Jazz, Blues

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 …

New York City has always been a mecca in the history of jazz, and in many ways the city’s jazz scene is more important now than ever before. Blowin’ the Blues Away examines how jazz has thrived in Ne …

This theoretical book is meant to improve contemporary jazz styles techniques for all musician players of modern jazz. These exercises were made as an extension of my book ‘240 Chromatic Exercises + …

Jazz as an instrument of global diplomacy transformed superpower relations in the Cold War era and reshaped democracy’s image worldwide. Lisa E. Davenport tells the story of America’s program of jazz …

Taking inspiration from a class room assignment and John Coltrane’s interpretation of Mongo Santamaría’s Afro Blue, Earth, Wind, Water, & Fire is a jazz composition for sextet composed by Andrew Hann …

Holy Ghost is the first extended study of free jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler, who is seen today as one of the most important innovators in the history of jazz.  Ayler synthesized children’s song …

This practical and enlightening book gives insight into almost every aspect of jazz musicianship—scale/chord theory, composing techniques, analyzing tunes, practice strategies, etc. For any level o …

The most highly-acclaimed jazz theory book ever published! Over 500 pages of comprehensive, but easy to understand text covering every aspect of how jazz is constructed—chord construction, II-V-I p …

Association of Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence Best Research in Recorded Jazz Music–Certificate of Merit (2013) The coal fields of West Virginia would seem an unlikely market for big …

A compelling biography of virtuoso, baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams and how his life intersected with some of the greatest poets, writers, painters, and musicians of his time. Pepper Adams is more …