Jazz Blues category: 910 books

Written in the late 1970s when I performed piano and vocals in Madison, WI, this Blues style song is for piano/vocalist and includes chords that can be used by guitarists. The song is written in the key of Bb Major and uses basic chords so instrumentalists can improvise. A lyrics only page is included...

ROGER EAGLE was a towering fi gure in British popular music. Uniquely, his infl uence straddled the apparently insurmountable cultural divide separating Manchester andLiverpool.In any music scene there needs to be a personality capable of leading a generation towards a new sound and consequently new...

One of the greatest blue songs ever written is "Help me" by Rice Miller (the second Sonny Boy). I am a fan of this great harp player and I enjoy listening to his work. New harp players often overlook him, as his style is more acoustic than electric, and he doesn't sound like Little Walter. However,...

Paris is the third studio-album by multi-million selling French songstress Zaz. It's a love letter to that most romantic of European cities and features some of the most iconic French songs reimagined with the help of producer Quincy Jones. Arranged for Piano, Vocal and Guitar, this sheet music includes...

Written in the late 1970s, this Blues style song is for piano and vocalist and includes chords that can be used by guitarists. This song is written in the key of C Major and uses basic chords so instrumentalists can improvise. A lyrics only page is included for a vocalist who has learned the melody. A transposition wheel can be helpful to place song in the key best for performer.

This book is aimed primarily at professional jazz drummers wanting to improve the way they play the swing pattern, and swing subdivisions in general. Drummers of any style will benefit from the reading, which includes several tips on practicing, playing with others, and developing a strong internal clock

Black Popular Music in Britain Since 1945 provides the first broad scholarly discussion of this music since 1990. The book critically examines key moments in the history of black British popular music from 1940s jazz to 1970s soul and reggae, 1990s Jungle and the sounds of Dubstep and Grime that have...

When John Hurt was rediscovered in 1963, he was presented with a very rare opportunity to expand and re-write his musical legacy, late in life. And he did just that, recording over seventy songs previously unrecorded by him, adding to the repertoire of thirteen titles he had recorded in 1928. In The...

Hendrix is the definitive, illustrated biography of the man widely considered the greatest rock guitarist of all time. Coinciding with what would have been Jimi Hendrix's 75th year on this mortal coil, this (incredibly) is the first full-blown illustrated gift book exploring the life and career...

With their unforgettable melodies, timeless messages, and stylistic indebtedness to both jazz and Broadway, American popular standards have proven to be among the most widely performed and enjoyed songs of the past century. Shaped in many ways by the technological and cultural developments of the...

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Though first published in 1987, the Duke’s music is timeless, and this excellent book, written by musicologist Peter Gammond, is now available as a modestly priced ebook. With numerous black & white historic photos, the readable narrative provides a chronological history of Duke Ellington’s...

More than 70 songs by Huddie Ledbetter, with chord names and musical transcriptions by Jerry Silverman and biographical notes by Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Fred Ramsey, and Charles Smith. Includes: Midnite Special, Backwater Blues, John Henry, and House Of The Rising Sun.

This book examines Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Miles Davis as distinctively global symbols of threatening and nonthreatening black masculinity. It centers them in debates over U.S. cultural exceptionalism, noting how they have been part of the definition of jazz as a jingoistic and exclusively American form of popular culture.