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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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Duke Ellington and his world
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A. H Lawrence |
"Based on lengthy interviews with Ellington's bandmates, family, and friends, Duke Ellington and His World offers a new look at this legendary composer. The first biography of the composer written by… |
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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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So what
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John F. Szwed |
Based on interviews with family and friends, this account of the jazz great's life reveals the influence of Miles Davis' life on his work as well as the musician's persistent desire to re-invent hims… |
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Oscar Peterson
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Jack Batten |
This book is the story of a black kid from a Montreal ghetto who reached accliam in the great music halls of the world. |
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Great African Americans in jazz
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Carlotta Hacker |
Profiles of thirteen African American jazz musicians, including Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, and Billie Holiday. |
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La Légende du jazz
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Roy Carr,Jacques Chesnel |
Histoire abondamment illustrée du jazz : les artistes, les lieux, la discographie. Les différents styles y sont présentés en détail : du New Orleans à l'acid jazz, en passant par le be-bop, le soul m… |
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Classic jazz
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Floyd Levin |
"Floyd Levin, an award-winning jazz writer, has personally known many of the jazz greats who contributed to the music's colorful history. In this collection of his articles, published mostly in jazz … |
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Le blues dans la peau
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Ray Charles |
L'autobiographie sans fard du génie de la soul, mort en juin 2004. |
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American jazz musicians
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Stanley I. Mour |
Profiles ten notable jazz musicians, including Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis. |
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Black bottom stomp
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David A. Jasen |
"Black Bottom Stomp: Eight Masters of Ragtime and Early Jazz tells the compelling stories of the lives and times of eight seminal figures in American music, including Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong, a… |
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Castles Made of Sound
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Larry Hicock |
"Gil Evans was once described by Miles Davis as "the greatest musician in the world," yet for decades he remained an industry secret, one of the least publicized revolutionaries in jazz. Behind the s… |
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