Jazz

Watching Jazz: Encounters with Jazz Performance on Screen is the first systematic study of jazz on screen media. Where earlier studies have focused almost entirely on the role and …

". . . [a] very readable dissection of all the different ways in which Herbie Hancock's 1973 album Head Hunters broke the mould. . . . An entertaining and thought-provoking …

A deeply researched and beautifully illustrated study of saxophone legend John Coltrane's signature album. Written with the full co-operation of the Coltrane family and featuring …

Is jazz a universal idiom or is it an African-American art form? Although whites have been playing jazz almost since it first developed, the history of jazz has been forged by a …

"e;Meticulously researched, detailed and documented, this long awaited overview justly establishes Konitz as one of the most consistently brilliant, adventurous and original …

Advancing the New Jazz Studies by focusing on questions of intermediality and cultural catalysis, this book demonstrates the role jazz played in the re-making of West German …

Sonny Rollins is the all-time greatest master of improvisation and one of the greatest living jazz musicians in the world. More importantly, he is an eager student on the path …

Ken Prouty argues that knowledge of jazz, or more to the point, claims to knowledge of jazz, are the prime movers in forming jazz's identity, its canon, and its community. Every …

The basis of a full-length documentary."e;Moondog is one of Americas great originals."e;Alan Rich, New York MagazineHere is a revised edition of a book that celebrates one …

Step into the limelight with this superb collection of 17 jazzy pieces for clarinet and piano! Extremely well-written with the Grade 2 to 5 clarinettist in mind, these idiomatic …