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.
RAZZAMAJAZZ RECORDER, BOOK 1 is going to delight jazz musicians with its lively tunes and play-along CD. Each song is written for recorder and pian...
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I was intrigued when I sat down to play these songs on the piano since the arrangements by Andrew Moore were new to me. I discovered the five piece...
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This jazz music instruction book comes with a play-along CD. Like Paul T. Smiths BLUES/BOOGIE SOLOS FOR PIANO (which also comes with an instruction...
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This scholarly look at the history of Detroit jazz is the work of college professor Bjorn and influential disc jockey Gallert, who 30 years ago was...
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If you are interested in the history and playing techniques of harmonica, Alan W. Eichlers THE BIG-X ON HARP is a well-crafted reference. It is a p...
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W. B. Yeats (1865 - 1939) had an incisive influence on poetry worldwide. During the 1950s and early 1960s, his poetry influenced some of the Beat p...
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One of the most highly respected horn and bass players in jazz, Willie Ruff has put together a remarkable autobiography. It comes alive with feelin...
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Charles Austin has put together a fine book which covers the approaches to learning to play jazz piano, including chords, scales, voicings, progres...
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Learning jazz scales for guitars has now become easy and fun with Corey Christiansens book JAZZ SCALES FOR GUITAR. 80 pages of learning enjoyment w...
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Corey Christiansen has given guitarists a nice and enjoyable way to learn the essential jazz lines presented in the style of the great Charlie Park...
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Whether a beginning guitarist, or one who has more advanced training, the instruction book SOLO JAZZ GUITAR METHOD by Barry Greene will prove to be...
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What a treat is in store for those seeking to learn now to play fingerstyle jazz guitar licks when they get hold of a copy of Alan deMauses new boo...
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Written for the bass clef edition, this book of instruction is suggested for upright bass, trombone, bass guitar, and cello. Note: Cello students w...
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Corey Christiansens fine work ESSENTIAL JAZZ LINES IN THE STYLE OF WES MONTGOMERY impressed me with its straight-forward approach excellent example...
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Frank Vignola explains through his series the ways to play guitar blues, and he is highly successful with his teaching techniques as each book with...
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JAZZ STRUCTURES FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM by Joe Diorio is an enjoyable way to learn and expand improvising methods for the guitarist. On page 21 is e...
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Corey Christiansen has created a tribute and a learning adventure in his excellent ESSENTIAL JAZZ LINES IN THE STYLE OF JOE PASS. For the guitarist...
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Chuck Sher deserves congratulations on putting together THE ALL-JAZZ REAL BOOK, for it is a great item to have for reference and playing, something...
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Congratulations to Sher Music Company and the authors, Nelson Faria and Cliff Korman, for creating the first book which enables individual instrume...
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Randy Halberstadt has put everything needed into his well-crafted reference work, METAPHORS FOR THE MUSICIAN: PERSPECTIVES FROM A JAZZ PIANIST, plu...
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Jazz is arguably the most important music of the 20th century. But, as significant as jazz is, its history, like the music itself, is an inexact ar...
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An inspired Marek Los illustration opens "Lookin." Miles Davis, young and alone, blows his trumpet with the New York skyline as backdrop . The back...
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BROADWAY, THE GOLDEN YEARS has 2 parts, and 8 chapters, with an informative introduction, epilogue, notes, bibliography, and index. There is a phot...
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JK ROWLINGs HARRY POTTER NOVELS by Philip Nel is a 96 page reader's guide to the popular novels and to the numerous jazz fans who like these fantas...
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BOSTON BOY is a remarkable book, highly candid, and as a memoir, the book is an excellent example of what fine memoir writing can be. Nat Hentoff g...
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