The final entry in our list of books about musicians is “Zakk Wylde –Bringing Metal to the Children“. This is a wild ride through the rock n’ roll circus as seen through the eyes of guitar legend Zakk Wylde. This book isn’t just a memoir; it’s a backstage pass to the mayhem,...
This is what makes books about musicians excellent library additions. Just like there are songs for each emotion, so are books for different music genres. Whether you consider yourself a one-genre person or don’t prefer to stick to one musical genre like me, these books are must-reads. ...
depict an era that may have been rampant with virulent racist and economic exploitation. During this time, jazz musicians had to fight organized crime and malignant forces that dominated the nightclub scene. Gerald also pays particular attention to female jazz artists and talks about their ...
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musicians to stay with them at their house. Some of these people had drug habits and one day a couple of East End heavies came to the door. Someone owed them money. Shirley Collins wrote them a cheque. Then she wrote a note to her husband. No more jazz; no more jazz musicians. ...
Whether you're lean towards bebop, ragtime or avant-garde sounds, we've rounded up some of our favorite jazz books.
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to the thrill of her escape to New York at the age of nineteen; to the inspiring story of Blaine's heroic victory over the polio that almost killed her in 1959. It is also invaluable as a history of the postwar community of artists, writers, and musicians with whom Blaine lived, worked...
MORE: Picture Books about Amazing African-American Women The Little Piano Girl: The Story of Mary Lou Williams, Jazz Legend focuses on the childhood of amazing pianist Mary Lou Williams and her impoverished background in Pittsburg where she charmed the neighbors with her magical playing. As a bi...
, University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London 1994. In depth and scholastic investigation of the how jazz musicians improvise – from an ethnomusicological perspective… John Biggs –Teaching for Quality Learning at UniversityOpen University Press, 2003 This publication provides a pragmatic approach ...