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  • Myself When I am Real

    The Life and Music of Charles Mingus

    by Gene Santoro ...
    Charles Mingus was one of the most innovative jazz musicians of the 20th Century, and ranks with Ives and Ellington as one of America's greatest composers. By temperament, he was a high-strung and sensitive romantic, a towering figure whose tempestuous personal life found powerfully coherent expression in the ever-shifting textures of his music. Now, acclaimed music critic Gene Santoro strips away ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Florida Soul

    From Ray Charles to KC and the Sunshine Band

    by John Capouya ...
    Florida Historical Society Charlton Tebeau AwardUniversity of Tampa College of Arts and Letters Outstanding Scholarship or Creative Work AwardWhen recalling the roots of soul music, most people are likely to name Memphis, Detroit, New Orleans, Muscle Shoals, or Macon. But Florida also has a rich soul music history—an important cultural legacy that has often gone unrecognized. Florida Soul ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Blue Trane

    La vita e la musica di John Coltrane

    by Lewis Porter ...
    John Coltrane, il più grande sax tenore di tutti i tempi, rimane oggi per molti versi una figura ancora misteriosa: ingabbiata nello stereotipo dell’artista geniale e maledetto ma non sufficientemente indagata e compresa. Questa biografia, la prima scritta da un musicista e studioso di jazz, colma un vuoto di cui da più parti si andava denunciando l’anacronismo. Frutto di quindici anni di ricerche ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Joe Pass Guitar Style

    by Joe Pass ...
    This is the internationally acclaimed Joe Pass guitar method in which Joe displays his mastery of the jazz guitar. Part One/Harmony, is divided into five sections on chord construction, embellishment, substitution, connection, and symmetric chords. Part Two/Melody, is divided into twelve sections, including chord scales, altered scales, ear training, whole tone scales, chord resolutions, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Real Book - Volume IV (B-flat Edition)

    (Fake Book). Since the 1970s, The Real Book has been the most popular book for gigging jazz musicians. Hal Leonard is proud to publish completely legal and legitimate editions of the original volumes as well as exciting new volumes to carry on the tradition to new generations of players in all styles of music! All the Real Books feature hundreds of time-tested songs in accurate arrangements in the ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Here Come The Nice

    The Small Faces – Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones were the epitome of cool. As well as being the sharpest looking band ever they were also brilliant both live on stage and in the studio. You would be hard pressed anywhere to find a band that displayed as much energy and passion as they did. There was also a generous camaraderie that flourished amongst themselves. Sadly, ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Improvising Jazz

    by Jerry Coker ...
    With musical scores and helpful charts, noted jazz educator and featured jazz soloist, Jerry Coker, gives the beginning performer and the curious listener insights into the art of jazz improvisation.Improvising Jazz gives the beginning performer and the curious listener alike insights into the art of jazz improvisation. Jerry Coker, teacher and noted jazz saxophonist, explains the major concepts ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Detroit 67

    The Year That Changed Soul

    Series series The Soul Trilogy
    First in the award-winning soul music trilogy—featuring Motown artists Diana Ross & the Supremes, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, and others.Detroit 67 is “a dramatic account of twelve remarkable months in the Motor City” during the year that changed everything (Sunday Mail). It takes you on a turbulent journey through the drama and chaos that ripped through the city in 1967 and tore it apart in ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Easily Slip into Another World

    A Life in Music

    **A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • An autobiography of one of the towering figures of contemporary American music and a powerful meditation on history, race, capitalism, and art.A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, NPR*, The New Yorker***Henry Threadgill has had a singular life in music. At 79, the saxophonist, flautist, and celebrated composer is one of three jazz artists ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Dorian Guitar Licks

    10 Original Smooth Jazz Licks with Audio & Video

    by Gareth Evans ...
    Series Book 2 - Modal Guitar Licks
    10 original smooth jazz guitar licks from the Dorian mode in tablature and notation for the progressing guitarist at intermediate level and above.53 bars of music over 10 licks (average lick length 5.3 bars)Video at full speed & Audio at full & half speed (Downloadable)Backing tracks at full and slower practise speeds (Downloadable)Scale diagrams with theory and technique tips for each lickGuitar ... Read more

    $2.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Stephane Grappelli: A Life in Jazz

    by Paul Balmer ...
    This riveting book by Paul Balmer is the definitive biography of a unique musician whose life spanned the 20th century.Stephane Grappelli's astonishing career ran on a parallel track to the history of Jazz itself. Born in Paris in 1908 Grappelli was to become a member of the greatest European Jazz band of them all - the pre-war Hot Club de France Quintet - playing Violin alongside gypsy Guitar ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • King of the Blues

    The Rise and Reign of B. B. King

    The first full and authoritative biography of an American—indeed a world-wide—musical and cultural legend“No one worked harder than B.B. No one inspired more up-and-coming artists. No one did more to spread the gospel of the blues.”—President Barack Obama“He is without a doubt the most important artist the blues has ever produced.”—Eric ClaptonRiley “Blues Boy” King (1925-2015) was born into deep ... Read more

