1,600円 L’histoire de l’auteur, enfant du siècle des sixties, se confond avec celle d’une génération née en même temps que l’irruption de nouvelles musiques qui ont été de vrais marqueurs de cette période de la seconde moitié du vingtième siècle. La découverte de ces musiques lui a permis de se découvrir...

388円 Welcome to the June 2023 edition of Pump it up Magazine! This month, we proudly feature Jan Daley as our cover girl, celebrating her induction into the Women Songwriters Hall of Fame with her powerful single, 'The Way of a Woman,' addressing the issue of cheating in relationships. Join us as we e...

1,760円 A Living Jazz Legend, musician and composer David Baker has made a distinctive mark on the world of music in his nearly 60-year careerーas player (chiefly on trombone and cello), composer, and educator. In this richly illustrated volume, Monika Herzig explores Baker's artistic legacy, from his da...

1,440円 "Youngquist brings considerable skills to the life and work of the legendary but underappreciated and often misunderstood composer, keyboardist, and poet." ー PopMatters Sun Ra said he came from Saturn. Known on earth for his inventive music and extravagant stage shows, he pioneered free-form imp...

1,440円 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was one of jazz's greatest innovators. Join Bill Gutman as he explores the fascinating life of this legend from his birth at the turn of the century to his death at the age of seventy‑five. Interviewing Duke's friends, fans, and fellow musicians, Gutman documents t...

3,040円 Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet tackles a controversial question: Is jazz the product of an insulated African-American environment, shut off from the rest of society by strictures of segregation and discrimination, or is it more properly understood as the juncture of a wide variety of inf...

24円 "Sites provides crucial context on how Chicago's Afrocentrist philosophy, religion, and jazz scenes helped turn Blount into Sun Ra. " ー Chicago Reader Sun Ra (1914–93) was one of the most wildly prolific and unfailingly eccentric figures in the history of music. Renowned for extravagant performa...

1,760円 The essential collection of jazz writing by the celebrated poet and author of Blues Peopleーreissued with a new introduction by the author. In the 1960s, LeRoi Jonesーwho would later be known as Amiri Barakaーwas a pioneering jazz critic, articulating in real time the incredible transformations o...

2,320円 "Fascinating reading . . . [a] portrait of an innovative artist who discovered new ways of connecting musical and spiritual practices." ーGeorge Lewis, Case Professor of American Music, Columbia University Alice Coltrane was a composer, improviser, guru, and widow of John Coltrane. Over the cours...

800円 A collection of articles on and interviews with jazz greats Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Wynton Marsalis, Miles Davis, and others. Howard Reich has reported on jazz for the Chicago Tribune for almost four decades, and in this time, he has met musicians both celebrated and o...

1,760円 A lively look at the long career of these legendary musicians, from a Storyville dance hall to the White House and beyond. In 1910, the Tuxedo Jazz Band played its first show at the Tuxedo Dance Hall in Storyville under Oscar Celestin. The popular ensemble would go on to play all over New Orleans...

4,227円 As an innovative and constantly inventive jazz pianist, Brad Mehldau has attracted a sizable following over the years, one that has grown to expect a singular, intense experience from his performances. With Formation, Brad seeks to extend that experience to the page, by sharing some of the deeply...