Jazz

Lester Young fading away in a hotel room; Charles Mingus storming down the streets of New York on a too-small bicycle; Thelonius Monk creating his own private language on the …

(Fake Book). A new low voice edition of nearly 300 songs picked especially for vocalists Includes: Ain't Misbehavin' * All the Way * Bali Ha'i * Be Careful, It's My Heart * Bein' …

In this classic account of the new black music of the 1960s and 70s, celebrated photographer and jazz historian Val Wilmer tells the story of how a generation of revolutionary …

'The first serious attempt to analyse pop culture by someone who was part of it.' Julian Mitchell, GuardianThe redoubtable George Melly (1926-2007): flamboyant jazz singer, …

The Grammy Award-winner and author of Blood on the Fields--the first and only jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize--passes on his wisdom, highlighting the importance of …

Most listeners prefer tonal music to atonal music, but what exactly is the difference between them? In this groundbreaking work, author Dmitri Tymoczko identifies five basic …

Don Cheadle directed, co-wrote, and stars in the film Miles Ahead , which will be released by Sony Pictures in April 2016. This acclaimed tribute to the most popular jazz album of …

An updated new edition of Ted Gioia's acclaimed compendium of jazz standards, featuring 15 additional selections, hundreds of additional recommended tracks, and enhancements and …

Within one of the most complex musical categories yet to surface, Cal Tjader quietly pioneered the genre as a jazz vibraphonist, composer, arranger and bandleader from the 1950s …

Jan Bruérs och Lars Westins numera klassiska bok (den första upplagan kom redan 1974) om jazzens historia och utveckling förmedlar på minimalt utrymme maximalt om en hundraårig …