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Deep down in music Deep down in music 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. OL108347W
Jazz heritage Jazz heritage 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 … OL11318759W
Bud, Not Buddy Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis,Alberto Jimenez Rioja,aa,Reginald André Jackson It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him: 1. He has his own suitcase filled with his own i… OL115602W
Duke Ellington and his world Duke Ellington and his world 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… OL12006036W
Backstory in blue Backstory in blue John Fass Morton "It may be that the song most baby boomers identify from July 1956 is a simple twelve-bar blues, hyped on national television by a twenty-one-year-old Elvis Presley and his handlers. But it is a very… OL12047070W
Giants of jazz ; sketches by Robert Galster Giants of jazz ; sketches by Robert Galster Studs Terkel Brief biographies of thirteen jazz musicians who have made major contributions to the development of this form of music. OL13305829W
The jazz bass book The jazz bass book John Goldsby "Tim Buckley was a spectacularly accomplished vocalist and arguably the most innovative, multi-dimensional songwriter of his generation. He attained popular stardom in the '60s, tumbled into obscurit… OL13597844W
Lady sings the blues Lady sings the blues Billie Holiday The autobiography of the famous jazz singer, describing her life from her childhood in the Baltimore slums to the drug addiction that tarnished her success. OL15144433W
To a Young Jazz Musician To a Young Jazz Musician Selwyn Seyfu Hinds,Wynton Marsalis In To a Young Jazz Musician, the renowned jazz musician and Pulitzer Prize--winning composer Wynton Marsalis gives us an invaluable guide to making good music--and to leading a good life.Writing from… OL15176468W
WALLS OF SOUND WALLS OF SOUND Oz Almog Only very few people are aware of the fact that many popular melodies and compositions such as “God bless America“, “The Christmas Song“, “Edelweiß“, “An der schönen blauen Donau“, “Hello Dolly“ or “… OL15305682W
Jazz in the bittersweet blues of life Jazz in the bittersweet blues of life 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… OL15837380W
The jazz fly The jazz fly Matthew Gollub While seeking directions to town, a fly picks up the rhythm of the answers he gets from a frog, a hog, a donkey, and a dog, and then uses these sounds to jazz up his band's music. OL15837393W
Acoustic Rooster and his barnyard band Acoustic Rooster and his barnyard band Tim Bowers,Kwame Alexander Acoustic Rooster forms a jazz band with Duck Ellington, Bee Holliday, and Pepe Ernesto Cruz to compete in the annual Barnyard Talent Show against such greats as Thelonius Steer, Mules Davis, and Ella… OL15884199W
John Coltrane John Coltrane John Selfridge Summary: Traces the life of the innovative jazz saxophonist and the evolution of his music. OL16026145W
Blues for bird Blues for bird James Martin Gray "Blues for Bird is Martin Gray's biography of Charlie Parker. Written entirely in trimeter, the epic biographical poem dances nimbly along in a way that echoes Bird's blazing, fast-fingered solos. Gr… OL1692150W
Annual Review of Jazz Studies 14 Annual Review of Jazz Studies 14 SPRING/BASSETT/BERGER/MARTIN/MORGENSTERN 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 analyses to oral history to cultural interpretation.… OL16947435W
Anyone who had a heart Anyone who had a heart Burt Bacharach Over the past six decades, Burt Bacharach's songwriting has touched millions of listeners all over the world. Here, Bacharach steps out from behind the music to give an honest, engaging look at his l… OL17099530W
The Penguin Quartet The Penguin Quartet Peter Arrhenius Tired of watching over their soon-to-be-hatched eggs, four father penguins form a jazz band and travel to New York to play at all the coolest clubs. OL17836017W
Beneath the neon egg Beneath the neon egg Thomas E. Kennedy Irish-American Patrick Bluett starts over in the underworld of Copenhagen while befriending a fellow divorcee and becoming entangled with a Russian prostitute. OL17878649W
The Cambridge Companion to Jazz (Cambridge Companions to Music) The Cambridge Companion to Jazz (Cambridge Companions to Music) Horn, David,Mervyn Cooke Notes -- Works cited -- Principal musicians cited -- Index. OL19349878W
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