Playboy Swings: How Hugh Hefner and Playboy Changed the Face of Music by Patty Farmer (2015)
Hugh Hefner’s Playboy magazine in the mid-1950s became famous for a number of attributes. His concept of a magazine that
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Woman with Guitar. Memphis Minnie’s Blues by Paul and Beth Garon (2014)
As one of the earliest female blues artists Memphis Minnie (1897-1973) became an icon of early African American songwriting and
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School for Cool: The Academic Jazz Program and the Paradox of Institutionalized Creativity by Eitan Y. Wilf (2014)
The romantic idea, that the apprentice artist learns from the master in the respective environment and hence becomes a virtuoso
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The Original Guitar Hero … The Legendary Lonnie Johnson, Music, and Civil Rights by Dean Alger (2014)
Dean Alger presents a huge but undervalued figure in American music history in his book on blues guitar innovator, jazz
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Swingin’ on Central Avenue: African American Jazz in Los Angeles by Peter Vacher (2015)
Just as New York had 42nd Street as the most important address if you wanted to play or hear first-rate
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The Musical Novel: Imitation of Musical Structure … by Emily Petermann (2014)
How to compose fiction that deals either with jazz or classical music, not just thematically but on a structural basis?
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Jazz Sells: Music, Marketing, and Meaning by Mark Laver (2015)
Ever wondered why so many products we come across while out shopping are labeled “jazz,” ranging from cereals to beverages,
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