Jazz Blues category: 910 books

Vijay Iyer is one of the most significant contemporary composers and performers on the piano. This manuscript represents a compilation of small group compositions by Iyer during a period from 1999 through 2008. The bulk of the pieces were originally written for Vijay's quartet with altoist Rudresh...

Teach yourself authentic bluegrass fiddle with this book. The book contains clear instructions on the basics: bowing and left-hand techniques, solos, backup, personal advice on performance, and much more, as well as a complete selection of the best bluegrass songs to learn from. Written by Matt Glaser, chairman of the String Department at the Berklee College of Music in Boston since 1980.

A fire in a shack where Gravy Bones recorded burnt down and it was feared the master recordings were destroyed. In 2011 the masters were found stored in the attic of a former whorehouse that Gravy Bones used to "patronize".This album is regarded as "dark" by many critics due to its topics of...

Partez à la découverte de la musique américaine avec ce Grand Article Universalis ! En quelques décennies, le panorama de l'Amérique musicale s'est peu à peu modifié du fait de l'exploration passionnée de nouvelles voies sonores que l'on qualifiait encore d'expérimentales à la mort...

If you think that you know the soul truth about James Brown, think again! Inside the Godfather is a history changing book about DRUGS, SEX, LIES, ADULTERY, RACISM, MURDER, RELIGION, POLITICS, DECEIT, LUST, Rock & Roll and BRIBERY but most importantly, we will set the record straight about James Brown,...

Complete piano, voice and guitar arrangements of all the tracks from the album. Nine solo numbers from Sting including Fields Of Gold and An Englishman In New York. Full Song List: An Englishman In New York Can't Stand Losing You De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da Don't Stand...

The Woodstock Music & Art Fair was held in the United States in 1969 which attracted an audience of more than 400,000. Scheduled for August 15–17 on a dairy farm in the Catskill Mountains of southern New York State, northwest of New York City, it ran over to Monday, August 18. Billed as "An...

There is an ever-increasing number of books on improvisation, ones that richly recount experiences in the heat of the creative moment, theorize on the essence of improvisation, and offer convincing arguments for improvisation’s impact across a wide range of human activity. This book is nothing like...

A wonderful collection of favorite folk and classic themes are artistically arranged for chromatic harmonica solo in this book/online audio package. All songs on the online audio are split-track for play-along. Selected songs are recorded. Each songs is labeled with what harmonica was used. Some tunes...

Van G. Garrett explores moments in the life of bluesman Elmore "Hog" Garrett, the imagined godson of the legendary bluesman Slim Harpo. With poems that breathe life into this Southern story, Van G. Garrett's exploration into the fictionalized Elmore Garrett is both arresting and engaging, a worthy salute to one of America's authentic art forms.

American Guitar fu scritto nel 1981 e pubblicato l’anno successivo dalla Gammalibri di Milano. Tuttora resta attuale e rilevante per vari motivi: perché è unico nello stile e nei contenuti; perché non ne esiste un lavoro parallelo né in Italia né negli Stati Uniti; e perché in un certo senso...

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...

Ray Charles - Die Geburt des Soul ist die unglaubliche Geschichte eines wahren Pioniers der Musikgeschichte. Mit seinem musikalischen Wagemut prägte er die Musik der letzten 50 Jahre entscheidend. Von seinen ersten Aufnahmen in den 50er Jahren an war sein einzigartiger Stil für Künstler eine unerschöpfliche,...

Come diceva Rachmaninov – che di queste cose se ne intendeva – «la musica è abbastanza per tutta una vita, ma tutta una vita non è abbastanza per la musica». Musica, parole e storie è l’avventura di una vita in musica raccontata con lo spirito di un ragazzino e il cuore di uno ormai più...