Jazz category: 919 books

Northern Soul is a cultural phenomenon twice removed from its original source in Britain in the late 1960s. Rooted in gospel and rhythm and blues music, with pounding “four-to-the floor” beats, it is often accompanied by swirling strings, vibraphone flourishes, and infectious clapping. Since the...

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...

Want to figure out how guitar legends can play amazing solos? This is your essential guide on how to play and improvise Blues and Rock solos. This practical guide is packed with decades of professional experience, personal advice and performance philosophy designed to give the aspiring...

With this fantastically detailed and comprehensive book, the inimitable Justinguitar.com guides your through 18 of the greatest Blues Lead Guitar Solos, featuring Guitar Tab and standard notation, as well as explaining how to get the correct sound and feel of each song. In his unique style,...

It's Easy to Play Boogie-Woogie is a fabulous collection of simplified, easy-to-read arrangements of 20 popular songs in the Boogie-Woogie style for Piano - Perfect for the beginner pianist looking to bolster their repertoire and improve their playing. Song List: - Alright Okay You Win -...

This acclaimed travel guide, hailed as the bible of blues travelers throughout the world, will shepherd the faithful to such shrines as the intersection where Robert Johnson might have made his deal with the devil and the railroad tracks that inspired Howlin’ Wolf to moan “Smokestack Lightnin’.”...

17 original compositions written and performed by the modern fingerstyle guitar master.

Ragtime music has a character all its own. While it lends itself ideally to a variety of settings and moods, it always maintains its unique joyful feeling. The banjo is an instrument ideally suited for ragtime. The bright crisp banjo sound truly adds a new dimension to the ragtime feeling. Mel Bay...

The book takes an overview of the various techniques that are used as part of the Blues Guitar, both acoustic and electric, and that any aspiring Bluesman should know and master. It begins with fingerpicking used in Country Blues, with techniques typical of the alternating bass of the Piedmont Style,...

Learning to play the Blues Guitar is a highly rewarding experience, but getting started can be a challenge! Here at last is a book that helps you choose the right instrument and accessories and then gets you playing - fast. Full colour pictures, clear diagrams and genuinely practical advice...

Over 200 blues songs from the twenties to the present are included in this deluxe edition. Features many artists representing a wide variety of styles and includes rare photographs. Songs include: Basin Street Blues * Bulldoze Blues (Goin' Up the Country) * Everyday (I Have the Blues) * Five Long...

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...

Transcriptions of 34 important blues songs and instrumentals presented in standard notation and tablature with vocal lines and lyrics. Includes 'Travelling Riverside Blues' and 'Baby What You Want Me To Do'.

Have you ever dreamed of playing lead guitar like John Lee Hooker, Carlos Santana, Jimmy Page, Slash, and Eric Clapton? Perhaps you took a few lessons, but became frustrated and gave up. If so, The Everything Rock & Blues Guitar Book is for you. With easy-to-understand instruction, The Everything...