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Owning Up
Penguin Books Ltd 2006; Not AvailableThis single volume includes three famous memoirs - Scouse Mouse, Rum, Bum & Concertina and Owning Up, with a new introduction by the author. Scouse Mouse is a funny and frequently touching story of the author's 1930s childhood in a middle-class Liverpudlian household. Rum, Bum & Concertina, the naval equivalent of wine, women and song, describes Melly's... more...
Magician of the Modern
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 35.00The story of Chick Austin is the story, in Virgil Thomson's words, of "a whole cultural movement in one man." Becoming director of Hartford's Wadsworth Atheneum at the age of twenty-six, Austin immediately set about to introduce modern art to America and to transform this conservative insurance capital into a cultural mecca that would become the talk... more...
Improvising Jazz
Touchstone 2010; Not AvailableWith musical scores and helpful charts, noted jazz educator and featured jazz soloist, Jerry Coker, gives the beginning performer and the curious listener insights into the art of jazz improvisation. Improvising Jazz gives the beginning performer and the curious listener alike insights into the art of jazz improvisation. Jerry Coker, teacher... more...
Improvising Jazz
Touchstone 2010; Not AvailableWith musical scores and helpful charts, noted jazz educator and featured jazz soloist, Jerry Coker, gives the beginning performer and the curious listener insights into the art of jazz improvisation. Improvising Jazz gives the beginning performer and the curious listener alike insights into the art of jazz improvisation. Jerry Coker, teacher... more...
Historical Dictionary of Jazz
Scarecrow Press 2012; US$ 99.99The Historical Dictionary of Jazz covers the history of Jazz through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,500 cross-referenced entries on significant jazz performers, band leaders, bands, venues, record labels, recordings, and the different styles of jazz. This book is an excellent... more...
Jazz Arranging
Scarecrow Press 1998; US$ 54.99Examines arranging methods and their applications. It is designed to be used in a jazz studies program and as a professional reference manual for musicians. The text begins with a historical overview of jazz band instruments and a study of their characteristics. The body of the text includes an examination of relevant terminology, notational devices,... more...
Jelly Roll, Bix, and Hoagy, Revised and Expanded Edition
Indiana University Press 2013; US$ 21.99In a piano factory tucked away in Richmond, Indiana, Gennett Records produced thousands of records featuring obscure musicians from hotel orchestras and backwoods fiddlers to the future icons of jazz, blues, country music, and rock 'n' roll. From 1916 to 1934, the company debuted such future stars as Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Bix Beiderbecke,... more...
Keystone Korner
Indiana University Press 2012; US$ 27.99During the 1970s, when jazz clubs all over America were folding under the onslaught of rock and roll and disco, San Francisco?s Keystone Korner was an oasis for jazz musicians and patrons. Tucked next to a police station in the city?s North Beach area, the Keystone became known as one of the most important jazz spots in the United States. It was so... more...
Stockton to Malone
Taylor Trade Publishing 1998; US$ 7.99This is the hardest working team in the NBA ? the Utah Jazz. Led by iron men Karl Malone, John Stockton and coach Jerry Sloan. Go behind the scenes to reveal the unparalleled competitiveness of a collection of over-achieving players and their demanding coach, whose never-say-die efforts have captured the hearts of the entire state of Utah and basketball... more...
Experiencing Jazz
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 59.95Experiencing Jazz, Second Edition, is an integrated textbook with online resources for jazz appreciation and history courses. Through readings, illustrations, timelines, listening guides, and a streaming audio library, it immerses the reader in a journey through the history of jazz, while placing the music within a larger cultural and historical... more...









