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A Miles Davis Reader (Smithsonian Readers in American Music)
by AAJ Staff
by Bill Kirchner Smithsonian Institution Press (November 1997) ISBN 156098774X Miles Davis--in the company of Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, and John Coltrane--is one of a handful of instrumental jazz innovators. Born in 1926 in Alton, Illinois, Davis learned to play trumpet in grade school. By the time he ...
12-15-78
by Jim Santella
The Kenny Burrell Trio recorded Live At The Village Vanguard and Kenny Burrell In New York on December 15, 1978; hence, the title for this two-disc reissue. It doesn’t get much better for those who appreciate a guitar trio performing mainstream jazz. Burrell combines a great respect for the lyrical with harmonic chorded lines and a ...
Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta
by C. Michael Bailey
By Robert Palmer Reprint, Viking Press, New York, 1995 ISBN 0140062238 Quantum Mechanics. One of the basic units of jazz is the blues. Therefore, it is appropriate that Michael Ricci would enlist the formidable talents of music journalist Ed Kopp to edit the All About Jazz Blues Section. In ...
What Jazz Is: An Insider's Guide to Understanding and Listening to Jazz
by AAJ Staff
By Ray Olson What Jazz Is: An Insider's Guide to Understanding and Listening to JazzJonny King Walker & Co (June 1997) ISBN 0802713289 There have been many jazz appreciation primers over the years, but none clearer and more accessible than King's, and, of course, his is up-to-date. A ...
Bouncing with Bud
by AAJ Staff
by Carl Smith Biddle Publishing Company, 1997 0-865-47490-7 Every once in a while, a fan does his compatriots a huge favor. That's the case of Carl Smith with “Bouncing with Bud." With great thoroughness and a loving touch, Smith has put together a book that is hugely valuable both to long-time Powell ...
Reading Jazz
by AAJ Staff
Edited by Robert Gottlieb Pantheon, 1997 0865474907 Reading Jazz looks daunting in its doorstop heft. “Autobiography, Reportage and Criticism" -- 1068 pages of it. But don't be frightened off.Certainly not meant for consumption in one long-haul read, this is a collection designed to be pulled out occasionally and thumbed through. It's a ...
Oscar Peterson: A Jazz Odyssey
by Kyle Simpler
...A Jazz Odyssey Oscar Peterson Richard Palmer (Editor) Continuum Books ISBN 0826458076 Anyone who has achieved a certain degree of fame has probably given some consideration to publishing an autobiography. In many cases, it’s usually best if these works never get beyond the thought process, simply ...
The Da Capo Jazz And Blues Lover's Guide to the U.S.
by AAJ Staff
The Da Capo Jazz And Blues Lover's Guide to the U.S. Third Edition (2001) Christiane Bird Da Capo Press ISBN: 0306810344 Ever found yourself in an unfamiliar city without any idea where to find some good jazz or blues? Christiane Bird has found a solution. If you take ...
The Jazz Fly
by Bob Jacobson
The Jazz Fly Matthew Gollub Karen Hanke Tortuga Press ISBN 1889910171 The Jazz Fly is one cute character, with big bug eyes (literally), decked out in black tie and tux. You see, he's a drummer late for his gig in the city. Trouble is, he doesn't know how ...
Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings
by Larry Koenigsberg
Peter Pettinger Yale University Press New Haven 1998 This is an exhaustive trawl through the work of Bill Evans, with characterizations of virtually every recorded track, whether created for posterity or bootlegged from a concert or broadcast. Evans’ work schedule gets a similar treatment, although the author implies that there are quite ...
