5,074円 Jazz photography has attracted increasing attention in recent years. Photographs of musicians are popular with enthusiasts, while historians and critics are keen to incorporate photographs as illustrations. Yet there has been little interrogation of these photographs and it is noticeable that wha...

3,329円 Jazz Fiction: Take Two is the sequel to Jazz Fiction: A History and Comprehensive Reader’s Guide (2008). The earlier work filled a pressing need in jazz studies by identifying and discussing 700 works of fiction with a jazz component. Take Two surveys over 500 newer works of jazz-inflected fictio...

9,285円 Jazz and Death: Reception, Rituals, and Representations critically examines the myriad and complex interactions between jazz and death, from the New Orleans "jazz funeral" to jazz in heaven or hell, final recordings, jazz monuments, and the music’s own presumed death. It looks at how fans, critic...

827円 The Timeless Sound of Burt Bacharach:A Life in music is a comprehensive biography of one of the most innovative and influential composers and songwriters of the 20th century. Burt Bacharach's music has become synonymous with the sound of the 1960s and 1970s, and his innovative blend of pop, soul,...

993円 In this in-depth biography, The legendary guitarist delve into the life and career of guitar legend Jeff Beck. From his early days as a member of The Yardbirds to his successful solo career, this book offers a comprehensive look at Beck's musical journey. Explore his unique guitar playing style, ...

3,714円 For more than seven decades Nick Lucas was an entertainer, beginning as a child street musician and becoming one of the most popular singer-guitarists of all time. He was a popular sideman in bands, and his solo career conquered radio, recordings, vaudeville, Broadway, films, night clubs and tele...

332円 Though first published in 1987, the Duke's music is timeless, and this excellent book, written by musicologist Peter Gammond, is now available as a modestly priced ebook. With numerous black & white historic photos, the readable narrative provides a chronological history of Duke Ellington's music...

391円 Fifty five years after it was first released, the best-selling Know About Jazz compendium is being re-released as an Ebook by G2. Written by Peter Clayton, who from October 1968 until his death in August 1991, presented jazz recordings, interviews, studio performances, and live performances on BB...

2,400円 Jazz dance and its inherent music is recognized as one of the original and most potent art forms of the last two centuries. From its African roots to our present-day global dance community, the jazz idiom has afforded a cross-fertilization with all other artistic, cultural and social representati...

1,599円 This is the full eBook edition of How to Play Jazz Piano in fixed-layout format with downloadable audio. Discover Pam Wedgwood's exciting world of jazz piano! This is a fun and simple introduction for young players with a basic knowledge of how to play the piano (about Grade 2 standard). It inclu...

1,360円 The colourful story of the 80-year-old saxophone player and singer affectionately know as The King of The Swingers. Paddy Cole has taken his style of Jazz, Dixieland and Swing band music all over the world – and back home too. Paddy Cole is the grand old man of Irish Showbiz who still is young at...

4,222円 Nat Hentoff, renowned jazz critic, civil liberties activist, and fearless contrarianー"I’m a Jewish atheist civil-libertarian pro-lifer"ーhas lived through much of jazz’s history and has known many of jazz’s most important figures, often as friend and confidant. Hentoff has been a tireless advoca...