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Jazz Improvisation: Advice from the Masters
by Joel Roberts
Jimi Durso and Karla Harby Jazz Improvisation: Advice From the Masters Outcat ISBN: 0975963201 2004 What advice do established jazz stars have for aspiring musicians? It's pretty simple, really: practice, listen and learn your history! That, at least, is the primary wisdom a cross-section of respected artists - ...
Louis Armstrong & Paul Whiteman: Two Kings of Jazz
by Joel Roberts
Louis Armstrong & Paul Whiteman: Two Kings of Jazz Joshua Berrett Yale University Press 2004 ISBN 0-300-10384-0 The worst thing that ever happened to Paul Whiteman's legacy was the 1930 film that dubbed him “the King of Jazz." Largely as a result of that unfortunate moniker ...
Living With Jazz
by David Rickert
Dan Morgenstern Living With Jazz, A Reader Pantheon Books 736 pages ISBN: 037542072X Dan Morgenstern is the director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers, a former editor and contributor for Down Beat , and author of Jazz People , one of the finest histories of jazz ...
Living With Jazz
by Daniel Kassell
Dan Morgenstern Living With Jazz, A Reader Pantheon Books 736 pages ISBN: 037542072X Through the eyes of a foreign-born man we learn of the author's respect for our American art form and through his personal experiences with musicians, his love and respect for creative improvisation, growth and the ...
Jazz Improvisation: Advice From the Masters
by Norman Weinstein
Jimi Durso and Karla Harby Jazz Improvisation: Advice From the Masters Outcat ISBN: 0975963201 2004 Sixteen jazz masters are represented by mini-essays about improvisation in this extremely valuable booklet. Many of the pieces are simply strings of anecdotes reflecting upon education, concerts and recording sessions. Sometimes maxims or ...
Jazz Guitar Technique: Breaking the Skill Barrier and Jazz Guitar Structures: Boosting Your Solo Power
by Trevor MacLaren
Andrew Green Jazz Guitar Technique: Breaking the Skill Barrier Jazz Guitar Structures: Boosting Your Solo Power Mel Bay Publications 2004 Starting off with Jazz Guitar Technique is a great way for jazz players to learn the basics of improvisational guitar. Though several books claim they can help the ...
Point From Which Creation Begins: The Black Artists' Group of St. Louis
by AAJ Staff
Benjamin Looker Point From Which Creation Begins: The Black Artists' Group of St. Louis Missouri Historical Society Press Distributed by University of Missouri Press 316 pages ISBN: 1883982510 2004When I arrived in St. Louis, Missouri from the West Coast, I learned quickly ...
Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter
by John Kelman
Michelle Mercer Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter Tarcher/Penguin ISBN1-58542-353-X 2004 Saxophonist Wayne Shorter has often appeared to be something of an enigma. From his early days with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers through his tenure with Miles Davis' second quintet, and from his years with the ...
Just Jazz Guitar Articles
by Rob Smeets
Jack Wilkins Just Jazz Guitar Articles Mel Bay Publications ISBN: 0-78-667221-8 2004 Since Jack Wilkins' release of Windows in in 1973, Wilkins has been a mainstay in the jazz guitar scene. Currently an instructor at the New School and at the Manhattan School of Music, Wilkins is known ...
Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter
by Bob Jacobson
Michelle Mercer Footprints: The Life and Music of Wayne Shorter Tarcher ISBN 158542353X 2004 Consider the length and breadth of Wayne Shorter's career - nearly half a century playing and composing, long tenures with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis, Weather Report, forays ...
