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Serie: Studies in jazz
GebondenEngels9780810826915
1-10-1993
Duvivier's reflections on growing up in Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s, the evolution of the bass, life in the commercial studios, and his memories of close associates. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780810850071
4-10-2004
This biography reveals the lost history of the life of the first Black female international superstar. Mills was lionized by the crowned heads in Europe and opened doors for generations of Black female stars from Lena Horn to Diana Ross. Meer
GebondenEngels9780810876859
25-6-2010
This work brings to light nearly 100 'new' recordings, broadcasts, and films discovered since the last Benny Goodman bio-discography published in 1996. Meer
GebondenEngels9780810888364
12-9-2014
Jazz Child: A Portrait of Sheila Jordan is the complete biography of the first female jazz vocalist to record on the prestigious Blue Note record label. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780810852846
27-7-2006
Music and the Creative Spirit is a book of interviews with today's innovators in Jazz, Improvisation, and the Avant Garde, including Pat Metheny, Regina Carter, Fred Anderson, John Zorn, Joshua Redman, and others. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780810853508
9-11-2004
An Unsung Cat explores the life and music of jazz saxophonist, Warne Marsh. The book also offers an extensively researched discography and photographs that reveal the public and private face of this unique performer. Meer
GebondenEngels9780810867215
24-8-2009
This is the first comprehensive study of the music and life of Theodore 'Fats' Navarro. It provides biographical, discographical, and analytical information on the trumpeter and his recorded legacy, offering new perspectives on Navarro's role in the history and emergence of Bebop. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780810861435
16-10-2008
The Contradictions of Jazz examines four pairs of opposites in jazz-freedom and responsibility, creativity and tradition, individualism and interconnectedness, and assertion and openness-and explores their position and presence in jazz to create a humanistic and existential view of the genre. Meer
GebondenEngels9780810845862
4-3-2003
Terry Gibbs, jazz vibraphonist and bandleader, was 12 years old when he began his career as a professional musician. This autobiography tracks jazz from the turbulent post-war years through the rise of bebop, traversing its changes through the eyes of a practitioner. Meer
GebondenEngels9780810839076
11-4-2001
Jazz in New Orleans provides accurate information about, and an insightful interpretation of, jazz in New Orleans from the end of World War II through 1970. Meer
GebondenEngels9780810843233
11-11-2002
This work not only discusses Blanchard's music and movies, but also provides an overview of the society in which Blanchard was raised, including the influence of slain civil rights leaders Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr, and the prejudices he faced growing up with segregation. Meer
GebondenEngels9780810858893
29-11-2007
More than a discography, this book compiles the complete recorded music of Duke Ellington and his sidemen, including studio recordings, movie soundtracks, concerts, dance dates, radio broadcasts, telecasts, and private recordings, creating an easy to use reference source for Jazz collectors and scholars. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780810859074
6-11-2007
Jazz Fiction traces the history of jazz stories and novels from the beginning to the present and provides discussions of several persistent topics and genres within this history. Meer
GebondenEngels9780810859463
27-6-2008
Mission Impossible: My Life in Music is the engaging autobiography of Lalo Schifrin, the musician, conductor, and composer of more than 60 jazz and classical works and over 100 film and television scores including Mission Impossible. Meer
GebondenEngels9780810876927
9-7-2010
This is the first biography of jazz clarinetist Kenny Davern. Drawing from Davern's many interviews and the recollections of his friends and family, Meyer tells the story of the man and his music and why both were unique and irreplaceable. Meer
GebondenEngels9780810882041
19-12-2012