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.
If you are looking for something entertaining and enjoyable, JAZZ GUITAR STANDARDS: CHORD MELODY SOLOS is a collection for guitar that you will not...
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BRAZILIAN JAZZ GUITAR will appeal to a wide range of guitarists, and its innovative CD adds to its importance as an item featuring Brazilian music....
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OKLAHOMA ROUTE 66 MUSIC GUIDE is a collection of places and persons involved in music, and one fascinating read! Filled with accurate facts, photog...
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RHYTHM SCIENCE is a book. Yet, it takes on a life of its own and behaves like a performance. The design of Miller's book works on visual, aural and...
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For those who like good jazz guitar, the name of Jimmy Bruno comes to mind. In THE ART OF PICKING, Jimmy Bruno shares private lessons with the jazz...
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A CONCISE HISTORY OF JAZZ by John Robert Brown is precisely that, and an enjoyable tour of the world of jazz. There are photographs. For a nice, re...
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John Chilton has done a fine service for jazz readers everywhere with his well-written reference guide to who is who in British jazz. The entries a...
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Readers will like HELLO, HELLO BRAZIL for a variety of reasons. Bryan McCann is a gifted writer, his style straight-ahead and smooth to the eye, an...
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This edited collection will give the reader many hours of fine reading enjoyment concerning the art of jazz improvisation! In addition to the intro...
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Readers and the jazz listening audience who enjoy Cuban music will want to own a copy of CUBAN MUSIC FROM A TO Z. For reading pleasure alone, this ...
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This spiral bound paperback is a welcome addition for those who enjoy collections of the old standards. It has everything to make for an enjoyable ...
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Romane and Derek Sebastian have put together a fine collection which is an excellent comprehensive study of gypsy jazz guitar. It is a book to be s...
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John Whites biography of Artie Shaw will amaze you with this jazz legend's life and times and music an indepth look at what Shaw did and created wi...
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Richard Palmers biography of Sonny Rollins is a well-written indepth look at one of the jazz greats. This fine book gives the reader a fascinating ...
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Mel Bays Private Lessons Series contains 12 excellent learning books with play-along CDs each aimed at the jazz guitarist. Each book contains 37 or...
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An Evening With Scott Hamilton & Friends featuring special guest Michael Feinste by Various Artists
For those who enjoy ice skating and jazz, this DVD is a firstrate journey featuring Scott Hamilton and Michael Feinstein, and others. Darlene Love,...
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Bruce Arnolds COMPING STYLES FOR BASS with guitar parts included and play-along CD is a nice learning experience. The guitarist will enjoy the vari...
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The Rhythms and Roots of Latin Music, from Bossa Nova to Salsa and Beyond. Latin Beat was written as a broad overview of Latin music, a continuousl...
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For music fans interested in the "where" and "how" questions behind their favorite records, Temples of Sound: Inside the Great Recording Studios is...
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COMPLETE JAZZ STYLES is an introductory group of etude studies in jazz comprehension. The book comes with a play-along CD. This is a concise collec...
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Congratulations to the fine writing talents of George O. Carney and Hugh W. Foley, Jr. for their massive and successful effort to capture the sound...
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This entertaining DVD is in color and contains 77 minutes of memorable jazz guitar performances by contemporary solo fingerstyle jazz guitarists. T...
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Congratulations to Grey Larsen for creating a classic study and guide to playing the Irish flute and tin whistle. This is the essential guide, and ...
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COMPING STYLES FOR GUITAR by Bruce Arnold is a great instruction book for learning comping styles for guitar. Spiral-bound with a play-along CD, it...
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Fred Hamilton has created a remarkable learning tool with his MELODIC STUDIES & COMPOSITIONS FOR GUITAR. This is a fine instruction book, spiral-bo...
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