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You Can't Steal a Gift: Dizzy, Clark, Milt, and Nat
by Kyle Simpler
You Can't Steal a Gift Gene Lees Yale University Press ISBN: 15843002 When Gene Lees left Canada in 1955 to come to the United States, he had no idea what was awaiting him. Within a few years after his arrival, he landed the prestigious position of editor for ...
Fats Waller The Cheerful Little Earful
by Kyle Simpler
Fats Waller... Alyn Shipton Continuum Books ISBN 0826457967 The jazz world has its share of legendary figures, and Thomas “Fats” Waller ranks as one of the most memorable. His enormous talent and humor are only paralleled by his infamous hedonistic lifestyle. Obviously, Waller often approached life like an ...
Cookin': Hard Bop and Soul Jazz
by Kyle Simpler
Cookin.'.. Kenny Mathieson Canongate Books ISBN 1841952397 Music, much like language, never stays in one place too long; it continuously changes and develops. When bebop came onto the jazz scene, for example, it didn't take long for this evolutionary process to begin. One of bebop's most exciting offshoots ...
Bill Evans, The Pianist as an Artist
by Kyle Simpler
The Pianist as an Artist Enrico Pieranunzi Continuum Books ISBN: 0826457967 Many professional musicians possess a great talent, but only a few achieve a level of true greatness. The legendary pianist, Bill Evans definitely fits into this second category. Evans left an indelible mark on the history of jazz. Even ...
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 ...
Getting Sentimental Over You
by Kyle Simpler
Getting Sentimental Over You Roger Karshner Noble Porter ISBN 0963414747 Roger and Kristen Warner are moving into a Cincinnati residential area, when their new next door neighbor, Noble Johnson, is gracious enough to help them carry a few belongings. Later that day, he invites the couple to visit with him ...
A New History of Jazz
by Kyle Simpler
A New History of Jazz Alyn Shipton Continuum Books ISBN: 0826447546 When the Ken Burns television documentary, Jazz, aired earlier this year, it left many jazz fans feeling somewhat dissatisfied. Admittedly, telling the entire story of jazz provides any historian with a great challenge""one difficult to approach while ...
Boston Boy: Growing Up with Jazz
by Kyle Simpler
Boston Boy Nat Hentoff Paul Dry Books ISBN: 096796752X
Afro-Cuban Jazz
by Kyle Simpler
Afro-Cuban Jazz Scott Yanow Miller Freeman Books ISBN: 087930619X Considering the rising popularity of latin music, it seems only natural that someone would come out with a guide to Afro-Cuban Jazz—ideal territory for Miller-Freeman’s Third Ear series. Third Ear offers music listeners an in-depth look into genres that might not ...
Jazz: A Visual Journey
by Kyle Simpler
Jazz: A Visual Journey Herb Snitzer Notables Incorporated ISBN: 0967671507 Great photographers often have an area of interest that becomes a central theme in their work. When you think of Ansel Adams, for example, you naturally imagine Yosemite; or with Annie Lebovitz, popular celebrities come to mind. In the case ...
