Jazz

The New York loft jazz scene of the 1970s was a pivotal period for uncompromising, artist-produced work. Faced with a flagging jazz economy, a grou...

In the early spring of 1959, six musicians went into the 30th Street Studio in New York. Nine hours later, they had recorded one of the finest albu...

This second edition of the highly successful Popular Singing serves as a practical guide to exploring the singing voice while helping to enhance vo...

Jazz Improvisation Using Simple Melodic Embellishment teaches fundamental concepts of jazz improvisation, highlighting the development of performan...

For over two decades Julian Joseph has been a towering figure in contemporary jazz. A prodigious composer, a phenomenal pianist, a respected bandle...

It''s Dilla Time. Finally. Dilla Time is the story of the invention of a new kind of time, a new kind of sound, by the most influential music produ...

Dottie Dodgion is a jazz drummer who played with the best.  A survivor, she lived an entire lifetime before she was seventeen. Undeterred by hardsh...

First time in paperback and e-book! The jazz musician-composer-arranger Mary Lou Williams spent her sixty-year career working inand stretching beyo...

Ornette Colemans career encompassed the glory years of jazz and the American avant-garde. Born in segregated Fort Worth, Texas, during the Great De...

Bud Powell was not only one of the greatest bebop pianists of all time, he stands as one of the twentieth century''s most dynamic and fiercely adve...

This definitive guide includes a unique chapter-by-chapter playlist for the reader. Jazz: A Beginners Guide is a lively and highly accessible int...

The Beatles and Duke Ellingtons Orchestra stand as the two greatest examples of collaboration in music history. Thomas Brothers delivers a portrait...

When Derek Coller decided to pay tribute to his late friend - the author, biographer, discographer and researcher, Bert Whyatt - he looked for a co...