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hardcover. Features the articles that provide an overview of jazz studies writings from the 1990s to the present day, and engage with issues that are central to the discourse of jazz in popular culture. This title includes studies of specific scenes, artists and periods from jazz history. Editor(s): Whyton, Tony. Series Editor(s): Moore, Professor Allan F. Series: The Library of Essays on Popular Music. Num Pages: 568 pages, Illustrations, music. BIC Classification: AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 249 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1330.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780754629511
ISBN
9780754629511
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 249.45

Paperback. Starting with the origins of jazz, this title traces the genre's history as it evolved from ragtime in the clubs of New Orleans. It includes chapters that covers an era in jazz history by focusing on the people who shaped the music, from Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, and others. Num Pages: 180 pages, Photos and Illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Centerstream Publishing United States
Edition
Pap/Cdr
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781617742323
ISBN
9781617742323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.14

Hardcover. The story of jazz for the general reader as it has never been told before, from the inside out: a comprehensive, eloquent, scrupulously researched page-turner. Num Pages: 720 pages, 38 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 169 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1144.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
608
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393068610
ISBN
9780393068610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.10

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
BOYE6
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464451
ISBN
9781580464451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.97

Paperback. Deconstructs Japanese rock music and reveals what happened when East met West after World War Two. This book explores the clash between traditional, conservative Japanese values and the wild rock 'n' roll renegades of the 1960s and 70s, and tells of the seminal artists in Japanese post-war culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, Colour Inserts. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 284. 304 pages, Colour Inserts. Deconstructs Japanese rock music and reveals what happened when East met West after World War Two. This book explores the clash between traditional, conservative Japanese values and the wild rock 'n' roll renegades of the 1960s and 70s, and tells of the seminal artists in Japanese post-war culture. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AVGP. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight: 230.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Paper Back
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747593034
ISBN
9780747593034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.76

Paperback. In Japanoise, David Novak draws on more than a decade of research in Japan and the United States to trace the "cultural feedback" that generates and sustains Noise. Series: Sign, Storage, Transmission. Num Pages: 304 pages, 51 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353928
ISBN
9780822353928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.51

In Japanoise, David Novak draws on more than a decade of research in Japan and the United States to trace the "cultural feedback" that generates and sustains Noise. Series: Sign, Storage, Transmission. Num Pages: 304 pages, 51 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353799
ISBN
9780822353799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 115.61

Paperback. Brings together several Leos Janacek scholars to look closely at a range of issues surrounding his life and work. This book features essays accompanied by translated writings by the composer himself. It includes essays on Naturalism, opera direction, and Tristan and Isolde and four impressionistic chronicles of the 'speech melodies' of daily life. Editor(s): Beckerman, Michael. Series: Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 halftones. 5 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVGC6; AVGC9; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691116761
ISBN
9780691116761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.05
€ 42.00

Paperback. Arguing that jazz films create images of racial and sexual identity, many of which have become inseparable from popular notions of the music itself, this study explores the fundamental obsessions that American culture has brought to jazz in the cinema. Num Pages: 362 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; AVGJ; AVGK; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
y First edition
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226277899
ISBN
9780226277899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.66

Paperback. Focusing on one album rather than an artist's entire output, the books dispense with the standard biographical background that fans know already, and cut to the heart of the music on each album. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 123 x 8. Weight in Grams: 120. Series: 33 1/3. 128 pages. Focusing on one album rather than an artist's entire output, the books dispense with the standard biographical background that fans know already, and cut to the heart of the music on each album. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGQ. Dimension: 167 x 123 x 8. Weight: 120.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826415721
ISBN
9780826415721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Hardcover. This book explores how funk emerged in the mid-1960s at the very apex of the civil rights movement and shows how this music mirrored the broader changes taking place within the African-American community at a crucial political time and continues to underpin remix culture. It traces the extent of the Brown legacy, musically and culturally. Series: Icons of Pop Music. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10 black and white photos. BIC Classification: AVGQ; AVH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908049926
ISBN
9781908049926
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.39

Paperback. This book explores how funk emerged in the mid-1960s at the very apex of the civil rights movement and shows how this music mirrored the broader changes taking place within the African-American community at a crucial political time and continues to underpin remix culture. It traces the extent of the Brown legacy, musically and culturally. Series: Icons of Pop Music. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10-12 photos. BIC Classification: AVGQ; AVH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845537432
ISBN
9781845537432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.56

Paperback. .
Publisher
Faber Music Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
68
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Pap/Com
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571529247
ISBN
9780571529247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.78

Paperback. Carlos Santana's guitar style brought the rhythms of Afro-Cuban music to generations of people who might otherwise never have heard them. This title presents the combination of musical notation and guitar tabulature together with backing tracks on the CD that gives you the opportunity to learn eight of Carlos' tracks note-for-note. Series: Jam with. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229 x 7. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Faber Music Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Pap/Com
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571528295
ISBN
9780571528295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.78

Hardcover. Num Pages: 120 pages, color illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: AVC; AVGE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 307 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1014.
Publisher
Tulika Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789382381778
ISBN
9789382381778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 36.19

Paperback. Jake Bugg: is he The Council Estate Bob Dylan, The Cockiest Lonnie Donegan Wannabe in Nottingham or The King of the Clifton Delta? Maybe he's all three. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784183844
ISBN
9781784183844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.33

Paperback. Translator(s): David, Gwenda; Mosbacher, Eric. Num Pages: 424 pages, 28 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; AVGC9; AVH; BGF; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. .
Publisher
Zone Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951313
ISBN
9781890951313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. This fitting tribute to the troubled genius portrays the life and music of Jaco Pastorius, the self-proclaimed "world's greatest bass player." This edition features interviews with his childhood friends, prominent bass players of his era and afterward, and girlfriend Teresa Nagell, who was with him in the last few years of his life. Num Pages: 340 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Backbeat Books United States
Number of pages
340
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Anniversary ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780879308599
ISBN
9780879308599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.21

Hardcover. Tells the full story of the 21st century's most important rock star. Num Pages: 320 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Omnibus Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783058181
ISBN
9781783058181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.17

Paperback. Thorp was the first person to take a serious interest in collecting and preserving the ballads penned by ranchers across the West. This new edition features an essay by Western historian and musician Marc L. Gardner and includes a CD of selected songs performed by Gardner and Rex Rideout on period instruments. Illustrator(s): Kil, Ron. Editor(s): Gardner, Mark L. Num Pages: 80 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AVGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 165 x 6. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press United States
Edition
Pap/Com
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890134788
ISBN
9780890134788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.68

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hal Leonard
Edition
1 Pap/Com
Condition
New
SKU
V9781458413888
ISBN
9781458413888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.87

Hardcover. Editor(s): Leaver, Robin A. Series: Contextual Bach Studies. Num Pages: 326 pages, 48 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC3; AVH; AVRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810881815
ISBN
9780810881815
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.49

Paperback. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGR; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 124 x 9. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781623561833
ISBN
9781623561833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.62

Paperback. Sandy Denny laid down the marker for folk-rock when she joined Fairport Convention in 1968, but her music went far beyond this during the seventies. This book tells the story of Sandy Denny, one of the greatest British singers of her time and the first female singer-songwriter to produce a substantial and enduring body of original songs. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGH; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 242 x 36. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571278916
ISBN
9780571278916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.59

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