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"e;Indispensable [reading] about the feminine journey through a man's world"e;-USA TodayAn intimate look at the lives of our most celebrated female musicians-and their challenges with fame-from a legendary music journalistOver four decades, Lisa Robinson has made a name for herself as a celebrated journalist in a business long known for its boys' club mentality.

An intimate account of country music, social change, and a vanishing way of life as a Shenandoah town collides with the twenty-first century Winchester, Virginia is an emblematic American town.

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

The most highly-acclaimed jazz theory book ever published!

All musicians need to thoroughly learn their scales, chords, intervals and various melodic patterns in order to become complete musicians.

All musicians need to thoroughly learn their scales, chords, intervals and various melodic patterns in order to become complete musicians.

"e;Collects some of [Punk Planet's] best interviews from the past half-decade .

Australian rock giants AC/DC have sold more records in the U.

Is Bob Marley the only third world superstar?

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

About the music of Jackie McLean in the context of his life as an internationally grat jazz saxophonist, leader and educator.

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.

Lady Gagas old friend and former DJ Brendan Jay Sullivan paints a vivid picture of the downtown scene from which she emerged.

The most highly acclaimed jazz piano method ever published!

In a career that’s spanned thirty-five years and generated fourteen albums, fifty-three singles (two of them UK number ones), four Brit Awards, two Ivor Novellas and inspired literally hundreds of university dissertations, quite a few PhD’s and the odd specialist subject on Mastermind, Manic Street Preachers have become, in the words of their 2011 singles collection, national treasures.

Starting where he left off with his "e;Serious Jazz Practice Book,"e; guitar legend Barry Finnerty has created another woodshed classic for all jazz soloists.

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.

Offering fans an extensive look at the artist's own words throughout the past four decades, Springsteen on Springsteen brings together Q & A-formatted articles, speeches, and features that incorporate significant interview material.

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.