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Ajay Heble: Landing on the Wrong Note
by AAJ Staff
Landing on the Wrong Note: Jazz, Dissonance, and Critical Practice Ajay Heble Routledge, 2000 ISBN: 0415923484 Landing on the Wrong Note is a very serious book. (By definition, any work discussing the idea of dissonance in jazz must handle the matter with care in order to avoid becoming ...
Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn
by Kyle Simpler
Something to Live For Walter Van De Leur Oxford University Press ISBN: 0195124480 Legendary composer/arranger Billy Strayhorn became something of an overnight success, nearly thirty years after his death, when David Hajdu released his critically-acclaimed biography Lush Life in 1996. Now, Dutch musicologist, Walter Van de ...
The Da Capo Best Music Writing
by C. Michael Bailey
Reading music criticism has always been a dicey affair. But never one to shy away from reading better writers, I read the first two installments of the new Da Capo Press Series, The Da Capo Best Music Writing for the years 2000 and 2001. My first observation is the disclaimer to the editor?and readership of these ...
Metaphors for the Musician, Perspectives from a Jazz Pianist
by Jason West
Metaphors for the Musician Randy Halberstadt Sher Music Co. ISBN: 0-306-81066-2 A good instruction book on jazz can go along way in the inspiration and development of student musicians. A jazzman's tips, secrets, encouragement and advice are gold to young performers struggling to make it happen in the business. Luckily, ...
JAM: a Novel
by Kyle Simpler
JAM Alan Goldsher The Permanent Press ISBN: 0786884967 Frank Craft grew up as a self-proclaimed “jazz geek,” totally clueless about rock music. While his schoolmates were listening to Madonna and U2, Frank immersed himself in John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins. Oddly enough, a few years after he graduated from high ...
Nicky the Jazz Cat
by Jim Nelson
Nicky the Jazz Cat Carol Friedman Dominick Books ISBN: 0972609202 2003 I admire Carol Friedman, author and photographer of Nicky the Jazz Cat. Writing a children's book about jazz is not an obvious project. Kids have a multitude of entertainment options--from Game Boys to Harry Potter to The ...
John Coltrane: His Life and Music
by Victor L. Schermer
John Coltrane: His Life and Music Lewis Porter Univ of Michigan Press ISBN: 0472101617 This is a great big bear hug of a biography of one of the greatest jazz legends and jazz masters of all time. As with all great and legendary individuals, much has been written about John ...
John Coltrane: His Life and Music
by Gene Lees
John Coltrane: His Life and Music Lewis Porter Univ of Michigan Press ISBN: 0472101617 Thirty-one years after John Coltrane died, just short of forty-one years old, he remains an enigma, not to only to me but to the various persons who have attempted to capture his character in books. There ...
Time Will Tell: Conversations With Paul Bley
by Norman Weinstein
Time Will Tell: Conversations With Paul Bley Norman Meehan Berkeley Hills Books2003 Paul Bley's jazz career has been marked by a burning creative restlessness continually leading to new musical discoveries. An earlier book about Bley, Stopping Time, was a collaborative effort matching Bley the grand raconteur with writer David Lee. Time ...
Roy Eldridge, Little Jazz Giant
by Mark Rattner
Roy Eldridge, Little Jazz GiantAuthor: John ChiltonContinuum, August 2002456 pages, photos: 18 b/w halftonesISBN 0-8264-5692-8Known for his dazzling improvisational skills and intensely competitive nature, Roy Eldridge is generally regarded as a key instrumentalist of the swing era. His extroverted, virtuoso style influenced a generation of swing ...
