4,222円 The neglected small group swing sound of the 1940s–60s takes its place in the pantheon of jazz literature. Finalist for the 2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Performing Arts & Music category Jazz with a Beat is the first book on the often overlooked but vitally important genre of...

661円 Unravel the story of Louis Armstrong, the jazz legend who captivated the world. From his humble New Orleans beginnings to global fame, this biography delves into Armstrong's remarkable career. Explore his groundbreaking music, complex personal life (including the revelation of his secret daughter...

4,510円 Winner, 2023 Columbia University Press Distinguished Book Award Finalist, 2023 Pauli Murray Book Prize in Black Intellectual History, African American Intellectual History Society Shortlisted, Historical Nonfiction Legacy Award, Hurston / Wright Foundation Ralph Ellison famously characterized ens...

1,657円 L’idea di un nuovo dizionario del jazz nasce dall’esigenza di aggiornarsi all’uso e consumo di questa “musica dei sensi”. La sua fruizione e conoscenza, infatti, sembra tornata alle origini, quando i fragili 78 giri suonati sui grammofoni consentivano di ascoltare un pezzo alla volta, così come o...

1,440円 Explore the history of the artists who contributed to the Gateway City's jazz scene and the world of music. In the early twentieth century, St. Louis was a hotbed for ragtime and blues, both roots of jazz music. In 1914, Jelly Roll Morton brought his music to the area. In 1919, Louis Armstrong ca...

2,080円 A CLASH MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 A lively, subversive history of the new UK jazz wave, encapsulating its revolutionary spirit and tracing its foundations to birth of the genre itself. 'Not solely a book about jazz, or even a nascent cultural shift; it's a record of a pivotal moment in UK his...

4,087円 The Gospel Coaltion Award of DistinctionーArts and Culture ECPA Top Shelf Award Winner For practitioners and fans, jazz expresses the deepest meanings of life. Its rich history and its distinctive elements like improvisation and syncopation unite to create an unrepeatable and inexpressible aesthe...

4,785円 A concise history of early jazz, from its major innovators to its unrecognized heroes. Early Jazz is an overview of the beginnings of jazz from its nineteenth-century roots through 1929, when elements of the Swing Era began to emerge. It is the first book on early jazz history in over fifty years...

1,614円 What I didn’t know [when starting to research and write this book]: I would become full-on, hopelessly obsessed with finding out every arcane detail about the artists gathered in these pages, whether they are living or long gone. Those myriad facts are puzzle pieces thatーeven though some pieces ...

1,549円 Once you've collected every 7" from your favorite label, broken your back in the mosh pit, and become so well-versed in the interpersonal dynamics of every hardcore band that there's nothing more to learn, what's a punk to do? Try jazz, recommends Bob Suren. No, really. Suren, who wrote Crate Dig...

790円 El presente libro es una obra de investigación que se aproxima a la relación existente entre el noveno arte y la disciplina musical del jazz, a través del estudio y análisis de cuatro novelas gráficas seleccionadas: Hate Jazz (Horacio Altuna/Jorge González), Hot Jazz (Hunt Emerson), Montoliu play...

888円 Dive into the electrifying realm of rock 'n' roll with Alice Cooper's Biography The Untold Story of Alice Cooper'. Delve into the captivating life of Vincent Furnier, the mastermind behind the iconic persona. From humble beginnings in Detroit to reaching the pinnacle of fame, this narrative captu...