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Thelonious, the Onliest
by R.J. DeLuke
The Thelonious Monk ReaderRob van der BliekOxford Univ PressISBN: 019512166X The “Reader” series on great jazz artists is a great idea, and the continuation of the project in the subject of Thelonious Sphere Monk is particularly welcome.“The Thelonious Monk Reader,” (Oxford University Press, 286 pages) ...
Grant Green
by Larry Grogan
By Sharony Andrews Green Miller Freeman Books To fans of the Blue Note label - and in the history of jazz there has never been a label with such a clearly defined ethos or sense of purpose - the name Grant Green is a very familiar one. Like label mate Bobby Hutcherson, Green was ...
Rent Party Jazz
by Bob Jacobson
Rent Party Jazz William Miller & Charlotte Riley-Webb Lee & Low Books ISBN: 1584300256 Until about fifteen years ago someone looking for children's books about music could find little other than barnyard animals playing instruments or Instruments of the Orchestra-type books. Since then children's literature has undergone an ...
Musichound R&B & Blues: The Essential Album Guide
by AAJ Staff
Musichound R&B and Musichound Blues Visible Ink Press I love record guides. I read record guides. I don’t just thumb through them looking for assessments of particular recordings or artists, I read these things for pleasure. Sick I know, but if pressed to name my favorite form of literature I’d have to fess up ...
MusicHound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide
by AAJ Staff
Edited by Steve Holtje and Nancy Ann Lee Visible Ink Press, 1998 ISBN 1-57859-031-0 Finally, after publishing big fat guides to rock, country, folk, blues and (Good Lord!) lounge, the MusicHound series now includes a survey of jazz recordings.Like the other books in the series, the jazz book is extremely ...
Jazz for Dummies
by AAJ Staff
Dirk Sutro IDG Books, 1998 ISBN 0-7645-5081-0 Jazz For Dummies is the essential guide to jazz! Jazz fans, both neophytes and aficionados, will find a wealth of information here. Essential elements of jazz are explained in straightforward language, and the music's history is thoroughly covered, from New Orleans to avant-garde and acid ...
Rockers, Jazzbos & Visionaries
by AAJ Staff
Bill Milkowski Billboard Books, 1998 0-8230-7833-7 As a reporter, part of writing a good profile piece is knowing when to step out of the way to let your subject shine through. Let the person you're writing about speak for him or herself. Let the cadence of your subject's voice, or the choice ...
Giant Steps: Bebop and the Creators of Modern Jazz 1945-65
by Bob Powers
Kenny Mathieson Payback Press, 1999 339 pages ISBN 0862418593 With his book about the emergence of bebop, writer Kenny Mathieson has performed a necessary service for the casual jazz fan, along with enough solid information to please the fastidious and musically aware devotee.“Giant Steps: Bebop and the Creators ...
Jazz Style in Kansas City
by Larry Koenigsberg
Jazz Style in Kansas City Ross Russell Da Capo Press 1997 As Russell describes it, the Kansas City jazz scene was founded on the combination of isolation from the jazz mainstream in Chicago and New York, and a vital night life that was depression-proof and unaffected by Prohibition, protected by ...
A Century of Jazz
by Joel Roberts
A Century of Jazz Roy Carr Da Capo Press, 1997 0-883318-40-8 1997 is probably as good a year as any to celebrate the centenary of jazz. Using the earliest known reference to legendary New Orleans trumpeter Buddy Bolden as a starting point, Roy Carr and a team of British writers and editors ...
