
By Christopher MeederAnd while McCoy Tyner spent the 1960s redefining accompaniment with his power and speed, pianists like Bill Evans and Paul Bley were developing the piano as a trio instrument with a lighter touch and a new balance and interaction with ...
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Jazz: The First 100 Years
By Henry Martin, Keith WatersKelly's improvisations displayed a sparkling sense of swing, heard especially on 12-bar blues compositions such as “No Blues,” from Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall (1961). Although his harmonies were typically less lush and dense than ...
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Jazz
By Richard CarlinExplores the roots and history of jazz, discussing how it first appeared and developed, its musical elements, and significant performers.
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Jazz
By Thom HolmesAlphabetically arranged entries provide information on key personalities, landmark performances and recordings, styles of music, and record companies associated with jazz.
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Jazz
By Jr., Ronald D. lankfordQuoted in Willie Lee Nichols Rose, A Documentary History of Slavery in North America. Athens: University of Georgia, 1999, p. 515. 6. Ted Gioia. The History of Jazz. New York: Oxford University, 1997, p. 34. 7.
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Jazz: From Its Origins to the Present
By Lewis Porter, Michael Ullman, Ed HazellThis fascinating volume provides a concise, literate, accurate, and up-to-date look at the history of jazz and its major figures.