Jazz

Brillanter Trompeter, Boxer und JazzlegendeEr ist eine der größten Musikerpersönlichkeiten, seine Silhouette eine Ikone: Miles Davis war eine Naturgewalt, ein Virtuose der Wandlungen, der den Jazz mehrfach neu erfand. Er verband künstlerische Integrität mit Sensibilität und verschob die Grenzen des Jazz - von Birth of the Cool bis Bitches Brew und weit darüber hinaus. Sein Album Kind of Blue gilt vielen als die beste Jazz-Platte aller Zeiten. Weltweit erfolgreich, blieben rassistische Diskriminierung und die daraus resultierende Wut prägend für seine Persönlichkeit.Doch wer war der Mensch hinter dem Mythos des 'Prince of Darkness'? Stefan Hentz zeichnet Leben und Werk dieses außergewöhnlichen Musikers so fundiert wie kenntnisreich nach und dringt tief in das widersprüchliche Genie vor.Mit einem faszinierenden Kapitel über die berühmte Fotoserie 'A Day in the Life of Miles Davis' von Glen Craig.

Part memoir, part scrapbook, part secrets of the Rat Pack way of life--and all perfectly "Frank"--this national bestseller includes 100 photos of this fascinating group.

'If you have yet to explore her cosmic music, begin, as Andy Beta did, with Journey in Satchidananda, then open this detailed and illuminating biography. And prepare to be transported' OBSERVER'This book is one to cancel all your plans and really sink into . . . rich and textured' SHORTLISTMusician, wife, mother, daughter, sister, grandmother, collaborator, guru, iconoclast: Alice Coltrane is one of the most forward-looking yet misunderstood artists of the last fifty years.For most of her life - and even in the decades since her passing - she was seen merely as the widow of the late John Coltrane, one of jazz's 'great men' who has long been worshipped with an almost religious fervour and devotion. Yet ever so slowly, that level of love and appreciation is also being bestowed upon Alice. Her influence can be felt on new generations of musicians, especially women, people of colour and artists who seek to combine jazz with other musical forms. In Coltrane's music, we can observe the transformation of Black American music in microcosm: the gospel roots giving rise to jazz and bebop, then intermingling with soul and R&B, then onto rock, modern classical, psychedelia and new age.Cosmic Music is both the first full-length biography of Alice and a long-overdue corrective to the historical and critical record. Based on extensive research and scores of new interviews by acclaimed music journalist Andy Beta, it is the definitive account of a visionary whose influence is only just beginning to be appreciated in full.'A spiritually moving, epic love story for the ages' JAZZ TIMES'Andy Beta has a lyrical sense of the ideological mountains the couple were trying to scale with their work' NEW STATESEMAN

This elegant volume is a portrait gallery of 50 eminent legends spanning jazz history, from Jelly Roll Morton, perhaps the inventor of the art form, to contemporary axman Joe Lovano, who contributes a foreword.<BR>  <BR> Arguably America’s most profound cultural contribution, jazz has evolved for over a hundred years since its birth in the ethnic gumbo of New Orleans at the dawn of the 20th century. Like a mighty river, it has wended its way over time through geography, style, and mood, forming numerous tributaries along the way. In this reissue, each figure is featured in handsome vintage photographs and a pithy, revealing biography.

Der NYT-Bestseller der weltberühmten Sängerin und Schauspielerin!Wicked gehört mittlerweile zum Standardrepertoire in jeder Musicalausbildung. Auch Cynthia Erivo erlernte die Musik schon lange, bevor genau diese ihr Leben verändern würde. Jetzt ist sie eine der bekanntesten Schauspielerinnen und Sängerinnen der Welt und beweist, dass sich selbst zu entdecken eine niemals endende Reise ist.In bewegenden, persönlichen Anekdoten beschreibt sie, wie sie als queere Schwarze Frau im Showbusiness ihren Platz gefunden hat. Erivo schildert die Herausforderungen, mit denen sie konfrontiert war, und zeigt, wie ihre sensible Emotionalität und ihr unermüdliches Durchhaltevermögen sie an die Spitze gebracht haben. Sie ermutigt Leserinnen und Leser, ihre Träume kompromisslos zu verfolgen, auch wenn der Weg schwierig sein mag. Ihr Buch ist nicht nur eine persönliche Erzählung, sondern auch ein kraftvolles Manifest für Diversität und Selbstakzeptanz. Cynthia Erivo inspiriert damit nicht nur die nächste Generation von Künstlerinnen, sondern alle, die ihre Träumen leben wollen.

