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Tim Armacost's 'The Jazz Saxophone Book' Available Now!
Sher Music Co. has recently released a landmark book by New York jazz heavyweight, Tim Armacost entitled The Jazz Saxophone Book. This book was written for all students of jazz, from relative beginners to professionals. For novices, Tim gives a firm foundation in jazz harmony and creative ways to work on sound, time and building a ...
Ode to a Tenor Titan: The Life and Times and Music of Michael Brecker by Bill Milkowski
After John Coltrane, there was no more revered and profoundly influential saxophonist on the planet than Michael Brecker. For those coming of age in the 1970s, during that transitional decade when the boundaries between rock and jazz had begun to blur, Brecker stood as a transcendent figure. He was their Trane. Ode to a Tenor Titan ...
As Within So Without & Other Writings By Daniel Barbiero
“The only thing valuable in art is what cannot be explained.” the painter Georges Braque once wrote in his notebook. Double bassist, improviser and composer Daniel Barbiero, in this wide ranging collection of twenty essays on music, visual art, poetry, dance—and then some—never surrenders the prospect of meaning in these encounters with the inexplicable. He follows ...
The Technique And Theory Of Improvisation By Bill McBirnie
Renowned jazz and Latin flutist, Bill McBirnie, provides a roadmap to success in improvisation The Technique and Theory of Improvisation is a concise but comprehensive guide to (1) the technique (articulation, vibrato, and breathing), and (2) the theory (rhythm, melody and harmony) that are essential in learning to improvise. This book also addresses how to integrate ...
'And All That Motive'—A New Jazz Mystery Audiobook by Joan Merrill
Joan Merrill, author of the Casey McKie jazz mystery series, announces the release of her latest audiobook, And All that Motive, narrated by longtime Bay Area jazz radio host Alisa Clancy. Set at a festival near San Francisco, And All that Motive has Casey racing against time to solve the killing of jazz singer Sid Satin ...
'The Musician's Career Guide: Turning Your Talent Into Sustained Success' By Ulysses Owens Jr on Skyhorse Publishing
An Engaging and Accessible Guide to Achieving Sustained Access in the Music Industry As a musician, how can you blend art and survival and still keep loving the business? The Musician’s Career Guide, written from the perspective of someone who has engaged in the daily struggle that all artists encounter, provides clear strategic support and advice ...
Giant Steps: Diverse Journeys in British Jazz
Giant Steps: Diversity Journeys in British Jazz features conversations with many of the artists who have engineered the cultural transformation of British jazz over the past four decades. A new wave of the genre emerged in the 1980s, spearheaded by the Jazz Warriors, a collective of black musicians which launched the careers of bassist Gary Crosby, ...
Guitarist Stephane Wrembel To Release Django L’impressionniste, A Book Of Music Transcriptions Of 17 Compositions For Solo Guitar By Legendary Musician Django Reinhardt, On April 22, 2021
Guitarist Stephane Wrembel To Release Django L’impressionniste, A Book Of Music Transcriptions Of 17 Compositions For Solo Guitar By Legendary Musician Django Reinhardt, On April 22, 2021 Gigs.Live To Premiere Video Of Wrembel’s Solo Performance Of All 17 Pieces On Thursday, April 22nd At 8:00 P.M. EDT Heralded composer, teacher and guitarist, Stephane Wrembel, will ...
Platinum-Selling Classical Kids Releases First New Album In 20 Years 'Gershwin's Magic Key'
In work Billboard lauds as “one of the most completely wondrous examples of children’s entertainment… ever,” multi-award winning and Platinum selling non-profit Classical Kids LIVE! present their newest studio recording, Gershwin’s Magic Key—available now! It’s ‘Extra, extra! Read all about it!’ as audiences step into the streets of 1920s New York as a newspaper boy has ...
New Book Teaches Newcomers How To Listen To Jazz
“Lots of people want to listen to jazz, but they don’t know where to start,” says Mark Barnett, author of Getting Into Jazz, a new book from Canoe Tree Press that offers lively tips on how to listen, along with step-by-step guides through some classic jazz CDs featuring such artists as Louis Armstrong, Stan Getz and ...
