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New Tommy Dorsey Biography Highlight of November Events Celebrating Dorsey Centennial

Source: All About Jazz
October 21, 2005

Peter Levinson's new biography of Tommy Dorsey will be published by Da Capo Press this fall. Peter, author of the previous Trumpet King: A Life of Harry James, reveals the parallels between the Big Band rock star-like excesses and the current pop music world, showing that the industry which we complain of now had its antecedents in the Swing era.

Levinson's Tommy Dorsey: Living in a Great Big Way, A Biography is the first biography of the musician and bandleader ...

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John McLaughlin - Improvisations (Guitar Scorebook/Transcriptions)

Source: All About Jazz
October 11, 2005

After the critically acclaimed release of his Guitar Instruction DVD, John McLaughlin releases his “Improvisations," a guitar scorebook especially created for advanced players. This score book comes with an introduction from John; contains a never published cover photo taken by his wife Ina; and even a cool sketch by his son Luke. There are 52 pages of transcriptions in this very limited pressing. “ This book contains transcriptions of my improvisations and the orchestrations I did for 5 acoustic guitars ...

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The Devil's Horn: The Story of the Saxophone, From Noisy Novelty to King of Cool, by Michael Segell

Source: All About Jazz
October 4, 2005

Join us for an evening of words and music on October 10, 2005, when Michael Segell reads from his new book, The Devil's Horn: The Story of the Saxophone, From Noisy Novelty to King of Cool. The Half King 505 West 23rd Street, New York City (just west of 10th Avenue) Monday, October 10, 2005, 6:30pm In The Devil's Horn, Segell traces the 160-year history of the saxophone a horn that created a sound ...

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New Improvisation Method: Linear Jazz, by Ed Byrne

Source: All About Jazz
September 7, 2005

New Improvisation Method & Web Site ________________________________________ Hi Everyone: Visit my new web site: http://www.byrnejazz.com It introduces my new improvisation method, Linear Improvisation. Book I lays out the concepts, with examples done in state of the art Finale notation. Book II (for all instruments) applies the concept of chromatic targeting to triads. Book III (for all instruments) applies this concept to the 11 seventh chords. Below are some of the things covered in Linear Improvisation: • Develop your tonal memory ...

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New book just out on Chicago jazz avant-garde: The Velvet Lounge

Source: All About Jazz
August 30, 2005

Just out from Columbia University Press, The Velvet Lounge: On Late Chicago Jazz by Gerald Majer “Gerald Majer's propulsive, rhythmic essays celebrate the history and spirit of jazz. Like a seasoned improviser, he varies and syncopates his delivery, casting rim-shot fragments against long, slalomlike sentences—pushing, probing, and staying on the run through fast-track narrative and lyric measure. The prose fluidly shifts between earthy vernacular and reflective mood swing. And yet Majer's technical gifts as an essayist never betray or eclipse ...

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B.B. King and Backbeat Books Celebrate 80 Years of the Blues

Source: All About Jazz
August 29, 2005

San Francisco—On September 16, 2005, blues legend B.B. King will celebrate his 80th birthday, and Backbeat Books will mark this milestone with the publication of B.B. King: There Is Always One More Time. The inaugural entry in Backbeat’s Lives in Music series, There Is Always One More Time combines biography and discography, charting B.B. King’s life from his childhood in rural Mississippi up to his first studio session. Each album of King’s distinguished career is then analyzed and critiqued, with ...

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Signal to Noise #39: coming attractions!

Source: All About Jazz
August 22, 2005

SIGNAL to NOISE #39 is slated to hit the mail during the first week in September. We invite you to enjoy a sneak preview of our fall content, including Ed Hazell's in-depth cover story on multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee, at our website, www.signaltonoisemagazine.org. SIGNAL to NOISE is the quarterly journal of improvised and experimental music, documenting the confluence of creative jazz, electro-acoustics and experimental, modern rock. Each perfect-bound issue features over 100 pages of detailed feature articles by the field's best ...

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Pictorial Map of the Harlem Renaissance: Second Printing Now Available

Source: All About Jazz
August 18, 2005

Back in stock! Ephemera Press' popular Pictorial Map of the Harlem Renaissance is now available in its second printing. Carefully researched by a team of scholars, the map features the homes of Harlem's leading musicians, writers and artists, the neighborhood's legendary nightclubs and its civil rights sites. Since it was published a little over three years ago, the map has been featured in dozens of newspaper and magazine articles. It is a must have for tourists, scholars, students, Harlem residents ...

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