Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate the roots of jazz music.

An engaging biography of a living musical legend, Oscar Peterson. A man Duke Ellington once called the "maharajah of the piano." Gene Lees carefully builds up the portrait of Peterson, his childhood and what it meant to be black and talented in Montreal in the 1940s, hist three marriages and six children, his musical partners (Ray Brown, Herb Ellis and Ed Thigpen), his musical friends and colleagues (Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Tatum and...

Acoustic Rooster forms a jazz band with Duck Ellington, Bee Holliday, and Pepe Ernesto Cruz to compete in the annual Barnyard Talent Show against such greats as Thelonius Monkey, Mules Davis, and Ella Finchgerald. Includes glossary, notes on the characters and songs, and jazz timeline.

Did you know that jazz bands started in America more than 100 years ago? The first bands appeared in New Orleans. Some bands played on riverboats. Discover these and other fascinating facts in Jazz Bands, one of the titles in the Bands series.

Which Type Of Music Blends Styles And Uses Improvisation? Jazz! Supports Emphasis On Increasing Steam (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, And Math) Content.

The early nineteenth century in the United States was a study of contrasts. On one hand, the Jazz Age brought cultural liberation, vivacity, and reckless consumption. On the other hand, the Great Depression brought poverty and desperation to millions. Readers will explore these periods in American history through the eyes of the people who lived them.

Este libro busca ser una revisión de la literatura ya establecida para la teoría del jazz en español, ya que prácticamente todos los antecedentes se encuentran escritos en inglés. Este material presenta la escala pentatónica y sus principales variantes, vista desde el enfoque teórico y práctico del jazz. Incluye: formas de estudio, análisis de solos de Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman y Johnny Hodges, además un estudio profundo de la relación...

A Drummer's Story chronicles the adventures of Warren Benbow, a kid drummer just out of the High School of Performing Arts in New York City. His stories describe the changing world of jazz in the 1970s, from acoustic music to electric jazz fusion. Warren narrates his experiences with the legendary musicians he knew and played with. Names such as Whitney Houston, Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, Miles Davis, Betty Carter, and James 'Blood' Ulmer. His memoir...

WORLD'S BEST JAZZ CLUB: the story of Bennetts Lane is one of those rare books that provides an intimate snapshot of an iconic place. It is a fascinating exposé of the life, music and twenty-one year history of a famous jazz club. The book is filled with little gems from many great jazz artists, but more than that it documents the history of a significant place through first-hand accounts to create a wonderful view of life in the jazz scene during...

The Tao of Jazz Improvisation is designed to simultaneously train the ear, mind, and body; and to increase the symbiotic relationship of the three. Train the ear to guide the player more efficiently and quickly. Train the mind to process musical stimuli/information at a faster rate. Train the body to react and execute the desired information coming from the ears and mind at maximum efficiency. This method deals with training the musician on the performance...