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.
Following the old photographers axiom "shoot what you know" Latin Beat co-founder Silvio Alava merged two of his passions photography and Latin mus...
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Alex Stewart is a former freelance jazz musician who is currently Associate Professor of Music at the University of Vermont. Writing with a smooth ...
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A Swing Dancer enthusiast Cynthia R. Millman, who was inspired by the Lindy Hop's unrecorded history, has provoked an apparently ageless Frankie Ma...
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Transcribed by Chuck Stevens, this collection of compositions by Kurt Rosenwinkel will give hours of enjoyable playing. It is a great way to get an...
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As a biography, this is excellent reading. As a jazz biography of guitarist Lenny Breau (1941 - 1984), it is an outstanding and memorable look at o...
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This is the first major, detailed biography of the late jazz singer, Susannah McCorkle. A memorable reading experience, this fine book will linger ...
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Joe Barth is a well-known and respected jazz writer. He is also a contributor to Just Jazz Magazine. Many know him as a guitar playing pastor. This...
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This reviewer was recently introduced to the remarkable surreal abstract art of Dolino by jazz guitarist-singer, Paulinho Garcia. Dolino is a great...
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Readers who have listened to the jazz sounds of Horace Silver will find his autobiography both insightful and entertaining. There is a foreword by ...
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He is not Elvis Presley or Buddy Holly, but is indeed a rock "n" roll legend. Fats Domino has sold over 100 million copies, yet his reclusiveness h...
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This is the new, second edition of Practising without Problems: Mental Training For Jazz Musicians by Michael Gustorff. The chapters are short, con...
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What would jazz be without the legendary Josephine Baker? She was a classic, unique unto herself, and this fine book is a non-fiction, biographical...
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City of Gabriels reveals the wonders that make up the jazz history of St. Louis, Missouri from the years 1895 to 1973. The book contains a fine for...
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"Another Reason I"ve read a lot about painters and what not is because a lot of the writing about jazz is not good enough," Steve Lacy says in Conv...
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Another Deeply Perceptive Music History from Ted Gioia Ted Gioia is well-known to jazz readers and music scholars, thanks to his best-selling book ...
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Scholarly and Spiritual New Book From Noted Jazz Writer Ted Gioia is an independent scholar widely known as the author of best-seller The History o...
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09 Jan
Wes Montgomery: Best of Boss Guitar by Transcribed by Peter Gaarn Jylor & Edited by Henry Johnson
Mel Bay has done a great service to the memory of jazz guitar legend Wes Montgomery with the publication of this fine paperback. Carefully transcri...
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Raul A. Fernandez has written a fine book about the development of Afro-Cuban Rhythms and Latin jazz. His prose sparkles with insights and accurate...
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Rick Coleman has crafted a memorably written masterpiece in his biography of Fats Domino. What you may have thought you knew about the legend is he...
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The work of William Bay relating to guitar instruction is always on target. He gives material that is both helpful and enjoyable. His latest entry ...
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Thomas Brothers has written a passionate, intimate story about early twentieth-century New Orleans, and it is truly an exciting account where truth...
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For those jazz guitarists interested in honing their skills with bossa nova and samba music for their performances, this is an ideal instruction bo...
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Corey Christiansen once again proves his enduring status as a jazz guitarist with this new instruction book. This is the type of instruction book n...
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Akimitsu Iwase has crafted a wonderful collection of ad-lib phrases for jazz piano. This reviewer found them deceptively simple in their lively com...
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This is a remarkable collection of jazz guitar solos. There are ten internationally-known and respected jazz guitarists represented. The jazz guita...
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