Jazz, Blues

When a jazz hero dies, rumors, speculation, gossip, and legend can muddle the real cause of death. In this book, Frederick J. Spencer, M.D., conducts an inquest on how jazz greats lived and died purs …

Winner of the 2023 Award for Excellence for Best Historical Research in Recorded Jazz from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections During the formative years of jazz (1890–1917), the Creoles o …

The life of the unparalleled purveyor of the Great American Songbook, Marian Mc Partland, is celebrated in this engrossing biography From Bobby Short to Esperanza Spalding, across the 33-year run of …

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 adventurous musical minds. His expansive musicianship, ri …

The most highly acclaimed jazz piano method ever published! Over 300 pages with complete chapters on Intervals and triads, The major modes and II-V-I, 3-note voicings, Sus. and phrygian Chords, Addin …

… over 2000 jazz pianists listing the title of album or CD … introducing you to the great and the unknown jazz pianists … discography of the amazing Bernard Peiffer and Jessica Williams … inf …

Association of Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence Best Research in Recorded Jazz Music–Best History (tie) (2011) Wilbur C. Sweatman (1882-1961) is one of the most important, yet unheral …

The social connotation of jazz in American popular culture has shifted dramatically since its emergence in the early twentieth century. Once considered youthful and even rebellious, jazz music is now …

In Boysie’s Horn, social historian, radio host, producer, journalist, and novelist Steven Leech highlights the influence of one of America’s greatest jazz educators, Boysie Lowrie, in making African …

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 …