Songs for Early Childhood at Church and Home
Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1958. Ann Eshner. Hardcover. Songs with musical accompaniments. More
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Riding in the Wind: Les Annees Jimi Hendrix
France: 2005. Softcover. Journalist and photographer, Alain Dister (1941-2008) is the author of numerous books on rock music. More
The Best of Albert E. Brumley
Powell, Missouri: Albert E. Brumley & Sons, 1966. First Edition (presumed). Softcover. Rare. Composed and song-writer, among his more famous pieces are "I'll Fly Away," "Turn Your Radio On," "If We Never Meet Again (This Side of Heaven)," "I'll Meet You In The Morning," "Rank Strangers," and "He Set Me..... More
Perfect Strangers (Issue One)
San Francisco, California: Perfect Strangers, 2018. Softcover. Delve into our first issue to read about Korean dramas in Panama. Or English literature in Tehran. Or how an Argentinian-Thai couple work together to create locally-inspired desserts in Shanghai. Or how about a Turkish entrepreneur’s global vision for streaming movies? Or the..... More
Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper
New York: Da Capo Press, 1994. Updated Edition. Paperback. Art Pepper (1925-1982) was called the greatest alto saxophonist of the post-Charlie Parker generation. But his autobiography, Straight Life , is much more than a jazz book,it is one of the most explosive, yet one of the most lyrical, of all..... More
Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece
New York: Da Capo Press, 2000. First Printing. Hardcover. Jazz musicians call it The Bible. Critics call it the one jazz album every fan must own. Forty-one years since its recording in 1959, it has sold millions worldwide and sits near the top of any list of most important records..... More
Noises From Under the Rug: The Barry Louis Polisar Songbook
Maryland: Rainbow Morning Music Alts. 1985. Michael Stewart. First Edition. Hardcover. More
Chronicles: Volume One
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2004. Don Hunstein (jacket photograph). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. The celebrated first memoir from arguably the most influential singer-songwriter in the country, Bob Dylan. “I’d come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about..... More
Chronicles: Volume One
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2004. Coco Shinomiya (jacket design). First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Author's signature to pre-title page but suspected to be fake. “I’d come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like..... More
Good Afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen! Intermission Scripts from the Met Broadcasts
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. More
The Burl Ives Song Book: 115 American Songs with Complete Piano Arrangements and Guitar Chords
New York: Ballantine Books, 1953. First Edition. Paperback. Ballantine Books no. 48. More
Exploring Jazz Violin: An Introduction to Jazz Harmony, Technique and Improvisation
Mainz: Schott Music, 2010. First Edition. Softcover. Stock photo. Jazz is one of the biggest challenges a violinist can face, with the thought of improvisation likely to strike fear into the heart of even the best classical player. This book demystifies the process, taking you step by step through everything..... More
Reggae, Rasta, Revolution: Jamaican Music from Ska to Dub
New York: Schirmer Books, 1997. First Edition. First Printing. Paperback. Identity. Politics. Religion. The collective voice of an island people. Survival. Liberation. Slackness. The Jamaican musics that are reggae engage the global milieu and breathe fire red, ganja green, and mellow gold into the World Music rainbow. How did..... More
The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1999. Softcover. More
Grace Notes
London: Vintage Books, 1998. Reprint. Paperback. The luminous novel by one of the finest living Irish writers, which Brian Moore has praised as "in every sense a triumph . . . moving throughout and ending triumphantly and joyously in its own special music. " The award-winning Grace Notes is a...... More
Me
London: Macmillan, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. In his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life, from his rollercoaster lifestyle as shown in the film Rocketman, to becoming a living legend. Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy..... More
Figaro Here Figaro There - Pavilion Opera: An Impressario's Diary
London: John Murray, 1991. Freddie Stockdale (illustrations). First Edition. Hardcover. More
China Perspectives No. 2020/2
Hong Kong: French Centre for Research of Contemporary China, 2020. Softcover. SPECIAL FEATURE: Contesting and Appropriating Chineseness in Sinophone Music Relocating the Functions of Chineseness in Chinese Popular Music after the China Wind Homoeroticising Archaic Wind Music: A Rhizomatic Return to Ancient China Navigating and Circumventing..... More
Weather Bird: Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century
New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Heavy item, extra handling fees for local shipping. Gary Giddins's magnificent book Visions of Jazz has been hailed as a landmark in music criticism. Jonathan Yardley in The Washington Post called it "the definitive compendium by the most interesting jazz critic..... More
Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker
New York: Da Capo Press, 1987. First Edition. Outsize Softcover. Stock photo for reference only. Within days of Charlie "Bird" Parker's death at the age of thirty-four, a scrawled legend began appearing on walls around New York City: Bird Lives. Gone was one of the most outstanding jazz musicians of..... More
Faces in the Crowd: Musicians, Writers, Actors, and Filmmakers
New York: Da Capo Press, 1996. Reprint. Paperback. In Faces in the Crowd Gary Giddins explores the achievements of thirty-seven artists, ranging from Irving Berlin to Spike Lee, Billie Holiday to Kay Starr, Louis Armstrong to Miles Davis, Elias Canetti to Philip Roth. He shows how Jack Benny revolutionized comedy;..... More
Rhythm-a-ning: Jazz Tradition and Innovation in the 80's
New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. Honi Werner (jacket design). First Edition. Hardcover. These articles, originally published in the Village Voice, address the current state of jazz which Giddins characterizes as neo-classical. Focusing on the performances and recordings of the past five years, Giddins demonstrates the richness of jazz in..... More
The Five Pennies
New York: Dell Publishing, 1959. Dell First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. The heartwarming triumph over tragedy of Red Nichols, one of the all-time Jazz greats. More
The Beatles: The Authorized Biography
Dell Publishing, 1969. Paperback. More
Studio 54
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2017. First Edition. Ninth Printing. Outsize Hardcover. Large heavy item, extra handling fees for local delivery. There has never been—and will never be—another nightclub to rival the sheer glamour, energy, and wild creativity that was Studio 54. Now, in the first official book..... More
