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Deep down in music
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Leslie Gourse |
Presents the lives and artistry of notable jazz bassists, traces their influence on one another, and investigates the impact of various innovations on the development of jazz music. |
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Jazz heritage
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Martin Williams |
Jazz Heritage brings together twenty years' of reviews, musicians' profiles, and critical essays by the renowned critic Martin Williams. This companion volume to the prize-winning The Jazz Tradition … |
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Giants of jazz ; sketches by Robert Galster
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Studs Terkel |
Brief biographies of thirteen jazz musicians who have made major contributions to the development of this form of music. |
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Jazz in the bittersweet blues of life
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Carl Vigeland,Wynton Marsalis |
As Carl Vigeland went on tour with Wynton Marsalis and his septet, he witnessed "their relationships with their audiences, their art, and each other. At the same time, Marsalis takes us into the hear… |
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Bat and Rat
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Patrick Jennings |
One night at the Hotel Midnight, the lyrics written and sung by jazz musician Rat are those inspired by his friendship with Bat, who plays the piano and writes the tunes. |
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Pops
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Terry Teachout |
Draws on previously unavailable sources, including hundreds of private recordings made throughout the second half of the jazz master's life, to assess his artistic achievements and personal life. |
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The jazz age
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Arnold Shaw |
F. Scott Fitzgerald named it, Louis Armstrong launched it, Paul Whiteman and Fletcher Henderson orchestrated it, and now Arnold Shaw chronicles this fabulous era in his marvelously engrossing book, a… |
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Charlie Parker Played Be Bop
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Christopher Raschka |
Introduces the famous saxophonist and his style of jazz known as bebop. |
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