Jazz books

The Gerry Mulligan Quartet, founded in Los Angeles in 1952, was widely acclaimed as the first small ensemble in...  Read More >>

A long-overdue look at the history of LGBTQ communities within early blues, jazz, and soul music. Considers musicians...  Read More >>

"(Real Book Play-Along). Make it a merry Christmas with this collection over 160 custom arrangements with lyrics...  Read More >>

Territory bands traveled from town to town, performing jazz and swing music, and Tulsa-based musician Ernie Fields...  Read More >>

Big Joe Turner was the greatest of the blues shouters. For more than five decades, from Kansas City saloons to Carnegie...  Read More >>

"Improvise pra Valer vai além de aprender a improvisar. É sobre compreender música profundamente e ter o prazer...  Read More >>

Modern Funk Fusion Guitar shows you how to combine the best elements of Funk, RnB, Blues and Jazz to create that...  Read More >>

Told with a mixture of wry humor and hard-won insight by the bassist, Making the Low Notes gives readers an insider's...  Read More >>

The Gerry Mulligan Quartet, founded in Los Angeles in 1952, was widely acclaimed as the first small ensemble in...  Read More >>

If you want to learn how to practice, play, and perform the saxophone for beginners, intermediates, and advanced...  Read More >>

If you want to learn how to practice, play, and perform the saxophone for beginners, intermediates, and advanced...  Read More >>

June 2023: Celebrate Jan Daley's induction into the Women Songwriters Hall of Fame. Explore artistry, wellness,...  Read More >>

World renowned Gypsy Jazz guitar virtuoso Remi Harris presents 8 immaculately crafted guitar etudes, packed full...  Read More >>

Composed by Andrew Hanna, composer of In Walked Dolphy, Profit-C, The Yard Cat Song, and many other compositions....  Read More >>

"William Henry ""Chick"" Webb (1905-39) was one of the first virtuoso drummers in jazz and an innovative bandleader...  Read More >>

"William Henry ""Chick"" Webb (1905-39) was one of the first virtuoso drummers in jazz and an innovative bandleader...  Read More >>

A June 2020 Library Journal Starred Review One hundred years after...  Read More >>

Chronicles the power of music in Boston's African American community  Read More >>

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"Jazz and Death: Reception, Rituals, and Representations critically examines the myriad and complex interactions...  Read More >>

"Bach Shapes: The Etudes is a collection of 12 etudes using Johann Sebastian Bach's melodic material in a jazz context...  Read More >>

"William Henry ""Chick"" Webb (1905-39) was one of the first virtuoso drummers in jazz and an innovative bandleader...  Read More >>

For more than seven decades Nick Lucas was an entertainer, beginning as a child street musician and becoming one...  Read More >>

In Dave Brubeck and the Performance of Whiteness, author Kelsey Klotz considers how Dave Brubeck, a pivotal jazz...  Read More >>

A groovy straight-eighth feel on this jazz standard. Tempo is around 154 BPM, and lead trumpet range is to written...  Read More >>