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• Jazz

  a Beginner's Guide

  Nicholson, Stuart, 1948-

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  An accessible introduction to a global musical phenomenon, from jazz's early stirrings in America's south through to the present day, when almost every country in the world has its own vibrant jazz scene.

• Becoming Ella Fitzgerald

  the Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song

  Tick, Judith

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  A landmark biography that reclaims Ella Fitzgerald as a major American artist and modernist innovator.

• Jazz

  New York in the Roaring Twenties

  Schaal, Hans-Jürgen

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  This award-winning book pays homage to this exceptional era, via an entertaining blend of illustrations, facts, and amusing anecdotes presenting 24 leading lights of New York’s jazz scene in the 1920s,

• Jazz

  a History of America's Music

  Ward, Geoffrey C.

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  Text and photographs reveal the history of jazz and celebrate the contributions of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, and other artists.

• The Chronicle of Jazz

  Cooke, Mervyn

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  A year-by-year history of people and events, this lively multi-layered account tells the whole story of jazz music and its personalities. The Chronicle of Jazz charts the evolution of jazz from its roots in Africa and the southern United States to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Art of Jazz

  a Visual History

  Shipton, Alyn,

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  An illustrated exploration of how the expressionism and spontaneity of jazz spilled onto its album art, posters, and promotional photography, and even inspired standalone works of fine art.

• Jazzing

  New York City's Unseen Scene

  Greenland, Thomas H., 1961-

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  Drawn from deep ethnographic research, interviews, and long term participant observation, Jazzing charts the ways New York's distinctive physical and social-cultural environment affects and is affected by jazz.

• Jazz Covers

  Paulo, Joaquim

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  This volume contains representations of 1,000 jazz record covers, from the 1940s through the early 1990s. Each cover is accompanied by a fact sheet listing the album's name, art director, photographer, illustrator, year, label, and more.

• The History of Jazz

  Gioia, Ted,

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  A comprehensive survey of jazz music from its origins until the current day.

• Conversations in Jazz

  the Ralph J. Gleason Interviews

  Gleason, Ralph J.,

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  During his nearly 40 years as a music journalist, Ralph J. Gleason recorded many in-depth interviews with some of the greatest jazz musicians of all time. These informal sessions, conducted mostly in Gleason's Berkeley, California, home, have never…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Experiencing Jazz

  a Listener's Companion

  Stephans, Michael

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  This guide to jazz by jazz drummer and educator Stephans is for the interested but uninformed reader.

• Jazz in Available Light

  Illuminating the Jazz Greats From the 1960s, '70s, and '80s

  Oakland, Veryl,

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  Veryl Oakland profiles the music's masters in a wide variety of settings -- under the spotlight, in their homes, and far from the stage--in a personalized manner unique for jazz publications.

• Playing Changes

  Jazz for the New Century

  Chinen, Nate,

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  A leading jazz critic charts the origins of jazz history and the influence of commercialized jazz education on the true spirit of the genre and discusses the synergy between jazz and postmillennial hip-hop and R&B music.

• Moving to Higher Ground

  How Jazz Can Change Your Life

  Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-

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  The Pulitzer Prize-winning musician offers his own take on jazz music as he discusses the secrets of listening to jazz, the different styles of various jazz musicians, its improvisational principles, and its influence on modern life and on one's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hotter Than That

  the Trumpet, Jazz, and American Culture

  Gabbard, Krin

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  A cultural history of the trumpet traces its rise from a court instrument in ancient Egypt and regimental staple in military marching bands to a pivotal component in the founding of jazz, documenting the pioneering efforts of Buddy Bolden to…Read moreRead more of this annotation