Jackson Street After Hours

Author: Paul De Barros
Publisher:
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 318

Book Description
"Vintage photographs and 24 contemporary portraits capture the style and flavor of Jackson Street and its jazz legacy. Based on extensive interviews with jazz musicians, this significant new volume documents the smokey rooms, Prohibition antics, wartime parties, and unforgettable riffs that characterized great moments in Pacific Northwest jazz." -- Amazon.com viewed July 8, 2020.

After Hours for Piano Duet

Author: Pam Wedgwood
Publisher: After Hours
ISBN: 9780571522606
Category : Piano music (4 hands)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
These laid back jazzy duets cover a variety of styles from cozy dinner jazz to wistful blues and more upbeat numbers. The perfect way to wind down after a stressful day! Its time to chill out and indulge in a little jazz. Titles: Fascination * Blue Yonder * Shop-a-holic! * Nowhere Man * Centrepoint * Just Another Day * Jack the Lad.

Three Wishes

Author: Pannonica de Koenigswarter
Publisher: Abrams Image
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter befriended many of jazz greats of the thriving New York jazz scene in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. In the 1960s, she began a project: She asked 300 jazz musicians what their three wishes in life were. Their responses are collected in this volume, available in English for the first time, and are accompanied by hundreds of candid photographs.--From cover, p. [4].

Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet

Author: Randall Sandke
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 081086990X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet tackles a controversial question: Is jazz the product of an insulated African-American environment, shut off from the rest of society by strictures of segregation and discrimination, or is it more properly understood as the juncture of a wide variety of influences under the broader umbrella of American culture? This book does not question that jazz was created and largely driven by African Americans, but rather posits that black culture has been more open to outside influences than most commentators are likely to admit. The majority of jazz writers, past and present, have embraced an exclusionary viewpoint. Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet begins by looking at many of these writers, from the birth of jazz history up to the present day, to see how and why their views have strayed from the historical record. This book challenges many widely held beliefs regarding the history and nature of jazz in an attempt to free jazz of the socio-political baggage that has s

After Hours for Solo Piano, Bk 3

Author: Pam Wedgwood
Publisher: After Hours
ISBN: 9780571522590
Category : Piano music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
What better way to relax than to sit down at the piano, chill out and indulge in a little jazz? This wonderful collection groups pieces in a variety of styles, to suit any mood. The perfect way to wind down after a stressful day. Titles: After Hours * Cunning Mr Fox * Falling * Flinders Street * Forgotten Dreams * Hang-up * Massage in a Bottle * Sleep Little Baby * Sliding Doors * Strange Encounter * Table for 2 * The Friends * Waterfalls * Wild Poppies.

Swing Under the Nazis

Author: Mike Zwerin
Publisher: Cooper Square Press
ISBN: 1461731976
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
For a brief time in a Europe threatened and then occupied by Nazi Germany, jazz was heard as ubiquitously as rock ' n' roll is today. In a personal search for the story of that time, Mike Zwerin spent two years traveling across Europe talking with individuals who performed and enjoyed jazz in Hitler's dark shadow, including the Ghetto Swingers, a Jewish jazz band that "toured" Auschwitz and Theresienstadt; the Luftwaffe pilot who listened to Glenn Miller while bombing London; Django Reinhardt, the brilliant guitarist who refused to flee Nazi-controlled France; and many others.

New York Magazine

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 126

Book Description
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

Jazz for Young People Curriculum

Author: Wynton Marsalis
Publisher: Alfred Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781931908061
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 33

Book Description

Instrumental Jazz Arranging

Author: Mike Tomaro
Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
ISBN: 9781423452744
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 532

Book Description
(Instructional). Instrumental Jazz Arranging consists of a systematic presentation of the essential techniques and materials of jazz arranging. Authors Mike Tomaro and John Wilson draw upon 50+ years of combined teaching experience to bring you a book that addresses all of the basic needs for beginning arrangers. Topics include counterpoint/linear writing, jazz harmony, compositional techniques, and orchestration. All topics serve to address issues concerned with true arranging in great detail. The book may be used in both individual and classroom instructional situations. The accompanying CDs 170 tracks in all! include many of the examples in the book, plus templates for assignments formatted for Finale .

New York Magazine

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164