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.
JAZZ GUITAR TECHNIQUE by Andrew Green is a firstrate guide to breaking skill barriers and becoming proficient at techniques. Well-written, the exam...
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Gene Lees deserves a solid round of applause for the excellent work he completed in the writing of ARRANGING THE SCORE: PORTRAITS OF THE GREAT ARRA...
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In the United States, Americans have always cherished their choice of music, and that music is a part of the American way. In the brilliant nonfict...
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Charles Austin is one of the most innovative and creative jazz instructors and performers currently writing educational material. In his three volu...
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Mark Johnstones THE HOLIDAY GIG BOOK is a nice collection of guitar music which will appeal to all jazz musicians interested in fingerstyle guitar ...
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Paul T. Smiths BLUES/BOOGIE SOLOS FOR PIANO is an invaluable compact well-crafted instruction book that will give beginners and old-timers alike mu...
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G. Arthur Woods has put together a tightly-knit, well-crafted novel involving jazz and blues music! The central character of this involved novel is...
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An Unsung Cat..The Life And Music Of Warne Marsh by Safford Chamberlain, Scarecrow Press Safford Chamberlain has amassed ten Years of research into...
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To many, Frank Sinatra was the master of song and a fine actor. To those who knew him, there was another side of the man to consider. His career is...
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Over the years, John Coltrane and Harry Partch have become archetypes of the spiritual jazzman and the renegade avant-garde composer, respectively,...
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Jazz: The Ultimate Guide is a very nice showcase of information and photographs. This paperback book is edited by Ronald Atkins, and is 224 pages; ...
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The Touring Musician: A Small Business Approach to Booking Your Band on the Road by Hal Galper
Hal Galper, A jazz professional for more than forty years, Galper has performed and traveled with some of the greats, including Chet Baker, Cannonb...
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In this age of "metafication", when every work of art must be held up, turned over, upside down, jiggled, poked, prodded and made to turn its head ...
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Sherrie Tucker has done something male jazz historians should have done years ago - give credit to "all-girl" bands and female jazz musicians. The ...
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SAMMY is one of the finest books to be published about one of Americas enduring legends singer/actor Sammy Davis Jr.(1925 - 1990). His first memoir...
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Linda Dahl is one of the gifted biographers who can analyze her subject and put it into fascinating detail that will appeal to a large reading audi...
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Cole Porter remains one of the most enduring of American composers, his lyrics & music timeless and memorable. William McBrien gives an honest, str...
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Jazz is a music full of thrilling sounds. It can also span the full breadth of human emotion from exhilaration to profound sadness, from love to al...
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The death of one saxophone player is a tragedy, the murder of several is a jazz session from hell. The author Bill Moody who is a professional jazz...
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SWINGIN" THE DREAM is about big band jazz and the rebirth of American culture, and it is definitely one of the finest jazz histories written during...
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Born Nathaniel Coles in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1919, Nat King Cole lived only 46 years, but packed in a couple of lifetimes. Epstein's biography, ...
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Paul Bley began on violin at the age of five, took up the piano at eight and gained his junior diploma at McGill conservatory at eleven. From 1950-...
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Jazz aficionados with a penchant for detective fiction can do far worse than explore John Harveys excellent Charlie Resnick stories. Set in the gri...
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BUCKY PIZZARELLI: A LIFE IN MUSIC is a wonderfully written, indepth analysis of one of Americas great jazz guitarists. Terrence Ripmaster has put t...
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WES MONTGOMERY 1965 is a rarity. This VHS video reveals the playing and performance genius of one of the greatest jazz guitarists America produced,...
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