Jazz, Blues

In the Beginning is from the much larger performance piece Prophecies of War. Composed by Andrew Hanna it is a progressive Jazz-Fusion composition composed for alto saxophone, electric guitar, bass g …

Early Jazz is an overview of the beginnings of jazz from its nineteenth-century roots through 1929, when elements of the Swing Era began to emerge. It is the first book on early jazz history in over …

At the close of the Second World War, waves of African American musicians migrated to Paris, eager to thrive in its reinvigorated jazz scene. Jazz Diasporas challenges the notion that Paris was a col …

Analysis of Jazz: A Comprehensive Approach, originally published in French as Analyser le jazz, is available here in English for the first time. In this groundbreaking volume, Laurent Cugny examines …

Glorious Days and Nights is a personal account of the fifty-year career of jazz photographer Herb Snitzer, with a special focus on his years in New York City from 1957 to 1964. A photojournalist for …

Mark Barnett knows and loves jazz, and he has a special talent for explaining the music-and his passion for it-in words that everyone can understand. It’s a talent that shines from every line in this …

Shortlisted for the 2022 Euro SEAS Humanities Book Prize Quyền Văn Minh (b. 1954) is not only a jazz saxophonist and lecturer at the prestigious Vietnam National Academy of Music, but he is also one …

Who am I? I am time. Time never ceases to stop. It continues to move forward spearheading us into what comes next. The ‘time’ is now. It is time to enlarge your thinking into a new world of time. A n …

Jazz players tend to be good sharers and good listeners–the qualities are virtually obligatory in often spontaneously conceived ensemble music. And the respect that the best players command can frequ …

In this book, Jason Davis shares his journey through the world of jazz music. From his early days as a child listening to Cannonball Adderley and Charlie Parker to his later years performing with som …