    $21.99 USD $14.99 USD

  • Steady Rollin'

    by Bob Margolin ...
    Informed by my years as a professional Blues musician and writer for Blues Revue magazine, my eBook presents some of my best column, snapshots and the stories behind them, and (intentional) Blues fiction. It is updated with current introductions to each story or photo. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hear Me Talkin' to Ya

    Series series Dover Books On Music: History
    "Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn." — Charlie Parker"What is jazz? The rhythm — the feeling." — Coleman Hawkins"The best sound usually comes the first time you do something. If it's spontaneous, it's going to be rough, not clean, but it's going to have the spirit which is the essence of jazz." — Dave BrubeckHere, in ... Read more

    $16.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Jam: Sounds From The Street

    by Albert Jack ...
    FOREWORDPlenty has been written about The Jam over the years, some of it has been true, and some of it I didn’t recognise at all when I read it. When Albert told me earlier in the summer he was going to write a biography of the band I was surprised as I didn’t think there was much more to add to what has already been written. But in this case he seems to have found plenty more, some of it I had ... Read more

    $4.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Complete Classic Chicago Blues Harp

    by David Barrett ...
    This book is meant to take an instrument and musical styleand teach it to the people who made it so popular, the blues listening public. A comprehensive lesson and study book for the intermediate and advanced diatonic harmonica player, Classic Chicago Blues Harp presents techniques, progressive examples and accompanying twelve bar blues exercise and examples. Special attention is given to the ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Dangerous Rhythms

    Jazz and the Underworld

    by T. J. English ...
    From T. J. English, the New York Times bestselling author of Havana Nocturne, comes the epic, scintillating narrative of the interconnected worlds of jazz and organized crime in 20****th century America."[A] brilliant and courageous book." —Dr. Cornel WestDangerous Rhythms tells the symbiotic story of jazz and the underworld: a relationship fostered in some of 20th century America’s most notorious ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Memphis 68

    The Tragedy of Southern Soul

    Series series The Soul Trilogy
    Second in the award-winning soul music trilogy following Detroit 67—featuring Memphis artists Isaac Hayes, Mahalia Jackson, Otis Redding, and others.In the 1950s and 1960s, Memphis, Tennessee, was the launchpad for musical pioneers such as Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Al Green, and Isaac Hayes, and by 1968, it was a city synonymous with soul music. It was a deeply segregated city, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

    Aretha Franklin, Respect, and the Making of a Soul Music Masterpiece

    by Matt Dobkin ...
    I Never Loved a Man the Way I Loved You: Aretha Franklin, Respect, and the Making of a Soul Music Masterpiece presents the remarkable story of how The Queen of Soul created what Rolling Stone called “the greatest soul album ever made.”The album she recorded that earned soul legend Aretha Franklin her first major hits after eleven previous efforts, I Never Loved A Man the Way I Loved You was a pop ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Historia del jazz

    by Ted Gioia ...
    Translated by Paul Silles ...
    Series series Noema
    Músico e historiador, Ted Gioia une en Historia del jazz los conocimientos del erudito con las virtudes expresivas del divulgador entusiasta para componer el más completo panorama de este género: desde su prehistoria y la temprana africanización de la música americana, hasta las semblanzas de las grandes figuras del siglo XX y de los distintos estilos y geografías. Una autorizada obra de ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Stride Guitar

    by Guy Van Duser ...
    Seven outstanding solos in the Fats Waller post-ragtime style that gain a totally new flavor and life when played on fingerstyle guitar! In notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio. ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs vol 2: From the Million Dollar Quartet to the Fab Four

    A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs, #2

    by Andrew Hickey ...
    Series Book 2 - A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
    In this series of books, based on the hit podcast A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs, Andrew Hickey analyses the history of rock and roll music, from its origins in swing, Western swing, boogie woogie, and gospel, through to the 1990s, grunge, and Britpop. Looking at five hundred representative songs, he tells the story of the musicians who made those records, the society that produced them, and ... Read more

    $5.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gary Moore

    The Official Biography

    by Harry Shapiro ...
    "Gary Moore is definitely in my list of top five guitar influences, right up there with Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Michael Schenker. He just blew me away from the first time I heard him." Kirk Hammett"The most powerful, genuine, authentic blues-rock guitarist of his day." Jack Bruce"Gary opened the door for me and a lot of other blues-rock guitarists. He was a legend, a ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Led Zeppelin

    All the Albums, All the Songs

    by Martin Popoff ...
    This expanded edition of Led Zeppelin: All the Albums, All the Songs breaks down one of the world’s most prolific bands—track by track, album by album.Formed by the unlikely alliance of two ace London studio musicians and two bar-band bumpkins from the north, Led Zeppelin went on to create the template for the modern marauding rock ‘n’ roll band. Though Zeppelin is often described as “heavy,” any ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus