Top 10 Influential Jazz Musicians
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Bud, Not Buddy
- ASIN: 0440413281
- ISBN: 0440413281
- Brand: Yearling Books
- Manufacturer: Yearling
The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy who decides to hit the road to find his father—from Christopher Paul Curtis, author of The Watsons Go To Birmingham—1963, a Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree. It’s 1936, in Flint Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the r... [Read More]
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Great Family Songbook: A Treasury of Favorite Show Tunes, Sing Alongs, Popular Songs, Jazz & Blues, Children's Melodies, International Ballads, Folk ... Jingles, and More for Piano and Guitar
- ASIN: 1579128602
- ISBN: 1579128602
- Manufacturer: Black Dog & Leventhal
A one-of-a-kind collection of more than 100 songs you love to play and sing, including music and chords for piano and guitar and lyrics for singing right along. The Great Family Songbook lays flat with a convenient spiral binding, so everyone can follow along.Hours of family fun and entertainment featuring 100 carefully selected songs from every er... [Read More]
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The History of Jazz
- ASIN: 0195399706
- ISBN: 0195399706
- Brand: imusti
- Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
Ted Gioia's History of Jazz has been universally hailed as a classic--acclaimed by jazz critics and fans around the world. Now Gioia brings his magnificent work completely up-to-date, drawing on the latest research and revisiting virtually every aspect of the music, past and present. Gioia tells the story of jazz as it had never been told before, i... [Read More]
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The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire
- UPC: 884375334430
- ASIN: 0199937397
- ISBN: 0199937397
- Brand: Oxford University Press USA
- Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
The Jazz Standards, a comprehensive guide to the most important jazz compositions, is a unique resource, a browser's companion, and an invaluable introduction to the art form. This essential book for music lovers tells the story of more than 250 key jazz songs, and includes a listening guide to more than 2,000 recordings.Many books recommend jazz C... [Read More]
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The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto: A Novel
- ASIN: 0062294431
- ISBN: 0062294431
- Brand: Harper
- Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
“Talent is a piece of God’s shadow, and under that shadow, human stories intersect.” A Spanish war orphan born in a burning church and raised by a blind guitar teacher, Frankie Presto was gifted with extraordinary musical abilities that shape not only his life but the lives of those around him. At nine years old, Frankie meets the love of hi... [Read More]
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Jazz: A History of America's Music
- ASIN: 067944551X
- ISBN: 067944551X
- Manufacturer: Knopf
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The Jazz Image: Masters of Jazz Photography
- ASIN: 0810957493
- ISBN: 0810957493
- Brand: Harry N Abrams
- Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams
The great improvisational American jazz musicians of the mid-20th century inspired a generation of photographers to develop a looser, moodier style of visual expression. That evocative approach is on striking display in The Jazz Image. Covering six decades of performers —from Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington to John Coltrane and Miles Davis—t... [Read More]
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The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965
- ASIN: 0307267091
- ISBN: 0307267091
- Brand: Knopf
- Manufacturer: Knopf
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Legends, Icons & Rebels: Music That Changed the World
- ASIN: 1770495711
- ISBN: 1770495711
- Brand: Tundra Books
- Manufacturer: Tundra Books
Exclusive insights from a celebrated musician and passionate industry insiders, two accompanying CDs of legendary tracks and beautiful packaging make for a book with broad appeal -- one that will captivate fans of Robbie Robertson and music lovers of all ages.Part memoir, part tribute, and all great storytelling ...Music industry veterans Robbie Ro... [Read More]
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Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret
- ASIN: 0374906041
- ISBN: 0374906041
- Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
“Rollicking, irresistible, un-put-downable . . . For anyone . . . who swooned to Netflix’s The Crown, this book will be manna from heaven.” ―Hamish Bowles, Vogue“Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret is a brilliant, eccentric treat.” ―Anna Mundow, The Wall Street Journal“I ripped through the book with the avidity of Margaret att... [Read More]
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The Basketball Diaries: The Classic About Growing Up Hip on New York's Mean Streets
- ASIN: 0140100180
- ISBN: 0140100180
- Brand: Penguin Books
- Manufacturer: Penguin Books
The urban classic coming-of-age story about sex, drugs, and basketball Jim Carroll grew up to become a renowned poet and punk rocker. But in this memoir of the mid-1960s, set during his coming-of-age from 12 to 15, he was a rebellious teenager making a place and a name for himself on the unforgiving streets of New York City. During these years, ... [Read More]
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The Wu-Tang Manual
- UPC: 710261022009
- ASIN: 1594480184
- ISBN: 1594480184
- Brand: Riverhead Books
- Manufacturer: Riverhead Books
The Wu-Tang Manual is The RZA’s first written introduction to the philosophy and history of Hip-Hop’s original Dynasty, the Wu-Tang Clan.Written in a style that is at once personal and philosophical, The Wu-Tang Manual unravels the intricate web of personalities (and alter egos), warrior codes, numerological systems, and Eastern spiritual ethic... [Read More]
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Miles
- ASIN: 1451643187
- ISBN: 1451643187
- Brand: Brand: Simon Schuster
- Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Universally acclaimed as a musical genius, Miles Davis was one of the most important and influential musicians in the world. Here, Miles speaks out about his extraordinary life.Miles: The Autobiography, like Miles himself, holds nothing back. He speaks frankly and openly about his drug problem and how he overcame it. He condemns the racism he encou... [Read More]
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A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead
- ASIN: 0767911865
- ISBN: 0767911865
- Brand: Three Rivers Press CA
- Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press
The complete history of one of the most long-lived and legendary bands in rock history, written by its official historian and publicist–a must-have chronicle for all Dead Heads, and for students of rock and the 1960s’ counterculture.From 1965 to 1995, the Grateful Dead flourished as one of the most beloved, unusual, and accomplished musical ent... [Read More]
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Notes and Tones: Musician-to-Musician Interviews
- ASIN: 030680526X
- ISBN: 030680526X
- Manufacturer: Da Capo Press
Notes and Tones is one of the most controversial, honest, and insightful books ever written about jazz. It consists of twenty-nine no-holds-barred conversations which drummer Arthur Taylor held with the most influential jazz musicians of the '60s and '70s-including:Art BlakeyBetty CarterDon CherryKenny ClarkeOrnette ColemanMiles DavisKenny DorhamDi... [Read More]
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Duke Ellington: An American Composer and Icon
- ASIN: 0847848132
- ISBN: 0847848132
- Manufacturer: Rizzoli
Beautifully illustrated and unparalleled in scope, this is an elegant visual celebration befitting the life and work of the "prince of the piano." Duke Ellington was the undisputed father of the American songbook. A prolific writer and consummate performer, Ellington was the author of such standards as "Solitude," "Prelude to a Kiss," and "It Don�... [Read More]
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Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original
- ASIN: 1439190461
- ISBN: 9781439190463
- Brand: Free Press
- Manufacturer: Free Press
The first full biography of legendary jazz musician Thelonious Monk, written by a brilliant historian, with full access to the family's archives and with dozens of interviews. Now updated with an afterword for Monk’s 2017 centennial.Thelonious Monk is the critically acclaimed, gripping saga of an artist’s struggle to “make it” without compr... [Read More]
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Jazz ABZ: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits
- ASIN: 0763621358
- ISBN: 0763621358
- Brand: Brand: Candlewick
- Manufacturer: Candlewick
In a swinging improvisation with poster artist Paul Rogers, Wynton Marsalis celebrates the spirit of twenty-six stellar jazz performers, from Armstrong to Dizzy — and showcases the same number of poetic forms.A is for "almighty" Louis Armstrong, whose amazing artistry unfolds in an accumulative poem shaped like the letter he stands for. As for sa... [Read More]
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John Coltrane: His Life and Music (The Michigan American Music Series)
- ASIN: 047208643X
- ISBN: 047208643X
- Brand: imusti
- Manufacturer: University of Michigan Press
John Coltrane was a key figure in jazz, a pioneer in world music, and an intensely emotional force whose following continues to grow. This new biography, the first by a professional jazz scholar and performer, presents a huge amount of never-before-published material, including interviews with Coltrane, photos, genealogical documents, and innovativ... [Read More]
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Charlie Parker Played Be Bop
- ASIN: 0531070956
- ISBN: 0531070956
- Manufacturer: Scholastic Inc.
Introduces the famous saxophonist and his style of jazz known as bebop
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