Overview :"Milton Brown is one of the great unsung heroes of American music; and one of the true fathers of western swing. Ginell's biography offers a... Read More
Overview :The result of years of research by its authors, this discography strives to identify and trace the recorded development of the musical style... Read More
Overview :Carefully Taught looks at American history as depicted in thirty Broadway musicals. Presented chronologically according to the musical timef... Read More
Overview :More than any other musician, Herbie Mann was responsible for establishing the flute as an accepted jazz instrument. Prior to his arrival, t... Read More
Overview :(Book). Cannonball Adderley introduces his 1967 recording of "Walk Tall," by saying, "There are times when things don't lay the way they're ... Read More
Overview :An autobiography that tracks jazz from the turbulent postwar years through the rise of bebop, traversing its changes through the eyes of one... Read More