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Doodle Studies and Etudes By Trombonist Bob McChesney

Source: All About Jazz
August 22, 2006

With Demonstration/Play-along CD

by Bob McChesney

“Doodle Studies and Etudes" by trombonist Bob McChesney was first published in 1992. For more than a thousand students and professional players it has proven to be an extremely valuable tool in improving fast legato skills on the trombone. Covering all aspects of the doodle tongue technique, this book was written for students, teachers and professionals alike. This complete method explains the fast legato technique in a step-by-step fashion, from how to correctly form ...

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AllAboutJazz-New York August 2006 Issue Now Available

Source: All About Jazz
August 1, 2006

Another summer in New York: Sweltering hot weather and power outages; the Yankees and the Red Sox battling each other for first place; one more hamburger on the barbecue; jazz legends and soon-to-be legends around every corner.

Maybe it is too hot (or too hot and wet) to spend much time outside these days but that is no excuse to miss the rarer and rarer appearances of one of the few remaining piano giants, Oscar Peterson (On The Cover). We ...

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AllAboutJazz-New York July 2006 Issue Now Available!

Source: All About Jazz
July 2, 2006

So though AllAboutJazz-New York received a nomination for Best Periodical Covering Jazz by the Jazz Journalists Association, we lost out to Jazz Times. As a result, we have decided to put on hold plans for an AAJ-NY mansion in the Hamptons and are forced to stay in the city all July. Luckily, even with the city's population oozing into Long Island, there is plenty going on.

We have a rare opportunity to present three musicians - all wonderful players - ...

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Musician, Producer, Music Publisher and now Novelist, Graham Sclater looks back at the music scene in the 60's with "Ticket to Ride"

Source: All About Jazz
July 1, 2006

Graham Sclater 's first novel Ticket to Ride reveals the actuality of living and playing in Hamburg during the 1960's.

An accomplished songwriter and musician, Graham has been featured in a number of arts and musical programmes and has performed and recorded with artists including Jimi Hendrix, Fats Domino, Ritchie Blackmore, James Taylor, Elton John and numerous 'name' musicians. Many of his songs have won international competitions and have been recorded by well known artists.

In 1975 Graham formed Tabitha ...

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Almost Golden: A Childhood Memoir by Robert and John Mariani on Infinity Press

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2006

By Rob Mariani

After many years of talking about it and promising our kids and our relatives that we'd do it, it's finally done. The book, Almost Golden, by my brother John and me, has finally been published and is available for sale on the web.

It's a memoir of our early years growing up in a section of the North Bronx-- an area that bears no resemblance to the stereotypical image of “Da Bronx" most people seem to have. ...

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Boosey & Hawkes Inaugurates Jazz Publishing Initiative

Source: All About Jazz
June 15, 2006

Boosey & Hawkes Inaugurates Jazz Publishing Initiative With David Benoit, Chick Corea, and Second Floor Music Catalogs

Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. is proud to announce that it is expanding the range of its offerings to include distinguished catalogs from the world of jazz, beginning with works by pianist / composers David Benoit and Chick Corea, and the Second Floor Music catalog, which features some of the best-known compositions of the bop and post-bop eras. B&H will represent all forthcoming works ...

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The Color Of Jazz: Album Cover Photographs By Pete Turner

Source: All About Jazz
June 14, 2006

Foreword by Quincy Jones Introduction by Ashley Kahn Afterword by Creed Taylor

In addition to a long and illustrious career in editorial, commercial, and fine art photography, Pete Turner's work has graced some of the most revolutionary and provocative album covers in the history of the medium. This fall Rizzoli will publish, The Color of Jazz: Album Cover Photographs by Pete Turner, a comprehensive celebration of fifty years of memorable album covers that benefited from Turner's ...

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Piano Girl Now Available In Paperback

Source: All About Jazz
May 31, 2006

San Francisco, CA -- When it was released in hardcover in 2005, Publishers Weekly gave it a starred review, describing it as “a bighearted, funny, truly eye-opening memoir." The legendary pianist and host of NPR's Marian McPartland's “Piano Jazz" said, “Piano Girl is certainly one of the funniest books I've ever read."

Sometimes poignant and often hilarious, Piano Girl reveals the comedies, tragedies, and mundane miracles witnessed by a keenly observant and very witty storyteller from the business side of ...

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