Book Reviews (374)
Are you a jazz fan that loves to read about your favorite music genre? Well if so, check out our reviews of the many great jazz books of all types including, autobiographies, biographies, fiction, non-fiction as well as musical instruction.
In computer lingo WYSIWYG is What You See Is What You Get. In PRESERVATION HALL it's What You See is the Musicians - JAZZ men that SWING in the TRADITION and in the MOMENT. That's the theme, published by Louisiana State University Press, that's played out by 45 seminal and youthful New Orleans style musicians in time for a 50th Anniversary Celebration. And, Expressive, richly colored, photographs by Shannon Brinkman of their own environment.
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Colin Grant has written an impressive book in his historical look at the Wailer's history, and The Natural Mystics: Marley,Tosh, and Wailer shines with insightful gems about Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Bunny Wailer. This book reveals the importance of their music on a world-wide scale. Additionally, the reader is given an in-depth tour of the neo-African religions and animist cults of Jamaica.
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Jazz education is a burgeoning field these days, with multiple university jazz programs and a great many method books on the market. In spite of th...
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Follow Your Heart is a memorable reading experience. It should reach a wide reading audience, and for those who are new to the wonderful jazz guita...
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Anil Prasad is a highly insightful author, and he captures perfectly the feelings of his subjects in the well-written Innerviews: Music Without Bor...
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Alice Echols has written a fine nonfiction look at the American decade of the 1970s and how Disco affected and influenced the culture of America. A...
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Richard Brent Turner has written a remarkably accurate, entertaining, and poignant account of what is known as jazz religion, the second line, and ...
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Everything about Robin D. G. Kelleys fine biography of American Jazz legend Thelonious Monk is as near perfect as perfect can be in this biography ...
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Jazz Diplomacy: Promoting America in the Cold War Era is a remarkable look at the enduring power of jazz as a communication tool between different ...
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Caf? Society and The Cookery: The Right Place for the Right People When did you last read a life story of a "Saloon Impresario" whose nightclub att...
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Saxophonist Frank Villafranca and keyboardist/guitarist Andrew D. Gordon are the writers of Ultra Smooth Jazz Grooves for Piano/Keyboards. Publishe...
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05 Jan
All Hopped Up And Ready To Go: Music From The Streets of New York 1927 - 1977 by Tony Fletcher
Tony Fletcher has a winner with his fine nonfiction analysis of the music of New York, and he does an excellent job of catching the sounds of this ...
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Bills Music Shelf.com and Mel Bay.com have an intriguing book with the publication of Jim Carlton's fine collection of conversations with jazz and ...
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Morris Dickstein has written a memorable cultural history of the United States during the era of the Great Depression. For those interested in what...
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This is a photographed packed easy to read Jazz inspired coffee table book. Each session is a personally told biographical interview of 42 seasoned...
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Duke Ellington: His Life in Jazz is an enjoyable book, and entertaining. The author, Stephanie Stein Crease, has written a combination non-fiction ...
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The Birth of the Cool of Miles Davis and His Associates by Frank Tirro is one of the finest nonfiction books about the transition of jazz following...
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In the endless quest to gain the tools to inspire and educate one to fluently speak the jazz language, Herbert Silverstein, MD and Richard Drexler ...
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03 Jan
Payin" Your Dues With The Blues: The Ultimate Source For The Blues And Jazz Guit by Jay Umble
Jay Umble has put together a remarkable and entertaining approach for those interested in blues and jazz guitar. Part of the Mel Bay Guitar Univers...
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Ted Gioia had created a memorable reading experience with his well-written and enjoyable analysis of the blues. To this reviewer, this book is a co...
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From the Mel Bay School of the Blues Lesson Series, comes this new and enjoyable Improvising Blues Harmonica. The instruction is available in a nic...
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This 2008 book publication is a dandy! It is filled with insights and commentary on the legendary jazz pianist, Thelonious Monk (1917 - 1982). Writ...
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For those who have an interest in the life and music of Lennie Tristano, this well-written biography will be a reading experience which is entertai...
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As an oral biography, this book ranks among the top ones written about jazz musicians. The well-written book gives an in depth look at one of the w...
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In Mark Garvey's book Come Together: The Official John Lennon Educational Tour Bus Guide Music And Video, the award winning author goes behind the ...
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