Jazz
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Ella Fitzgerald
$15.99 Add to cartMeet Ella Fitzgerald, one of the most influential jazz singers of all time! Part of the beloved Little People, BIG DREAMS series, this inspiring and informative little biography follows the inspiratio… [more below]
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #11
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 01 2018
- ISBN10: 178603087X
- Language: English
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The History of Bones: A Memoir
$20.00 Add to cartThe quintessential depiction of 1980s New York and the downtown scene from the artist, actor, musician, and composer John Lurie
“A picaresque roller coaster of a story, with staggering amounts of sex- Author: Lurie, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0399592989
- Language: English
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Sun Ra: Art on Saturn: The Album Cover Art of Sun Ra’s Saturn Label
$75.00 Add to cartConsidered the foremost exponent of Afrofuturism, Sun Ra mastered a wide array of styles that spanned jazz, R&B, exotica, Afro-hybrids, electronic, big band, solo piano, orchestral, experimental, and … [more below]
- Author: Ra, Sun
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1683966589
- Language: English
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Jazz Guitar Comping
$24.99 Add to cartFor most of the recorded history of jazz, the piano has been the main, and usually the only, comping instrument. This text will help guitarists get a handle on the most important job they have when pl… [more below]
- Author: Andrew Green
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 0786698780
- Language: English
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Jaco: The Extraordinary and Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius – Anniversary Edition
$26.95 Add to cartA fitting tribute to the troubled genius who revolutionized electric bass playing and bridged the gaps between jazz, R&B, rock and funk. From his early days in R&B club bands through his international… [more below]
- Author: Milkowski, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 339
- Publish Date: October 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0879308591
- Language: English
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Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld
$22.99 Add to cart- Author: English, T. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 0063031426
- Language: English
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Blues People
$16.99 Read more“A must for all who would more knowledgeably appreciate and better comprehend America’s most popular music.” — Langston Hughes
“The path the slave took to ‘citizenship’ is what I want to look at. And
- Author: Jones, Leroi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 20 1999
- ISBN10: 068818474X
- Language: English
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A Strange Celestial Road: My Time in the Sun Ra Arkestra
$35.00 Read moreA thrilling account of life with Sun Ra’s Arkestra and New York’s avant-garde jazz scenes of the 1970s-90s
In this memoir, Harlem-born trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah recounts decades of national and internat
- Author: Abdullah, Ahmed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1953691161
- Language: English
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William Claxton. Jazzlife
$100.00 Add to cartIn 1960, photographer William Claxton and noted musicologist Joachim E. Berendt traveled the United States hot on the trail of jazz. Through music halls and marching bands, side streets and subways, t
- Author: Berendt, Joachim E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 600
- Publish Date: July 22 2016
- ISBN10: 3836542935
- Language: English
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Revolutions in American Music: Three Decades That Changed a Country and Its Sounds
$35.00 Add to cartHow did a European social dance craze become part of an American presidential election? Why did the recording industry become racially divided? Where did rock ‘n’ roll really come from? And how do all
- Author: Broyles, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 20, 2024
- ISBN10: 0393634205
- Language: English
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Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original
$23.00 Add to cartFrom the mind of brilliant historian Robin Kelley comes the first full biography of legendary jazz musician Thelonious Monk, including full access to the family’s archives, dozens of interviews, and a… [more below]
- Author: Kelley, Robin D. G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: November 2, 2010
- ISBN10: 1439190461
- Language: English
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Easily Slip Into Another World: A Life in Music
$32.50 Read moreA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR – An autobiography of one of the towering figures of contemporary American music and a powerful meditation on history, race, capitalism, and art.
A Best Book- Author: Threadgill, Henry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1524749079
- Language: English
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The Fastest Drummer: Clap Your Hands for Viola Smith!
$17.99 Add to cartClap your hands for Viola Smith–the pioneering female drummer at the heart of this bright and rhythmic biography, who rat-tat-tat-bang-crash-clink-boomed for nearly a century.
Five girls played toget- Author: Robbins, Dean
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 5, 2024
- ISBN10: 1536224863
- Language: English
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Trombone Shorty: A Picture Book Biography
$19.99 Add to cartA Caldecott Honor Book illustrated by Bryan Collier, this picture book true story from Grammy Award nominee Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews is a “well-told and exquisitely illustrated story of a musici
- Author: Andrews, Troy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 14, 2015
- ISBN10: 1419714651
- Language: English
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The Story of the Saxophone
$19.99 Add to cartBrassy, smokey, melodious. There’s nothing like the saxophone. This incredible work from the award-winners behind Before She was Harriet includes a poster of jazz music’s greatest talents.
You may thi- Author: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: 28-Mar-23
- ISBN10: 0823437027
- Language: English
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Mary’s Idea
$19.99 Add to cartTwo-time Caldecott Medal winner Chris Raschka captures the sound, passion, innovation, and love of the arts that the renowned jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams shared with the world. Mary’s Idea is a stu
- Author: Raschka, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 16, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063210509
- Language: English
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Welcome to Jazz: A Swing-Along Celebration of America’s Music, Featuring “When the Saints Go Marching In”
$29.99 Add to cartAN INTERACTIVE, SWING-ALONG PICTURE BOOK–WITH 12 SOUND CHIPS
Are you ready to swing? Discover the wonders of jazz: How to get in the groove, what it means to play a solo, and the joy of singing a- Author: Sloan, Carolyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1523506881
- Language: English
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Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song
$40.00 Add to cartElla Fitzgerald (1917-1996) possessed one of the twentieth century’s most astonishing voices. In this first major biography since Fitzgerald’s death, historian Judith Tick offers a sublime portrait of
- Author: Tick, Judith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: December 05, 2023
- ISBN10: 039324105X
- Language: English
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Charlie Parker Played Be Bop
$8.99 Add to cartEver hear of Charlie Parker? The great jazz saxophone player? If you have or if you haven’t, it’s okay. Look at this board book and you’ll hear Charlie Parker; you’ll hear music in your mind. “Be bop…. [more below]
- Author: Raschka, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 1997
- ISBN10: 0531070956
- Language: English
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A Child’s Introduction to Jazz: The Musicians, Culture, and Roots of the World’s Coolest Music
$19.99 Read moreGet ready to swing with A Child’s Introduction to Jazz, an interactive journey into one of the richest and most soulful music genres in the world. Listen while you learn with QR codes that will connec
- Series: Child’s Introduction
- Author: Asim, Jabari
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: December 27 2022
- ISBN10: 0762479418
- Language: English
