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Too many jazz fans and critics--and even some jazz musicians--still contend that white players have contributed little of substance to the music; ... More

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In a series of vividly drawn portraits and intimate interviews with musicians, composers, experimenters, and club owners, Mandel captures the ... More

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Philip Larkin (1922-85) was not only one of the foremost English poets of the twentieth century, but also a notable novelist and a distinguished ... More

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Bringing the same fresh and engaging approach to music that characterized his critically acclaimed "Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis ... More

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Nat "King" Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Sara Vaughan are among the 20 vocalists featured in lively interviews by commentators such as ... More

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From a preeminent--and always controversial--jazz critic and intellectual firebrand comes the long-awaited collections of essential essays on the ... More

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Improvisation, swing, blue notes, glissando, scat...these and other ingredients have made jazz a unique musical genre, unmistakable and loved in ... More

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In a piano factory tucked away in Richmond, Indiana, Gennett Records produced thousands of records featuring obscure musicians from hotel orchestras ... More

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Alyn Shipton is on the editorial board of the new Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz, to be released in late 2006, and this new edition of "A New ... More

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Features articles and reviews on the Ellington legacy, George Duvivier, Milt Hinton, John Coltrane, a bibliography of British jazz periodicals, an ... More

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The Fabulous George Lewis Band tells the fascinating story of legendary American jazz clarinetist George Lewis through a dialogue between Nick ... More

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This compilation of jazz during the 20th century chronicles the history, the people, and the style of jazz. Organized by year and style, this highly ... More

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The definitive volume on the sounds of swing, The Big Bands is a complete story of hundreds of bands, bandleaders, vocalists, and instrumentalists.

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From its birth at the beginning of the century, throughout its many subsequent twists and turns, jazz has evolved into one of music's most popular ... More

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The word "jazz" did not appear in print until around 1915 and was only grudgingly admitted into polite discourse. "The Language of Jazz" explores the ... More

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The Annual Review of Jazz Studies (ARJS) is a journal providing a forum for the ever expanding range and depth of jazz scholarship, from technical ... More

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Includes articles on the seminal guitarist Charlie Christian, Ornette Coleman, Arthur Taylor, and a proposed standard method of notating melodic ... More

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The family of musical styles known as jazz came into being around 1900 as several popular black musical idioms coalesced. This free-flowing, ... More

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Features Lester Young, early black recording, Earl Hines, jazz and bop harmony.

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With a wealth of technical detail that distinguishes it from other run-of-the-mill books on the making of an album, this in-depth reference ... More

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This twelfth volume of the Annual Review celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Institute of Jazz Studies and features articles covering subjects ... More

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The Annual Review of Jazz Studies (ARJS) is a journal providing a forum for the ever expanding range and depth of jazz scholarship, from technical ... More

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Entre los acelerados cambios y estimulos de los anos 1960 y los anos 70, Impulse Records represento y marco el sonido de la tradicion del jazz y la ... More

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Jazz: Essential Listening provides all the materials students need to listen to, understand, and love jazz. Written by two master storytellers, this ... More

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