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  • The Story of Boogie-Woogie

    A Left Hand Like God

    by Peter J. Silvester ...
    The Story of Boogie-Woogie: A Left Hand Like God examines the socio-historical background of the boogie-woogie piano style, from its early appearances in the barrelhouses of lumber, turpentine, and railroad camps in the southern United States, to its emergence at rent parties in Chicago and St. Louis, to its rise as a popular form of music in the nightclubs of New York, to its status as an ... Read more

    $109.39 USD

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  • New Atlantis

    Musicians Battle for the Survival of New Orleans

    by John Swenson ...
    At its most intimate level, music heals our emotional wounds and inspires us. At its most public, it unites people across cultural boundaries. But can it rebuild a city? That's the central question posed in New Atlantis, journalist John Swenson's beautifully detailed account of the musical artists working to save America's most colorful and troubled metropolis: New Orleans. The city has been ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • Keith Jarrett's The Koln Concert

    by Peter Elsdon ...
    Series series Oxford Studies in Recorded Jazz
    Keith Jarrett ranks among the most accomplished and influential pianists in jazz history. His The Köln Concert stands among the most important jazz recordings of the past four decades, not only because of the music on the record, but also because of the remarkable reception it has received from musicians and lay-listeners alike. Since the album's 1975 release, it has sold over three million copies ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • Jazz

    A Beginner's Guide

    by Stuart Nicholson ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    This definitive guide includes a unique chapter-by-chapter playlist for the reader.Jazz: A Beginner’s Guide is a lively and highly accessible introduction to a global musical phenomenon. Award-winning music journalist and author Stuart Nicholson takes the reader on an entertaining journey from jazz's early stirrings in America’s south through to the present day, when almost every country in the ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Love Songs

    The Hidden History

    by Ted Gioia ...
    The love song is timeless. From its beginnings, it has been shaped by bohemians and renegades, slaves and oppressed minorities, prostitutes, immigrants and other excluded groups. But what do we really know about the origins of these intimate expressions of the heart? And how have our changing perceptions about topics such as sexuality and gender roles changed our attitudes towards these songs? In ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Music, the Arts, and Ideas

    Patterns and Predictions in Twentieth-Century Culture

    by Leonard B. Meyer ...
    Meyer makes a valuable statement on aesthetics, criteria for assessing great works of music, compositional practices and theories of the present day, and predictions of the future of Western culture. His postlude, written for the book's twenty-fifth anniversary, looks back at his thoughts on the direction of music in 1967. ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings

    Volumes 3 and 4

    by Steve Sullivan ...
    Volumes 3 and 4 of the The Encyclopedia of More Great Popular Song Recordings provides the stories behind approximately 1,700 more of the greatest song recordings in the history of the music industry, from 1890 to today. In this masterful survey, all genres of popular music are covered, from pop, rock, soul, and country to jazz, blues, classic vocals, hip-hop, folk, gospel, and ethnic/world music. ... Read more

    $220.49 USD

  • The Origins of Cool in Postwar America

    by Joel Dinerstein ...
    An "entertaining" study of the enduring concept of coolness, and the mix of cultures and historical events that shaped it ( The New York Times).Cool. It was a new word and a new way to be, and in a single generation, it became the supreme compliment of American culture. The Origins of Cool in Postwar America uncovers the hidden history of this concept and its new set of codes that came to define a ... Read more

    $20.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings

    Volumes 1 and 2

    by Steve Sullivan ...
    From John Philip Sousa to Green Day, from Scott Joplin to Kanye West, from Stephen Foster to Coldplay, The Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volumes 1 and 2 covers the vast scope of its subject with virtually unprecedented breadth and depth. Approximately 1,000 key song recordings from 1889 to the present are explored in full, unveiling the stories behind the songs, the recordings, ... Read more

    $207.49 USD

  • Words on Music

    Quotations from the greats of popular music

    by Brian Westland ...
    You've heard the music and read the biographies. Now gain insight to the greats of popular music through their own words. This book is a collection of some of the most memorable quotes from the premier artists of pop, rock, jazz, and the blues.Comments on the business of making music are found here as well as many fascinating and often surprising observations on life in general. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz

    Edited by the late Leonard Feather, Ira Gitler ...
    Do you want to know when Duke Ellington was king of The Cotton Club? Have you ever wondered how old Miles Davis was when he got his first trumpet? From birth dates to gig dates and from recordings to television specials, Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler have left no stone unturned in their quest for accurate, detailed information on the careers of 3.300 jazz musicians from around the world. We learn ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • The Standard Operas

    by George P. Upton ...
    First published in 1897. "The object of the compiler of this Handbook is to present to the reader a brief but comprehensive sketch of each of the operas contained in the modern repertory which are likely to be given during regular seasons. To this end he has consulted the best authorities, adding to the material thus collected his own observations, and in each case presented a necessarily brief ... Read more

    $1.15 USD or Free with Kobo Plus