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Autobiography of jazz bass player Coleridge Goode, assisted by Roger Cotterrell, includes Jamaican childhood; working as an innovative bassist with Ray Ellington, Joe Harriott, Django Reinhardt, Grappelli, Shearing and others; jazz and poetry, Indojazz fusions, and life as a black musician in Britain.

The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music Volume 10 is one of six volumes within the 'Genre' strand of the series.

Maroon 5: Shooting For The Stars uncovers intimate details of the lives and backgrounds of all band members of Maroon 5.

"e;Not only a rock memoir and recipe book but also a poignant work of personal self-discovery and the challenges yet joys of parenting.

The most comprehensive book ever written on how to create the 4-note, block-chord approach to jazz piano playing used by masters like McCoy Tyner, Bill Evans, Barry Harris, Cedar Walton, etc.

This book gives you all the basic principles underlying solid walking bass lines.

The only book that shows how the Blues Scales (Major and Minor) are used to create jazz solos.

The only complete method book on Salsa ever published.

Have you ever wondered how guitarists like Joe Pass, Jim Hall and Wes Montgomery find such full, luscious voicings for their chord melody playing?

Huell Howser, the exuberant, hugely popular host of California Gold and other California public-television shows, was always exclaiming to the camera, "e;Louie, take a look at this!

How do you keep going when your world is falling apart?

Up From Down Under tells the remarkable untold story of how Australian music took over the world.

All great musicians have one thing in common---to a great extent they know what the harmony of a song is as they hear it.

Biography of innovative American jazz bass player and poet Henry Grimes, described by Sonny Rollins as 'a serious, intense, and fearless musician'.

Have you ever wondered how guitarists like Joe Pass, Jim Hall and Wes Montgomery find such full, luscious voicings for their chord melody playing?

The only comprehensive book ever published on how to play bass in authentic Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Caribbean and various South American styles.

On the Road Not Taken is a memoir about the transformational power of music.

A complete guide to playing guitar accompaniment and chord melodies in various Brazilian styles -- Samba, Bossa Nova, Frevo, etc.

Troubled urban neighborhoods and jazz-club havens were the backdrop of Gerald Majer's life growing up in sixties and seventies Chicago.

Imagine you're the world's biggest Beatles fan and you've just snuck into John Lennon's hotel room.

Uses rhetorical and literary theory to recover the power of the blues in its cultural tradition.

The same notes can sound square or swinging, depending on how the music is phrased.

Troubled urban neighborhoods and jazz-club havens were the backdrop of Gerald Majer's life growing up in sixties and seventies Chicago.

How do you keep going when your world is falling apart?

The only comprehensive book ever published on how to play bass in authentic Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Caribbean and various South American styles.

This book is designed to teach the fundamentals of bass playing to anyone, regardless of the style of music or level of the player.

Foreword Magazine IndieFab Book of the Year's Gold for Biography 2017Maximum Volume offers a glimpse into the mind, the music, and the man behind the sound of the Beatles.

I Remember Me weaves an American tapestry of colorful tales, beginning with the timid musings of a young boy on the verge of becoming a man in the Jewish section of New Yorks Bronx neighborhood, and bringing us up to date with the mature insight of a man whose remarkable trajectory has sent him to the top of Hollywoods elite and sparked the careers of dozens of household-name entertainers.

This practical and enlightening book gives insight into almost every aspect of jazz musicianship---scale/chord theory, composing techniques, analyzing tunes, practice strategies, etc.

By the time of his death in 1982, Sam "e;Lightnin'"e; Hopkins was likely the most recorded blues artist in history.

The definitive biography of musical legend Bessie Smith: "e;A landmark in the writing of jazz history .

Misfit Summer Camp: 20 Years on the Road with the Vans Warped Tour contains 200 explosive pages chronicling the first 2 decades of the traveling circus that is the Vans Warped Tour.

The most comprehensive book ever written on how to create the 4-note, block-chord approach to jazz piano playing used by masters like McCoy Tyner, Bill Evans, Barry Harris, Cedar Walton, etc.

The only book that shows how the Blues Scales (Major and Minor) are used to create jazz solos.

This practical and enlightening book gives insight into almost every aspect of jazz musicianship---scale/chord theory, composing techniques, analyzing tunes, practice strategies, etc.

The long-awaited, untold, inside story of the rise of the legendary actor, singer, scholar, and activist.

"e;Their conversations range far beyond the biographical-to their feelings, motivations, musical approaches, and attitudes.

A complete guide to playing guitar accompaniment and chord melodies in various Brazilian styles -- Samba, Bossa Nova, Frevo, etc.

This book gives you all the basic principles underlying solid walking bass lines.

The most highly-acclaimed jazz theory book ever published!

The only complete method book on Salsa ever published.

Fans of the eccentric and edgy films of the Coen brothers know there's more going on in their films than meets the eye.

Bob Marley was a reggae superstar, a musical prophet who brought the sound of the Third World to the entire globe.

The same notes can sound square or swinging, depending on how the music is phrased.

Among the great American modern jazz saxophonists, Mobley had been the most unjustly neglected - the truly forgotten man.

The only book that shows how the Blues Scales (Major and Minor) are used to create jazz solos.

Bob Dylan s contribution to popular music is immeasurable.

Pop music and rock music are often treated as separate genres but the distinction has always been blurred.

Tupac: The Modern-Day Messiah is a courageous attempt to connect the late Tupac Shakur's intricate lyricism and profound interviews into a variety of societal flaws including, but not up to, racial oppression, police brutality, and economic inequality.

With a Foreword by Benny Golson, Peter King's book ranks among the great jazz autobiographies.