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(Fake Book). A new low voice edition of nearly 300 songs picked
especially for vocalists Includes: Ain't Misbehavin' * All the Way
* Bali Ha'i * Be Careful, It's My Heart * Bein' Green * Besame
Mucho * Blackbird * Caravan * Cheek to Cheek * Crazy * East of the
Sun (And West of the Moon) * Everybody Loves Somebody * Falling in
Love Again (Can't Help It) * From This Moment On * The Glory of
Love * A Good Man Is Hard to Find * Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp
of Savannah) * How Deep Is the Ocean (How High Is the Sky) * I Left
My Heart in San Francisco * I'll Be Around * I'll Take Romance *
I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm * I've Got You Under My Skin *
It's You or No One * Java Jive * Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease
Me) * The Lady Is a Tramp * Learnin' the Blues * Lollipops and
Roses * Lost in the Stars * L-O-V-E * Makin' Whoopee * Mona Lisa *
Moonlight in Vermont * More (Ti Guardero Nel Cuore) * My Blue
Heaven * My Heart Stood Still * A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley
Square * On the Street Where You Live * Prelude to a Kiss * Pure
Imagination * Speak Low * Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the
Time) * Strangers in the Night * That Old Black Magic * Time After
Time * Unforgettable * The Very Thought of You * What a Wonderful
World * Witchcraft * You Are Beautiful * and more.
Songs of the Unsung is the autobiography of Los Angeles jazz
musician and activist Horace Tapscott (1934-1999). A pianist who
ardently believed in the power of music to connect people, Tapscott
was a beloved and influential character who touched many yet has
remained unknown to the majority of Americans. In addition to being
"his" story, Songs of the Unsung is the story of Los Angeles's
cultural and political evolution over the last half of the
twentieth century, of the origins of many of the most important
avant-garde musicians still on the scene today, and of a rich and
varied body of music. Tapscott's narrative covers his early life in
segregated Houston, his move to California in 1943, life as a
player in the Air Force band in the early fifties, and his travels
with the Lionel Hampton Band. He reflects on how the Pan Afrikan
Peoples Arkestra (the "Ark"), an organization he founded in 1961 to
preserve and spread African and African-American music, eventually
became the Union of God's Musicians and Artists Ascension-a group
that not only performed musically but was active in the civil
rights movement, youth education, and community programs. Songs of
the Unsung also includes Tapscott's vivid descriptions of the Watts
neighborhood insurrection of 1965 and the L.A. upheavals of 1992,
interactions with both the Black Panthers and the L.A.P.D., his
involvement in Motown's West Coast scene, the growth of his musical
reputation abroad, and stories about many of his musician-activist
friends, including Billy Higgins, Don Cherry, Buddy Collette,
Arthur Blythe, Lawrence and Wilber Morris, Linda Hill, Elaine
Brown, Stanley Crouch, and Sun Ra. With a foreword by Steven
Isoardi, a brief introduction by actor William Marshall, a full
discography of Tapscott's recordings, and many fine photographs,
Songs of the Unsung is the inspiring story of one of America's most
unassuming twentieth-century heroes.
A galvanizing history of how jazz and jazz musicians flourished
despite rampant cultural exploitation The music we call "jazz"
arose in late nineteenth century North America--most likely in New
Orleans--based on the musical traditions of Africans, newly freed
from slavery. Grounded in the music known as the "blues," which
expressed the pain, sufferings, and hopes of Black folk then
pulverized by Jim Crow, this new music entered the world via the
instruments that had been abandoned by departing military bands
after the Civil War. Jazz and Justice examines the economic,
social, and political forces that shaped this music into a
phenomenal US--and Black American--contribution to global arts and
culture. Horne assembles a galvanic story depicting what may have
been the era's most virulent economic--and racist--exploitation, as
jazz musicians battled organized crime, the Ku Klux Klan, and other
variously malignant forces dominating the nightclub scene where
jazz became known. Horne pays particular attention to women
artists, such as pianist Mary Lou Williams and trombonist Melba
Liston, and limns the contributions of musicians with Native
American roots. This is the story of a beautiful lotus, growing
from the filth of the crassest form of human immiseration.
