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Florence Mills: Harlem Jazz Queen
by Florence Wetzel
Florence Mills: Harlem Jazz QueenBill EganHardcover; 368 pagesISBN: 0-8108-5007-9Scarecrow Press2006 Singer Florence Mills (1896-1927) is known to most jazz fans as a name in the footnotes, the woman who inspired Duke Ellington's marvelous composition “Black Beauty." Mills' obscurity is due mostly to the ...
Jazz Consciousness: Music, Race, and Humanity
by David Rickert
Paul Austerlitz Jazz Consciousness: Music, Race, and Humanity Wesleyan University Press ISBN: 0-8195-6782-5 260 pages 2005 Jazz Consciousness works from the premise that jazz, while often classified as a strictly American art form, embodies a sense of inclusiveness that not only influences other genres, but also ...
Tango: The Art History of Love
by Norman Weinstein
Tango: The Art History of Love Robert Farris Thompson Hardcover/384 pages Pantheon ISBN: 0375409319 2005 If you've wondered why the famous Argentine dance of tango has attracted numerous jazz artists from Gerry Mulligan to Wynton Marsalis, this stunningly passionate and informative overview of tango will quickly ...
Soft Machine: Out-Bloody-Rageous
by Francis Lo Kee
Soft Machine: Out-Bloody-Rageous Graham Bennett Hardback; 448 pages ISBN: 0946719845S.A.F. Publishing 2005 First of all, we at AllAboutJazz-New York note the recent passing of Elton Dean (1945-2006) with deep sadness. Mr. Dean was an integral part of the “classic" Soft Machine lineup.
The European Real Book
by Mark Sabbatini
The European Real Book “C" version Sher Music Spiral bound; 423 pages ISBN: 1883217245 2005 It's a mirror opposite in many ways of the original Real Book, yet captures the excitement and feel of it like no other version has since. The European Real ...
Chet
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Alain GerberChetÉditions Fayard, Paris630 pagesISBN: 22136163532003 Wouldn't it be a wonderful thing to piece together a documentary film about the life of jazz trumpet player Chet Baker? You say there's already a film about Chet? OK, but what if this film were to ...
The World of Jazz Trumpet
by Jim Santella
Scotty BarnhartThe World of Jazz Trumpet: A Comprehensive History and Practical PhilosophyHal Leonard Corporation320 pages, softcoverISBN: 0-634-09527-72005 Who was E.W. Gravitt? Trumpeter Scotty Barnhart answers the question in his book, along with much insightful commentary about the way things have developed. He ...
Jazz and the Classical Guitar
by Jim Santella
Ken HatfieldJazz and the Classical Guitar: Theory and ApplicationMel Bay Publications248 pages, softcover, spiralboundISBN: 07866723662005 Intended for serious music students, Ken Hatfield's book discusses harmonic theory in detail and offers the reader a thorough foundation for approaching jazz improvisation; either as a career, or ...
Why New Orleans Matters
by Sandy Ingham
Why New Orleans Matters Tom Piazza Regan Books/HarperCollins Hardcover; 192 pages ISBN: 0061124834 2005 It's not strictly about jazz. It's all about the city that gave birth to the music. And just as happens in that magical, mysterious place, Tom Piazza's lyrical love song to, and ...
Dubwise: Reasoning From the Reggae Underground
by Norman Weinstein
Klive Walker Dubwise: Reasoning From the Reggae Underground Insomniac Press ISBN 1894663969 Paperback; 292 pages 2005This is a Trojan horse book, ostensibly about various facets of reggae music under-represented in reggae journalism, but on a certain level really a book about Jamaican jazz. As ...
