Jazz

When a jazz hero dies, rumors, speculation, gossip, and legend can muddle the real cause of death. In this book, Frederick J. Spencer conducts an inquest on how jazz greats lived …

This book is a study of a crucial period in the life of American jazz and popular music. Pearl Harbor Jazz analyses the changes in the world of the professional musician brought …

Up-Grade! Jazz Piano Grades 1-2 is guaranteed to breathe new life into your piano playing. The varied pieces in this lively collection are demonstrated on the online audio and …

If you want a closer look into what happened with Miles Davis' music in the 1980's, this is the book for you.10 years ago I planned an updated Danish version of my dissertation …

This biography examines the life of the West Indian singer-pianist Leslie Hutchinson who achieved international stardom and riches in the 1920s and 1930s.

Ragtime, the jaunty, toe-tapping music that captivated American society from the 1890s through World War I, forms the roots of America’s popular musical expression. But the …

It would be no exaggeration to call Charles Mingus the greatest bass player in the history of jazz indeed, some might even regard it as understatement, for the hurricane power of …

Thirty years of collecting and 15 years of research have resulted in this discography that features all known recordings, transcriptions, and films made by Cole until 1950, when …

WINNER: 2014 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title AwardAnalyzes two groups of "e;musical novels"e; -- novels that take music as a model for their construction -- including …

Gene Lees is probably the best jazz essayist in America today, and the book that consolidated his reputation was Singers and the Song, which appeared in 1987. Now this classic …