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The World Of Jazz Trumpet: A Comprehensive History & Practical Philosophy

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The World Of Jazz Trumpet: A Comprehensive History & Practical Philosophy Scotty Barnhart Softcover; 246 pages ISBN: 0634095277 Hal Leonard 2005 This book is doggedly ambitious, but its ambitions are its undoing. It begins promisingly, with a historical survey of jazz trumpet that, for a change, ...

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Jimi Hendrix - Tesori e Ricordi (Libro + CD)

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Jimi Hendrix - Tesori e Ricordi (Libro + CD) di Janie L. Hendrix - John McDermott Edizioni White Star 64 pagine + vari inserti Prezzo € 45,00 La pubblicazione di questo volume intitolato “Jimi Hendrix - Tesori e Ricordi" porta un raggio di luce purissima nel panorama fin troppo grigio della timida editoria musicale in Italia. ...

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Free Jazz di Ekkehard Jost

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Free Jazz Ekkehard Jost 2006 L’Epos, Palermo Euro 28,80. Dopo le edizioni in tedesco, inglese e francese, è stato finalmente tradotto e pubblicato in lingua italiana uno dei classici della musicologia afroamericana. Colmando una grave lacuna del mercato editoriale, la casa editrice L’Epos si segnala ancora una volta per la lungimiranza ed il rigore scientifico che ...

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Free Jazz and Free Improvisation

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Free Jazz and Free Improvisation: An Encyclopedia Tod Jenkins Greenwood Press (2004) Due volumi, 468 pagine Compilare un'enciclopedia interamente dedicata a Free Jazz e Free Improvisation è impresa che si presenta da subito come complessa, controversa e ricca di tranelli, tutti elementi che non sembrano avere spaventato il giovane Todd Jenkins, autore di due volumi intitolati ...

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Blue Trane - La vita e la musica di John Coltrane

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Blue Trane - La vita e la musica di John Coltrane Lewis Porter Minimum Fax Che questo sia l'anno di John Coltrane è facilmente prevedibile: la stretta contingenza tra l'ottantesimo anniversario della nascita - caduto nel settembre del 2006 - e il quarantennale dalla morte - che si celebrerà nel luglio di questo 2007 - non ...

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Jazz Guide NYC

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Jazz Guide NYC Steve Dollar Softcover; 176 pages; 2nd edition ISBN: 978-1-892145-43-7 The Little Bookroom 2007 Revealing much more than simply where to go and what to do in New York, Jazz Guide NYC provides detailed and valuable information about the city's current jazz ecology, its ...

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Popular Music

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Popular Music di Rosa Viscardi 2004 Edizioni Ellissi - Gruppo Esselibri - pp.414 - 20 euro Tra i molti studi sulla pop music disponibili in lingua italiana, (ricordo Il Suono in cui viviamo di Franco Fabbri e l'ormai classico Studiare la popular music di Richard Middleton) questo volume di Rosa Viscardi (docente di Teorie e tecniche ...

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Sittin' In With Chris Griffin

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Warren W. Vache Sittin' In With Chris Griffin: A Reminiscence Of Radio And Recording's Golden Years Paperback; 116 pages ISBN: 0-8108-5001-X Scarecrow Press 2005 Seated next to Harry James and Ziggy Elman, trumpeter Gordon “Chris" Griffin was a less-heralded member of Benny Goodman's brass section from ...

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Lady Sings The Blues: The 50th Anniversary Edition

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Lady Sings The Blues: The 50th Anniversary Edition Billie Holiday with William Dufty Softcover; 231 pages ISBN: 978-0-7679-2386-6 Harlem Moon/Broadway Books 2006 In 1956 Billie Holiday sat down with ghostwriter William Dufty and recounted the story of her life. At times during the 224-page narrative Holiday ...

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It's About That Time: Miles Davis On And Off The Record

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Richard Cook It's About That Time: Miles Davis On And Off The Record ISBN: 978-0-19-532266-8 Oxford University Press 373 pages Hardcover, January 2007 Miles Davis is one of the most thoroughly researched and documented musicians of all time. So a writer who wants to present him ...


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