Genres & Styles/Jazz
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Mark Stryker celebrates Detroit’s profound influence on jazz from the mid-20th century through the present day.
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Philosophy and the Aesthetics of Improvisation
A bold exploration of how we define improvised music
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Philosophy and the Aesthetics of Improvisation
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Creativity and the Expert Drummer
Renowned rock drummer Bill Bruford analyzes the creative processes of drumming, using his own— and other famous musicians’— expertise and insights
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Creativity and the Expert Drummer
Renowned rock drummer Bill Bruford analyzes the creative processes of drumming, using his own— and other famous musicians’— expertise and insights
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Creativity and the Expert Drummer
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Music, Race, and American Culture in Weimar Germany
Reveals the wide-ranging influence of American jazz on German discussions of music, race, and culture in the early twentieth century
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| Web | 2017 | Open Access | Available | Read Online |
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Music, Race, and American Culture in Weimar Germany
Reveals the wide-ranging influence of American jazz on German discussions of music, race, and culture in the early twentieth century
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open access
Music, Race, and American Culture in Weimar Germany
Reveals the wide-ranging influence of American jazz on German discussions of music, race, and culture in the early twentieth century
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5. 
The first scholarly study of John Lewis and the Third Stream music of the Modern Jazz Quartet
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The first scholarly study of John Lewis and the Third Stream music of the Modern Jazz Quartet
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Paul Oliver and the Transatlantic Story of the Blues
Examines the role of black American music abroad in the post–WWII era through the lens of one of the period’s most prolific and influential blues scholars, Paul Oliver
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Paul Oliver and the Transatlantic Story of the Blues
Examines the role of black American music abroad in the post–WWII era through the lens of one of the period’s most prolific and influential blues scholars, Paul Oliver
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Paul Oliver and the Transatlantic Story of the Blues
Examines the role of black American music abroad in the post–WWII era through the lens of one of the period’s most prolific and influential blues scholars, Paul Oliver
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Making Jazz in Postwar France
The first study to focus on jazz in postwar France, this book explores the ways that French musicians and critics received and remade an American music according to their own cultural concerns
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Making Jazz in Postwar France
The first study to focus on jazz in postwar France, this book explores the ways that French musicians and critics received and remade an American music according to their own cultural concerns
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Making Jazz in Postwar France
The first study to focus on jazz in postwar France, this book explores the ways that French musicians and critics received and remade an American music according to their own cultural concerns
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Music, "Race," and Intellectuals in France, 1918-1945
A groundbreaking study of the reception of jazz among French-speaking black intellectuals between 1918 and 1945
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Music, "Race," and Intellectuals in France, 1918-1945
A groundbreaking study of the reception of jazz among French-speaking black intellectuals between 1918 and 1945
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Music, "Race," and Intellectuals in France, 1918-1945
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9. 
The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron
The first authoritative biography of jazz great Tadd Dameron
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The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron
The first authoritative biography of jazz great Tadd Dameron
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The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron
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10. 
Louis Armstrong, Autobiography, and American Jazz
A groundbreaking study of Louis Armstrong’s autobiographical practices
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Louis Armstrong, Autobiography, and American Jazz
A groundbreaking study of Louis Armstrong’s autobiographical practices
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Louis Armstrong, Autobiography, and American Jazz
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A fascinating and insightful study of the development of New Orleans jazz and its effect on jazz history
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A fascinating and insightful study of the development of New Orleans jazz and its effect on jazz history
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12. 
The Life and Music of Lee Morgan
The story of one of the most individual jazz stylists of his time
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| Paper | 2008 | $28.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Delightfulee" to Cart |
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The Life and Music of Lee Morgan
The story of one of the most individual jazz stylists of his time
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A Biography of Susannah McCorkle
The secret life and tragic death of a great American songbird
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| Paper | 2008 | $21.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Haunted Heart" to Cart |
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A Biography of Susannah McCorkle
The secret life and tragic death of a great American songbird
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Conversations on the Improviser's Art
With a foreword by Joe Lovano, an oral biography of the preeminent alto saxophonist of cool jazz
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Conversations on the Improviser's Art
With a foreword by Joe Lovano, an oral biography of the preeminent alto saxophonist of cool jazz
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Conversations on the Improviser's Art
With a foreword by Joe Lovano, an oral biography of the preeminent alto saxophonist of cool jazz
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His Life in Music
The first biography of one of the most influential but unheralded musicians in jazz history
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| Hardcover | 2007 | $45.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Lennie Tristano" to Cart |
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