Blues books

""Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Norman...  Read More >>

Early Jazz provides a musical tour of the early American jazz world. A classic study, it is both a splendid introduction...  Read More >>

-- Critically acclaimed biographies of history's most notable African-Americans -- Straightforward and objective...  Read More >>

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""The late Count Basie is one of the jazz immortals. The master of swing, whose beat was the subtlest and supplest...  Read More >>

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This book offers informative biographies of over 1000 musicians who were born before 1920. The most obscure sidemen...  Read More >>

The roots of much American music lie in the intensely personal art form of the blues. What bluesmen from W.C. Handy...  Read More >>

You too can play the blues! This fundamental introductory book for all instrumentalists has been designed to teach...  Read More >>

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""The fifties, though a quiescent period in many ways, was one of the most fervent decades in jazz history. The...  Read More >>

Blues is the cornerstone of American popular music, the bedrock of rock and roll. In this extraordinary musical...  Read More >>

""This is the only jazz history written by a musician that is not strictly autobiographical. Rex Stewart, who played...  Read More >>

(Guitar Educational). This unique, insightful book tells the story of an old man and a boy as they travel through...  Read More >>

""Chicago has always had a reputation as a ""wide open town"" with a high tolerance for gangsters, illegal liquor,...  Read More >>

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""Moonlight Serenade, Sunrise Serenade, Little Brown Jug, In the Mood... These and other memorable tunes endeared...  Read More >>

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""The last few years have witnessed an enormous resurgence in the popularity of jazz, after some lean times in the...  Read More >>

Documents the rise and development of a Rhythm and Blues. This volume examines the careers and music of the major...  Read More >>

By 1940 the big band sound had grown stale, and jazz musicians began to search out new sounds and styles. At the...  Read More >>

""Back in the thirties and forties, when New York City was the capital of the jazz world--you could hail a cab,...  Read More >>

(Music Sales America). Expert blues piano teacher and player Eric Kriss presents clear step-by-step directions to...  Read More >>