Blues category: 910 books

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Here is a complete workout in which you will learn rhythm guitar parts, turnaround licks, soloing exercises, and a fully-transcribed solo from Jon Finn. You learn not only what to play, but when, where, and why. This book is a big step forward in decoding the mysteries of what is a very simple but elusive style to truly master. Includes access to online audio.

"Josh Alan Friedman has chops like a wolf. The French had a phrase for his tropism for the seedy, the gutter, the outcasts: nostalgie de la boue. This book deserves wide attention." --Jerry Wexler, co-founder of Atlantic Records "A can't-put-it-down rock 'n' roll read ... a must for...

Dal 1988, sull’Appennino tosco-emiliano, si svolge una rassegna dedicata interamente al soul. Sì, proprio la musica scaturita dall’incontro di jazz, blues, gospel, rock e country che diede voce e visibilità alle battaglie dell’America nera per i diritti civili e una cittadinanza degna di questo...

Newly updated to include his critically acclaimed post-millennial work, this look at Tom Waits - both the reality and the myriad myths - reveals the man behind the curtain. A tale of how a self-taught, drunken hipster in roach-killers and a dirty beret has influenced a generation of musicians with...

“In this book I hope to reach a new audience with the positive message of America’s greatest music, to show how great musicians demonstrate on the bandstand a mutual respect and trust that can alter your outlook on the world and enrich every aspect of your life–from individual creativity and...

Die Geschichte des Schlagerduos Fantasy alias Martin und Freddy klingt wie ein modernes Märchen - und sie ist es auch. Beide waren bettelarm, verfolgten aber ihren Traum: Sie wollten berühmt werden. Wer weiß, was aus den beiden geworden wäre, hätte nicht Schlagerstar Andrea Berg die sympathischen...

Am Anfang stand ein Vertrag. Mit ihm räumten die Rolling Stones dem Autor im Oktober 1969 das Recht ein, sie als offizieller Biograf auf ihrer USA-Tournee zu begleiten. So erlebte Stanley Booth hautnah die Faszination mit, wie morbide Themen damals auf die bösen Buben des Rock ausübten. Ihre "Sympathy...

The long-awaited, definitive biography of The King of Soul, timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Redding's iconic performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Otis Redding remains an immortal presence in the canon of American music on the strength of such classic hits as “(Sittin’...

By day a mild-mannered accountant, by night a roaring jazz pianist and singer. A boogie and stride pianist, Willie ‘The Lion’ McIntyre was a leading figure in the traditional jazz boom in Melbourne after World War II. He sang in a Fats Waller style or shouted the blues, and was a key member...

Ende der Sechzigerjahre schufen Instrumente wie Mellotron und Synthesizer neue Möglichkeiten für ambitionierte Soundtüftler. Bands wie Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Emerson, Lake & Palmer oder King Crimson machten sich daraufhin ans Werk, die bestehenden Grenzen der Rockmusik hinter sich zu lassen:...

Sein Vater, der als Soldat im Golfkrieg fiel; der Vorwurf des Raubüberfalls, der wieder fallengelassen wurde; ein heftiger öffentlicher Konflikt mit FPÖ-Obmann Heinz-Christian Strache, der ihn als "Terror-Rapper" und "Islamisten-Rapper" bezeichnete; und vier Amadeus-Awards:...

Libro de ejercicios y conceptos básicos para la iniciación en la improvisación en la guitarra jazz y contemporánea, incluyeintervalos, triadas, escalas pentatónicas, mayor y menor de una octava, 7 formas de escala mayor, walking bass, acordes drop.

“The American Negro,” Arthur Schomburg wrote in 1925, “must remake his past in order to make his future.” Many Harlem Renaissance figures agreed that reframing the black folk inheritance could play a major role in imagining a new future of racial equality and artistic freedom. In Deep River...