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#1 Amazon Bestseller…"Free to Be Creative at the Piano" now Available as FREE Download!
Who says you have to be a gifted genius to create your own unique piano compositions? Not Edward Weiss, educator, author and composer who's just completed his first full length book on doing just that--turning anyone into a “virtual virtuoso" in as little as 30 days--even if they've never touched a musical keyboard in their life. ...
Massachusetts Stays Cool with Summer Jazz Guide
Boston, MA--Massachusetts has released its second annual MassJazz Travel Guide, a round-up of jazz festivals, concerts and musical events taking place across the Bay State from July through October 2010. The 32-page magazine is available free to visitors and residents at tourism kiosks, in hotels and nightclubs, and on college campuses. Some of the biggest names ...
Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne
Though still in progress with James Gavin's thick new volume on the life & times of the recently departed ancestor Lena Horne, several in-progress observations give high marks to the writer's thorough, detailed efforts. Gavin, who penned the equally-rewarding Chet Baker bio The Long Night of Chet Baker, details La Horne's vivid and often troubling life, ...
Cognitive Surplus, Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age
The Shallows, What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. How is the Internet affecting us, socially and individually? And is it helping? Two authors survey the situation. When I was looking for a job after college, I bought the Sunday New York Times and scanned the classifieds, circling promising descriptions with a red pen. I ...
Marla Miller Unfurls the Myth of Betsy Ross and the First Flag
George Washington didn't chop down a cherry tree. And just maybe Betsy Ross didn't sew the first flag. Happy Fourth! In her myth-busting biography Betsy Ross and the Making of America, historian Marla Miller sets the record straight on the history surrounding one of the most famous women of the Colonial era. Along the ...
Miles Davis Among Jazz Legends Featured in Paul Slaughter's New Book of Jazz Photographs
Im a big admirer of photographer Paul Slaughter. His shots of Miles Davis are must-see. So believe me when I say that anyone who loves jazz, or loves photography or just so happens to love 'jazz photography will be delighted by the just-released Paul Slaughter / Jazz Photographs 1969-2010, a wonderful collection of jazz photographs by ...
Paul Slaughter Jazz Photographs: 1969 - 2010
Paul Slaughter / Jazz Photographs 1969-2010, with a Foreword by the renowned jazz musician Charles Lloyd, is now published. Go to blurb.com to take a sneak preview of the book. Order a copy if you are so inclined. The hard cover book with dust jacket is 12x12 inches (larger than the preview), 80 pages, with 81 ...
Nat Hentoff: At the Jazz Band Ball
Nat Hentoff and I talk often but usually in quick bursts, since we're both always chasing a deadline. What I love most about the dean of jazz journalism is his locomotive energy and kite-flying spirit. Nat, of course, penned some of the most insightful jazz essays and books of the post-war period, including Jazz Is, Listen ...
Gabrielle Goodman Releases New Book: "Vocal Improvisation"
Gabrielle Goodman, professor at Berklee College and recording artist has just released her first work as an author with “Vocal Improvisation"(Techniques in Jazz, R&B & Gospel Improvisation). This exciting book features scat exercises in the style of Ella Fitzgerald and Betty Carter, lessons in blues singing, and soulful R&B exercises in the style of Stevie Wonder, ...
Three Chords for Beauty's Sake: The Life of Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw, the swing eras other great clarinetist, knew just about every romantic self-immolator in the history of jazz. He roomed with both Bix Beiderbecke and Bunny Berigan, he hired Billie Holiday to sing with his band and at least by his own account he turned down Charlie Parkers bid to join his saxophone section. (I ...
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