Blues category: 910 books
by Wise Publications
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2008
Among the many legends who might be said to have invented rock ’n’ roll, few have a greater claim than Bo Diddley. This Memorial Songbook looks back at the career of this innovative blues master and includes fourteen of his most enduring songs arranged for Piano, Voice and Guitar.
With...
Segregating Sound
Inventing Folk and Pop Music in the Age of Jim Crow
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2010
In Segregating Sound, Karl Hagstrom Miller argues that the categories that we have inherited to think and talk about southern music bear little relation to the ways that southerners long played and heard music. Focusing on the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth, Miller chronicles how...
by Joe Pass
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Music critics and performers alike have hailed Joe Pass as one of the finest jazz musicians to have ever lived. This book effectively combines five previously published books by Joe Pass in a single comprehensive volume including his insights on harmony, melody, and phrasing as well as transcriptions...
by Robert Johnson, Jason Ray Forbus
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Robert Johnson è considerato tra i più grandi artisti blues di tutti i tempi. Tra i suoi brani più famosi ci sono “I Believe I Dust My Broom” e “Sweet Home Chicago”, quest’ultimo uno dei capisaldi della musica blues. Secondo la leggenda, Johnson acquisì il suo straordinario talento musicale...
The Fan Who Knew Too Much
Aretha Franklin, the Rise of the Soap Opera, Children of the Gospel Church, and Other Meditations
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
A dazzling exploration of American culture—from high pop to highbrow—by acclaimed music authority, cultural historian, and biographer Anthony Heilbut, author of the now classic The Gospel Sound (“Definitive” —Rolling Stone), Exiled in Paradise, and Thomas Mann (“Electric”—Harold Brodkey).
In...
Minor Scale Guitar Licks
10 Original Funk Blues Licks with Audio & Video
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2017
10 original funk blues guitar licks from the Minor scale in tablature and notation for the progressing guitarist at intermediate level and above.
55 bars of music over 10 licks (average lick length 5.5 bars)
Video at full speed & Audio at full & half speed (Downloadable)
Backing tracks...
Say No to the Devil
The Life and Musical Genius of Rev. Gary Davis
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
Who was the greatest of all American guitarists? You probably didn’t name Gary Davis, but many of his musical contemporaries considered him without peer. Bob Dylan called Davis “one of the wizards of modern music.” Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead—who took lessons with Davis—claimed his musical...
by Yorktown Music Press
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 1989
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 1989
A second colourful repertory of popular piano pieces, includes Smoky On The Rocks, The Boll Weevil Boogie and Club Sayonara. Suitable for intermediate standard pianists.
by The Steve
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2013
This is what nearly all critics consider to be Gravy Bones Johnson's greatest album. It is a dark, brooding album. Gravy Bones goes into the deepest depths of his soul to bring forth such soul wrenching blues that blues legend Leadbelly declared "This album is hotter than a Cadillac in Detroit".
Soul Covers
Rhythm and Blues Remakes and the Struggle for Artistic Identity (Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Phoebe Snow)
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2007
Soul Covers is an engaging look at how three very different rhythm and blues performers—Aretha Franklin, Al Green, and Phoebe Snow—used cover songs to negotiate questions of artistic, racial, and personal authenticity. Through close readings of song lyrics and the performers’ statements about...
by Woody Mann
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Big Bill Broonzy's recording career spanned from 1927 until his death in 1958. His repertoire was well recorded, from solos and duets to ensemble playing. He was rediscovered just as the "folk-revival" began in the early 1950's. Broonzy was a master of ragtime and country blues guitar whose...
by William Bay
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
This is a collection of 48 original jazz tunes in different styles, with fun melodies ideal for jamming. The pieces are in a variety of keys and are presented in standard notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio.
by Stacy Phillips
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
A meticulous collection of recordings, square and contra dances, fiddle contests, jam sessions and individual fiddlers. This magnificent book is meant to provide a snapshot of what American fiddlers were playing and listening to in the latter part of the 20th Century. Bowings, fingerings, and guitar...
by Enrico De Carli
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 26, 2011
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 26, 2011
Il mio primo contatto con questa musica avvenne quando avevo appena svestito i pantaloni corti. Arrivai al Teatro Manzoni alle tre del pomeriggio per conquistarmi un posto a sedere al concerto di Armstrong.Quando entrò sul palcoscenico Louis venne giù il teatro dagli applausi. Poi attaccò West...