Sonny Clark was a unique jazz pianist. Totally original, he never sounded like any other jazz pianist and no other piano player ever sounded like him.This is his story; the musicians he worked and recorded with included Rollins, Coltrane, Gordon and many others. His closeness to Nica, the jazz baroness, and her tireless efforts to help him and get him off the debilitating drugs that were destroying him. The crazy New York loft jazz scene and his friends there. His unique gift as a jazz pianist and everything that went with it including his ending and the ultimate tragedy. His life was like many other jazz musicians who lived hard and died young.The difference lies in the precise way he lived, his success as an improvising musician, and the obstacles that played a huge part in his life - and the final twist of fate at the end of his life.This is the large print edition of Sonny Clark - Fragile Virtuoso, with a larger font / typeface for easier reading.

Dalla penna di uno dei più importanti critici musicali italiani, il racconto vivido, intimo ed eternamente innamorato dei più grandi jazzisti internazionali: da Miles Davis a Keith Jarrett, da Louis Armstrong a Chet Baker, da Ella Fitzgerald a Ornette Coleman. Una raccolta di storie, fotogrammi e dialoghi preziosi, costruiti sulla competenza ma anche sull'istinto, un pezzo di storia del giornalismo che ha fatto dell'esperienza dal vivo, dell'ascolto ininterrotto - anche a distanza di migliaia di chilometri o di decenni - la pietra angolare della propria ricerca. Un compendio estremamente ricco e particolareggiato della musica jazz, della sua evoluzione e dei suoi più grandi protagonisti, ma anche l'esempio di come lo sguardo del critico sappia intrecciare vite e voci, unendovi la propria. "Il jazz aveva di speciale il suono spericolato e travolgente degli strumenti, la voce riconoscibile di una persona attraverso la sua tromba o il suo sassofono. C'erano, ci sono i cantanti, e anche loro improvvisano frasi, scat, suoni e urla come se fossero strumenti a fiato. Ma il fatto che rendeva più romantici quegli 'strani' musicisti era il mistero, l'essere sempre in bilico tra inferno e paradiso, genio e follia." (Giacomo Pellicciotti). Das Urheberrecht an bibliographischen und produktbeschreibenden Daten und an den bereitgestellten Bildern liegt bei Informazioni Editoriali, I.E. S.r.l., oder beim Herausgeber oder demjenigen, der die Genehmigung erteilt hat. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

Christopher Nortons hochgelobte Reihe Microjazz ist durch den spannenden Mix aus zeitgenössischen Genres und klassischer Tradition bei Lehrenden und Lernenden auf der ganzen Welt beliebt. Zwei Hefte für Anfänger und fünf Bände mit Repertoirestücken entsprechen sieben klar definierten Leistungsniveaus, die Microjazz zur idealen Grundlage für aufeinander aufbauendes Lernen und Lehren machen.Microjazz Beginners ist der zweite Band der Serie und eignet sich für Lernende jeden Alters. Mit einer Kombination aus Erklärungen, Musikstücken und Illustrationen werden die Schüler:imnnen zuverlässig bei den ersten Schritten sowohl in den praktischen wie den theoretischen Aspekten des Klavierspiel begleitet.Die eingelegte Klavierbegleitung eignet sich für Lehrende oder Spieler:innen der Mittelstufe. Die so entstehenden Duette können auf einem oder zwei Klavieren gespielt werden und verwandeln auch die einfachste Melodie in ein unverwechselbares Microjazz-Stück.Online verfügbares Audiomaterial mit vollständigen Beispieltiteln sowie einzelnen Begleit-Playbacks tragen zur Begeisterung und Verbesserung beim Üben und für Aufführungen bei. Schwierigkeitsgrad: 1-2

This troubadour life is only for the fiercest hearts, only for those vessels that can be broken to smithereens and still keep beating out the rhythm for a new song.<BR><BR>Last Chance Texaco is the first-ever no-holds-barred account of the life of two-time Grammy Award-winner Rickie Lee Jones, in her own words. It is a tale of desperate chances and impossible triumphs, an adventure story of a girl who beat the odds and grew up to become one of the most legendary artists of her time, turning adversity and hopelessness into timeless music.<BR><BR>With candour and lyricism, the 'Duchess of Coolsville' (Time) takes us on a singular journey through her nomadic childhood, to her years as a teenage runaway, through her legendary love affair with Tom Waits, and ultimately her longevity as the hardest working woman in rock and roll. Rickie Lee's stories are rich with the infamous characters of her early songs - 'Chuck E's in Love,' 'Weasel and the White Boys Cool,' 'Danny's All-Star Joint' and 'Easy Money' - but long before her notoriety in show business, there was a vaudevillian cast of hitchhikers, bank robbers, jail breaks, drug mules, a pimp with a heart of gold, and tales of her fabled ancestors.<BR><BR>In this electrifying and intimate memoir by one of the most remarkable, trailblazing and tenacious women in music are never-before-told stories of the girl in the raspberry beret, a singer-songwriter whose music defied categorization and inspired pop culture for decades.