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.
I was completely intrigued with the articles about Davis in this memorable collection, THE SAMMY DAVIS, JR. READER edited by Gerald Early. So much ...
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Eventually, the time of action must come. When this happens, be a winner ! Don"t settle for mediocre results. Don"t try to stay even. Go for it all...
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SONGS OF THE UNSUNG is one of those special autobiographical narratives that comes along once in a while, and successfully captivates its reading a...
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RIFFS & CHORUSES: A NEW JAZZ ANTHOLOGY is one of the most unique and entertaining jazz reference works to come along in many years! Published in 20...
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As an avid jazz historian, I simply could not put down this remarkable, compact, 193 page book. Peter Townsend has put together a concise and defin...
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Peter Lavezzoli has written a fine book about Duke Ellington, one that will find a home in many libraries and homes. THE KING OF ALL, SIR DUKE: ELL...
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Generally regarded as an outsized and unwieldy instrument, the baritone saxophone has not always been accorded the status of its more manageable si...
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MUSIC IN CUBA is a first-rate, accurately written account of a subject that is at once fascinating as well as mysterious. Written by Alejo Carpenti...
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THE ETHIC OF INVISIBILITY This article has been writing itself for the last couple of days as I was finishing this book. It initially attracted me ...
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BLUE NIPPON is going to open many eyes to what has been happening to Japanese jazz over the decades, from its 1920s dancehalls to the present. Auth...
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Considered one of the most important of British authors in the twentieth century, Philip Larkin (1922 - 1985) contributed many outstanding works in...
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NEW YORK IS NOW! THE NEW WAVE OF FREE JAZZ is an exciting, well-written look at the free jazz movement in New York. It is written by Phil Freeman, ...
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For jazz music fans who like reading unusual mystery novels, A. V. Spencers novel is well-written and will hold their interest from beginning to en...
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I recommend DEEP RIVER to any person seriously interested in black music as a field of study, and you will discover in this 335 page book much info...
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YELLOW MUSIC is a reading treat, full of insights, and historically accurate. It is about the Chinese Jazz Age, and it will inform and enlighten ma...
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STARS IN MY EYES by Don Bachardy is a delightful visual and reading experience. Internationally-known portrait artist Don Bachardy gives the reader...
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Jazz pianist Misha V. Stefanuk has created a concise, well-constructed reference guide to playing jazz piano chords in his book, JAZZ PIANO CHORDS....
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From DeCapo Press, the recently published JAZZ IN THE BITTERSWEET BLUES OF LIFE by musician, Wynton Marsalis, and music writer, Carl Vigeland, inte...
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If you enjoy swing music, then this is certainly a winner of a book to have in your home library for reference. You will find Artie Shaw, Anita O"D...
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Alyn Shipton has done a remarkable job of setting some facts straight in this monumental new history of jazz and also successfully rebukes some of ...
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Sherrie Tuckers SWING SHIFT is going to excite a lot of jazz readers with its new revelations concerning the "all-girl" bands of the 1940s. These a...
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Congratulations to Continuum for introducing its Bayou Jazz Lives series, which will bring back into print classic autobiographies and biographies ...
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Marshal Royal was the heart of the saxophone in the Count Basie Orchestra for twenty years from the 1950s to the 1960s. He was among the jazz giant...
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What impressed me most about the novel, CHASING THE DEVILs TAIL is the superb characterizations. If you read my review of Danny Barker's BUDDY BOLD...
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Another Fine Artist Songbook from Mel Bay This sixteen-page collection of orginial songs by Sarah Watts will delight her jazz fans and piano studen...
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