Jews and Jazz: Improvising Ethnicity explores the meaning of Jewish
involvement in the world of American jazz. It focuses on the ways
prominent jazz musicians like Stan Getz, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw,
Lee Konitz, Dave Liebman, Michael Brecker, and Red Rodney have
engaged with jazz in order to explore and construct ethnic
identities. The author looks at Jewish identity through jazz in the
context of the surrounding American culture, believing that
American Jews have used jazz to construct three kinds of
identities: to become more American, to emphasize their minority
outsider status, and to become more Jewish. From the beginning,
Jewish musicians have used jazz for all three of these purposes,
but the emphasis has shifted over time. In the 1920s and 1930s,
when Jews were seen as foreign, Jews used jazz to make a more
inclusive America, for themselves and for blacks, establishing
their American identity. Beginning in the 1940s, as Jews became
more accepted into the mainstream, they used jazz to
"re-minoritize" and avoid over-assimilation through identification
with African Americans. Finally, starting in the 1960s as ethnic
assertion became more predominant in America, Jews have used jazz
to explore and advance their identities as Jews in a multicultural
society.
Remixing European Jazz Culture examines a jazz culture that emerged
in the 1990s in cosmopolitan cities like Amsterdam, Rotterdam,
Berlin, London, and Oslo - energised by the introduction of studio
technologies into the live performance space, which has since
developed into internationally recognised, eclectic, hybrid jazz
styles. This book explores these oft-overlooked musicians and their
forms that have nonetheless expanded the plane of jazz's continued
prosperity, popularity, and revitalisation in the twenty-first
century - one where remix is no longer the sole domain of studio
producers. Seeking to update the orthodoxies of the field of jazz
studies, Remixing European Jazz Culture: incorporates electronic
and digital performance, recording, and distribution practices that
have transformed the culture since the 1980s; provides a more
diverse and multifaceted cultural representation of European jazz
and the contributions of a variety of performers; and offers an
encompassing picture of the depth of jazz practice that has erupted
through Northern Europe since 1989. With an expansion of
international networks and a disintegration of artistic boundaries,
the collaborative, performative, and real-time improvisational
process of remixing has stimulated a merging of the music's past
and present within European jazz culture.
A book that clearly explains the principles of jazz soloing.
Logically organized, with hundreds of musical examples, this method
is the result of many years of Ted's teaching and research.
The definitive biography of guitar icon and Grammy Award-winning
artist Bill Frisell. FEATURING EXCLUSIVE LISTENING SESSIONS WITH:
Paul Simon; Justin Vernon of Bon Iver; Gus Van Sant; Rhiannon
Giddens; The Bad Plus; Gavin Bryars; Van Dyke Parks; Sam Amidon;
Hal Willner; Jim Woodring; Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill 'A
beautiful and long overdue portrait of one of America's true living
cultural treasures.' JOHN ZORN 'The perfect companion-piece to the
music of its subject.' MOJO 'Outlines the subject's life in a
series of scrupulous strokes and intimate interviews that are rare
in such undertakings . . . a cool, casual victory.' IRISH TIMES
Over a period of forty-five years, Bill Frisell has established
himself as one of the most innovative and influential musicians at
work today. A quietly revolutionary guitar hero for our
genre-blurring times, he connects to a diverse range of artists and
admirers, including Paul Simon, Elvis Costello, Rhiannon Giddens,
Gus Van Sant and Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, all of whom feature in
this book. A vital addition to any music lover's book collection,
Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer tells the legendary guitarist's
story for the first time. 'Stuffed with musical encounters, so many
that every couple of pages there's an unheard Frisell recording for
the reader to chase down.' NEW YORKER 'Bill Frisell, Beautiful
Dreamer is the definitive biography.' BILL MILKOWSKI, DOWNBEAT
'Superb . . . the book races along like Sonny Rollins in full sail.
Like subject, like writer: this is super-articulate, adventurous
prose.' PERSPECTIVE '[Watson's] writing balances unbridled passion
and dispassionate research nearly as deftly as Mr. Frisell's
playing does sound and silence . . . compelling.' WALL STREET
JOURNAL
Jazz Sells: Music, Marketing, and Meaning examines the issues of
jazz, consumption, and capitalism through advertising. On
television, on the Internet, in radio, and in print, advertising is
a critically important medium for the mass dissemination of music
and musical meaning. This book is a study of the use of the jazz
genre as a musical signifier in promotional efforts, exploring how
the relationship between brand, jazz music, and jazz discourses
come together to create meaning for the product and the consumer.
At the same time, it examines how jazz offers an invaluable lens
through which to examine the complex and often contradictory
culture of consumption upon which capitalism is predicated.
Jazz Theory: From Basic to Advanced Study, Second Edition, is a
comprehensive textbook for those with no previous study in jazz, as
well as those in advanced theory courses. Written with the goal to
bridge theory and practice, it provides a strong theoretical
foundation from music fundamentals to post-tonal theory, while
integrating ear training, keyboard skills, and improvisation. It
hosts "play-along" audio tracks on a Companion Website, including a
workbook, ear-training exercises, and an audio compilation of the
musical examples featured in the book. Jazz Theory is organized
into three parts: Basics, Intermediate, and Advanced. This approach
allows for success in a one-semester curriculum or with subsequent
terms. If students sense that theory can facilitate their
improvisational skills or can help them develop their ears, they
become more engaged in the learning process. The overall
pedagogical structure accomplishes precisely that in an original,
creative-and above all, musical-manner. KEY FEATURES include 390
musical examples, ranging from original lead sheets of standard
tunes, jazz instrumentals, transcriptions, and original
compositions, to fully realized harmonic progressions, sample
solos, and re-harmonized tunes. The completely revamped Companion
Website hosts: 46 "Play Along Sessions" audio tracks, offering
experiences close to real-time performance scenarios. Over 1,000
(audio and written) exercises covering ear training, rhythm,
notation, analysis, improvisation, composition, functional
keyboard, and others. Recordings of all 390 musical examples from
the textbook. Links: Guide to Making Transcriptions, List of Solos
to Transcribe, Selected Discography, Classification of Standard
Tunes, and more. Lists of well-known standard tunes, including a
comprehensive list of 999 Standard Tunes - Composers and Lyricists.
NEW TO THE SECOND EDITION are instructors' tools with answer keys
to written and ear-training exercises, 380 rhythmic calisthenics
featuring exercises from the swing, bebop, and Latin rhythmic
traditions, a new improvisation section, a set of 140 Comprehensive
Keyboard exercises, plus an expanded ear-training section with 125
melodic, 50 rhythmic dictations, and 170 harmonic dictations, plus
240 written exercises, 25 composition assignments, and 110 singing
exercises. The paperback TEXTBOOK is also paired with the
corresponding paperback WORKBOOK in a discounted PACKAGE
(9780367321963).
(Real Book Play-Along). This USB stick includes backing tracks to
240 songs from The Real Book Volume 1 so you can play along with a
real rhythm section professionally recorded for these products.
This title examines in great detail the arrival of jazz in Britain,
the influence of American musicians, the big-band era and then the
advent of bop, the Musicians' Union ban, the development of jazz
journalism and specialist clubs and the fascinating cloak and
dagger plots culminating in the defiance of the Musicians' Union
ban on the appearance of American musicians in Britain. It features
conscientiously researched and related with trenchant and pithy
humour.
(Vocal Piano). Vocal/piano arrangements based on Esperanza's own
lead sheets of all 12 tracks from the 2008 release from this jazz
prodigy. Songs include: Cuerpo Y Alma (Body and Soul) * Espera *
Fall In * I Adore You * I Know You Know * If That's True * Love in
Time * Mela * Ponta De Areia * Precious * Samba Em Preludio * She
Got to You.
Over 480 chords illustrated in standard notation, plus keyboard
diagrams for instant note recognition. All the chords you need to
play today's jazz music. You don't need to read music to use this
chord finder!
Five superb albums of graded pieces provide a wealth of jazz
repertoire. Throughout, there is a huge range of styles, from bebop
blues to calypsos, boogie-woogie to ballads, jazz waltzes to free
jazz. There are classic tunes by the jazz greats, including Duke
Ellington, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk. And there are brand-new
pieces specially commissioned from professional British jazz
musicians and educators. Each album presents 15 pieces in three
lists: blues, standards and contemporary jazz. The head of each
piece is set out with all the characteristic voicings, phrasing and
rhythmic patterns you need for a stylish performance. The
improvised section gives guideline pitches and left-hand voicings
as a practical starting-point. Accessible, student-centred and of
the highest musical standards, these pieces will get you playing
jazz confidently and creatively. Contains all the pieces for
ABRSM's new jazz piano exam.
Jazz on the Line: Improvisation in Practice presents an
ethnographic reflection on improvisation as performance, examining
how musicians think and act when negotiating improvisational
frameworks. This multidisciplinary discussion-guided by a focus on
recordings, composition, authenticity, and venues-explores the
musical choices made by performers, emphasizing how these choices
can be logically understood within the context of controlled,
musical outputs. Throughout the text, the author engages directly
with musicians and their varied practices-from canonized dogmas to
innovative experimentalism-offering interviews both planned and
spontaneous. Musical agency is posited as a tightrope balancing
act, signifying the skill and excitement of improvisational
performativity and exemplifying the life of a jazzaerialist. With a
travel journal approach as a backdrop, Jazz on the Line provides
concepts and theories that demystify the creative processes of
improvisation.
The contributors to Negotiated Moments explore how subjectivity is
formed and expressed through musical improvisation, tracing the
ways the transmission and reception of sound occur within and
between bodies in real and virtual time and across memory, history,
and space. They place the gendered, sexed, raced, classed,
disabled, and technologized body at the center of critical
improvisation studies and move beyond the field's tendency toward
celebrating improvisation's utopian and democratic ideals by
highlighting the improvisation of marginalized subjects. Rejecting
a singular theory of improvisational agency, the contributors show
how improvisation helps people gain hard-won and highly contingent
agency. Essays include analyses of the role of the body and
technology in performance, improvisation's ability to disrupt power
relations, Pauline Oliveros's ideas about listening, flautist
Nicole Mitchell's compositions based on Octavia Butler's science
fiction, and an interview with Judith Butler about the relationship
between her work and improvisation. The contributors' close
attention to improvisation provides a touchstone for examining
subjectivities and offers ways to hear the full spectrum of ideas
that sound out from and resonate within and across bodies.
Contributors. George Blake, David Borgo, Judith Butler, Rebecca
Caines, Louise Campbell, Illa Carrillo Rodriguez, Berenice Corti,
Andrew Raffo Dewar, Nina Eidsheim, Tomie Hahn, Jaclyn Heyen,
Christine Sun Kim, Catherine Lee, Andra McCartney, Tracy McMullen,
Kevin McNeilly, Leaf Miller, Jovana Milovic, Francois Mouillot,
Pauline Oliveros, Jason Robinson, Neil Rolnick, Simon Rose, Gillian
Siddall, Julie Dawn Smith, Jesse Stewart, Clara Tomaz, Sherrie
Tucker, Lindsay Vogt, Zachary Wallmark, Ellen Waterman, David
Whalen, Pete Williams, Deborah Wong, Mandy-Suzanne Wong
Why Jazz Happened is the first comprehensive social history of
jazz. It provides an intimate and compelling look at the many
forces that shaped this most American of art forms and the many
influences that gave rise to jazz's post-war styles. Rich with the
voices of musicians, producers, promoters, and others on the scene
during the decades following World War II, this book views jazz's
evolution through the prism of technological advances, social
transformations, changes in the law, economic trends, and much
more. In an absorbing narrative enlivened by the commentary of key
personalities, Marc Myers describes the myriad of events and trends
that affected the music's evolution, among them, the American
Federation of Musicians strike in the early 1940s, changes in radio
and concert-promotion, the introduction of the long-playing record,
the suburbanization of Los Angeles, the Civil Rights movement, the
"British invasion" and the rise of electronic instruments. This
groundbreaking book deepens our appreciation of this music by
identifying many of the developments outside of jazz itself that
contributed most to its texture, complexity, and growth.
Pam Wedgwood's Really Easy Jazzin' About Piano is a vibrant
collection of original pieces arranged for solo piano in a range of
contemporary styles, tailor-made for the absolute beginner (Grade
0-2). Online audio is included this book, complete with
performances and backing tracks and slowed-down backings for
practice for an enhanced learning experience. So take a break from
the classics and get into the groove as you cruise from blues, to
rock, to jazz!
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