Blues books

The guitarist's guide to mastering the blues. Learn the concepts, techniques and theory specific to the blues, and...  Read More >>

By using Scott Joplin's life as a window onto American social and cultural development at the turn of the century,...  Read More >>

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This book is great for the musician who knows the basics of blues guitar and is ready to take the next step. After...  Read More >>

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). This 38-song book is a tribute to the work of Bessie Smith, unquestionably...  Read More >>

""When originally published in 1974, Ekkehard Jost's Free Jazz was the first examination of the new music of such...  Read More >>

""Art Pepper (1925--1982) was called the greatest alto saxophonist of the post-Charlie Parker generation. But his...  Read More >>

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A study of hard bop, combining a narrative of the movement's evolution, from its beginnings as an amalgam of bebop...  Read More >>

By relating biography to the cultural and musical contours of contemporary American life, Ronald M. Radano observes...  Read More >>

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By relating biography to the cultural and musical contours of contemporary American life, Ronald M. Radano observes...  Read More >>

An intriguing memoir by the legendary bandleader.  Read More >>

Mercury Records was founded in 1945 and soon became a major force in jazz and blues, classical, rock, and country...  Read More >>

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Duvivier's reflections on growing up in Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s, the evolution of the bass, life in the commercial...  Read More >>

(Music Sales America). The complete method that everyone understands! David Harp starts with the basics and soon...  Read More >>

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From Offenbach to Scott Joplin, from Louis Armstrong to The Who, this guide covers all major strands within Anglo-American...  Read More >>

The Early Masters of American Blues series provides the unique opportunity to study the true roots of modern blues....  Read More >>

The Early Masters of American Blues series provides the unique opportunity to study the true roots of modern blues....  Read More >>

The first published writing of the jazz giant, covering his life from his days in New Orleans through his success...  Read More >>

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(Guitar). This book for intermediate-level guitarists is a follow-up to Kenny's Introduction to Acoustic Blues...  Read More >>