Blues category: 910 books

A collection of tunes and studies that are accessible to the intermediate player, yet extremely musical. Many of the tunes are derived from jazz standards and may by used as variations or chords solos. Written in standard notation and tablature, each piece is accompanied by brief performance notes. A wide range of musical styles makes this book fun and challenging. Audio available online.

This eBook with available audio is a treasure-trove of improvisational techniques. Twenty-nine techniques are covered including: arpeggios, targeting, chromaticism, side-slipping, negative tonal space, poly-rhythms, resolution, melodic expansion and more. Anyone interested in the art of jazz improvisation,...

An excellent and thorough bass method designed to provide a musical foundation and expertise technique and theory in the jazz and rock idioms, ear training, transposition, modulation, syncopation, duets, progressions, substitutions, and much more are covered in this extensive volume. Notation only.

Fifty five years after it was first released, the best-selling Know About Jazz compendium is being re-released as an Ebook by G2. Written by Peter Clayton, who from October 1968 until his death in August 1991, presented jazz recordings, interviews, studio performances, and live performances on BBC...

Amy Winehouse ist in den letzten Jahren zu einem der populärsten Stars der internationalen Musikszene avanciert. Der kometenhafte Aufstieg der Soul-Diva wird in 'Amy, Amy, Amy - Die Amy Winehouse-Story' von dem renommierten Journalisten Nick Johnstone detailliert nachgezeichnet. Ihr Weg vom...

This book presents nine original guitar solos written for the six-string guitar by jazz guitarist George Van Eps. His arrangements and chord symbols illustrate advanced harmonic melodic concepts. In standard notation and tablature with carefully annotated fingerings and pick direction indications....

Questa non è un’autobiografia. Potremmo considerarlo un manuale di consultazione, utile per tutti quelli che vogliano saperne di più su quanto non si ha il coraggio di chiedere sul jazz di cosa nostra (e non è un refuso). In questo senso può essere addirittura considerato come un manuale di...

Da più di settant’anni la casa discografica Blue Note Records è sinonimo di musica di altissimo livello. Punto di riferimento imprescindibile nel mondo del jazz, si è sempre distinta per essere un vero e proprio laboratorio di idee, basato su un interscambio fecondo e paritario tra il produttore...

Scorre via con l'intensità di un brano musicale "Le età del jazz", il saggio con cui Claudio Sessa disegna il quadro della musica jazz degli ultimi decenni. Straordinariamente aperta a ogni forma di sperimentalismo, l'epoca contemporanea viene spesso ignorata nelle storie del jazz. Da...

"Funny Valentine. La vita di Chet Baker" è la biografia definitiva del formidabile trombettista americano, una delle voci più struggenti, inconfondibili, e anche sottovalutate, della storia del jazz. L'opera di Matthew Ruddick colma infatti un vuoto inspiegabile negli studi sulla vita...

There are few works in existence that teach gospel singing and even fewer that focus on what gospel soloists need to know. In So You Want to Sing Gospel, Trineice Robinson-Martin offers the first resource to help individual gospel singers at all levels make the most of their primary instrument—their...

James Brown ist das größte Genie der schwarzen Musik. Dabei steht sein Name vor allem für eins: FUNK! Ohne James Brown hätte es Leute wie Maceo Parker, Bootsy Collins, Michael Jackson, Booker T. & The M.G.'s, The Meters, Sly Stone, George Clinton, Prince und noch viele, viele mehr nicht...

Pendant près d’un demi-siècle (1920–1970), Montréal a été un centre névralgique du jazz en Amérique du Nord. Le légendaire nightlife de la ville et l’abondance de travail qu’il offrait attiraient des musiciens de tout le continent. Dans ce livre, John Gilmore décrit l’effervescence...

Duke Ellington war einer der bedeutendsten Jazzkomponisten des 20. Jahrhunderts. Er war auch ein Pianist allerhöchsten Ranges. Sein eigentliches Instrument aber war seine Bigband mit ihren von ihm ganz individuell gestalteten Sounds. Zudem aber war Duke Ellington vor allem ein selbstbewusster Repräsentant...