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Power, Passion and Beauty: The Story of the Legendary Mahavishnu Orchestra
by John Kelman
Power, Passion and Beauty: The Story of the Legendary Mahavishnu Orchestra Walter Kolosky Paperback; 313 pages ISBN 0-9761016-2-9 Abstract Logix Books 2005 Anyone who's old enough to have experienced the Mahavishnu Orchestra's debut The Inner Mounting Flame (Columbia/Legacy, 1971) when it was first ...
Jumptown: The Golden Years of Portland Jazz 1941-1957
by Ken Dryden
Jumptown: The Golden Years of Portland Jazz 1942-1957 Robert Dietsche Softcover; 288 pages ISBN: 0870711148 Oregon State University Press 2005 Portland, Oregon isn't one of the cities that first pops into one's mind as a major jazz center, but author Robert Dietsche makes a ...
Hybrid Picking For Guitar
by Ben McDonnell
Hybrid Picking For Guitar Gustavo Assis-Brasil Paperback; 128 pages ISBN: 0977439801 Self-Published 2006 Hybrid Picking For Guitar is a book and CD set which helps the diligent reader rapidly unlock the potential of this seldom discussed technique. Boston-based guitarist and educator Gustavo ...
The House That Trane Built: The Story Of Impulse Records
by Suzanne Lorge
The House That Trane Built: The Story Of Impulse Records Ashley Kahn Hardcover; 340 pages W.W. Norton & Co. Inc. 2006 Author Ashley Kahn's latest contribution to the documentation of jazz history is The House That Trane Built: The Story Of Impulse Records, a chronicle of the rise ...
Magnificent Mendez
by Jim Santella
Magnificent Méndez Dr. Jane W. Hickman and Dr. Del Lyren Softcover; 161 pages Second Edition Hickman Music Editions 2005 Rafael Méndez (1906-1981) was often billed as “The World's Greatest Trumpeter, and he had the chops to back it up. As evidenced by Jane Hickman's and Del ...
The Story Of Jazz
by Victor L. Schermer
The Story Of Jazz Marshall W. Stearns Paperback; 380 pages ISBN: 0195012690 Oxford University Press 1970 2006 is the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of this classic of jazz scholarship.Recently, as I departed from Philadelphia to Europe, a friend gave me a book to ...
Harlem of the West: The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era
by Todd S. Jenkins
Harlem of the West: The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era Elizabeth Pepin and Lewis Watts 200 B/W photographs ISBN 0811845486 Chronicle Books 2006 Harlem of the West is a charming, violet-hued paperback that digs deeply into one of America's most endangered jazz legacies. Long ...
Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings
by Victor Verney
Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings Petter Pettinger Hardcover; 346 pages ISBN: 0300097271 Yale University Press 1998 The late Bill Evans, a cerebral, classically-trained pianist, was the first of many brilliant keyboardists whose careers were launched by Miles Davis. Sometimes described as the Chopin of jazz, ...
American Big Bands
by Jim Santella
American Big Bands William F. Lee III Softcover; 376 pages ISBN: 0-634-08054-7 Hal Leonard Corporation 2006 With thumbnail sketches of all the popular big bands from the Swing Era and many not-so-well-known bands too, William F. Lee III provides a valuable guide for those who need ...
Let's Get to the Nitty Gritty: The Autobiography of Horace Silver
by Ken Dryden
Let's Get to the Nitty Gritty: The Autobiography of Horace Silver Horace Silver Hardcover; 282 pages ISBN: 0520243749 University of California Press 2006 Horace Silver's life story is very entertaining. The pianist and composer, who has pretty much retired from performing due to back problems, pulls ...
