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Moving to Higher Ground
Moving to Higher Ground
Written by Wynton Marsalis and Geoffrey Ward
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780812969085
Our Price: $16.00
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Moving to Higher Ground
How Jazz Can Change Your Life
Written by Wynton Marsalis and Geoffrey Ward


Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $16.00

In this beautiful book, Pulitzer Prize—winning musician and composer Wynton Marsalis draws upon lessons he’s learned from a lifetime in jazz–lessons that can help us all move to higher ground. With wit and candor he demystifies the music that is the birthright of every American and demonstrates how a real understanding... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.
Living with Jazz
Living with Jazz
Written by Dan Morgenstern
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307487605
Our Price: $35.00
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Living with Jazz
A reader edited by Sheldon Meyer
Written by Dan Morgenstern


Format: eBook
On Sale: August 19, 2009
Price: $35.00

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To a Young Jazz Musician
To a Young Jazz Musician
Written by Wynton Marsalis and Selwyn Seyfu Hinds
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307498311
Our Price: $12.95
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To a Young Jazz Musician
Letters from the Road
Written by Wynton Marsalis and Selwyn Seyfu Hinds


Format: eBook, 144 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $12.95

In To a Young Jazz Musician, the renowned jazz musician and Pulitzer Prize—winning composer Wynton Marsalis gives us an invaluable guide to making good music–and to leading a good life.
Writing from the road “between the bus ride, the sound check, and the gig,”

Marsalis passes on wisdom gained from experience, addressed... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
The Essential Jazz Recordings
The Essential Jazz Recordings
Written by Ross Porter
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781551992471
Our Price: $16.95
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The Essential Jazz Recordings
101 CDs
Written by Ross Porter


Format: eBook, 248 pages
On Sale: November 19, 2008
Price: $16.95

A guide to the all-time must-have jazz recordings by a maven of the genre.

Possibly the twentieth century’s greatest musical innovation, jazz is now more popular than it has been for the past fifty years. But with the plethora of new recordings and the phenomenon in jazz of the same standards being... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
Moving to Higher Ground
Moving to Higher Ground
Written by Wynton Marsalis and Geoffrey Ward
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781400060788
Our Price: $26.00
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Moving to Higher Ground
How Jazz Can Change Your Life
Written by Wynton Marsalis and Geoffrey Ward


Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: September 2, 2008
Price: $26.00

“In this book I hope to reach a new audience with the positive message of America’s greatest music, to show how great musicians demonstrate on the bandstand a mutual respect and trust that can alter your outlook on the world and enrich every aspect of your life–from individual creativity and personal... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.
Moving to Higher Ground
Moving to Higher Ground
Written by Wynton Marsalis and Geoffrey Ward
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781588368119
Our Price: $16.00
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Moving to Higher Ground
How Jazz Can Change Your Life
Written by Wynton Marsalis and Geoffrey Ward


Format: eBook
On Sale: September 2, 2008
Price: $16.00

“In this book I hope to reach a new audience with the positive message of America’s greatest music, to show how great musicians demonstrate on the bandstand a mutual respect and trust that can alter your outlook on the world and enrich every aspect of your life–from individual creativity and personal... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover and a trade paperback.
Jazz
Jazz
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns, Read by LeVar Burton
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
ISBN: 9780739357323
Our Price: $24.99
 Quantity: 1 
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Jazz
A History of America's Music
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Read by LeVar Burton


Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 4, 2007
Price: $24.99

The companion volume to the ten-part PBS TV series by the team responsible for
The Civil War and Baseball.

Continuing in the tradition of their critically acclaimed works, Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns vividly bring to life the story of the quintessential American music—jazz. Born in the black community of turn-of-the-century New... Read more >
Jazz Guide,  New York City, 2nd Edition
Jazz Guide, New York City, 2nd Edition
Written by Steve Dollar
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781892145437
Our Price: $15.95
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Jazz Guide, New York City, 2nd Edition

Written by Steve Dollar


Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: January 23, 2007
Price: $15.95

A "richly anecdotal and wonderful" slim, pocket-size guide now updated to include all the newest hot spots on the Big Apple jazz scene

Jazz Guide: New York City is the only comprehensive guide to jazz in the Big Apple–now revised and expanded to include all the newest hot spots on the scene... Read more >
The Essential Jazz Recordings
The Essential Jazz Recordings
Written by Ross Porter
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780771070327
Our Price: $16.95
 Quantity: 1 
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The Essential Jazz Recordings
101 CDs
Written by Ross Porter


Format: Trade Paperback, 248 pages
On Sale: October 24, 2006
Price: $16.95

A guide to the all-time must-have jazz recordings by a maven of the genre.

Possibly the twentieth century’s greatest musical innovation, jazz is now more popular than it has been for the past fifty years. But with the plethora of new recordings and the phenomenon in jazz of the same standards being... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Goodbye
Goodbye
Written by Bruce Jenkins
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781583941263
Our Price: $25.95
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Goodbye
In Search of Gordon Jenkins
Written by Bruce Jenkins


Format: Hardcover, 376 pages
On Sale: November 8, 2005
Price: $25.95

Goodbye combines biography with a son's discovery of his father. Gordon Jenkins, one of America's most significant musical figures throughout his 50-year career, collaborated with many of the major talents in postwar pop and jazz. Modest by nature, he rarely spoke of his accomplishments, and there was much to discover when... Read more >
To a Young Jazz Musician
To a Young Jazz Musician
Written by Wynton Marsalis and Selwyn Seyfu Hinds
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780812974201
Our Price: $12.95
 Quantity: 1 
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To a Young Jazz Musician
Letters from the Road
Written by Wynton Marsalis and Selwyn Seyfu Hinds


Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: November 8, 2005
Price: $12.95

In To a Young Jazz Musician, the renowned jazz musician and Pulitzer Prize—winning composer Wynton Marsalis gives us an invaluable guide to making good music–and to leading a good life.
Writing from the road “between the bus ride, the sound check, and the gig,”

Marsalis passes on wisdom gained from experience, addressed... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Jazz
Jazz
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780679765394
Our Price: $35.00
 Quantity: 1 
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Jazz
A History of America's Music
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns


Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: October 8, 2002
Price: $35.00

The companion volume to the ten-part PBS TV series by the team responsible for
The Civil War and Baseball.

Continuing in the tradition of their critically acclaimed works, Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns vividly bring to life the story of the quintessential American music—jazz. Born in the black community of turn-of-the-century New... Read more >
Living with Music
Living with Music
Written by Ralph Ellison, Edited by Robert O'Meally
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780375760235
Our Price: $14.95
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Living with Music
Ralph Ellison's Jazz Writings
Written by Ralph Ellison
Edited by Robert O'Meally


Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2002
Price: $14.95

Before Ralph Ellison became one of America’s greatest writers, he was a musician and a student of jazz, writing widely on his favorite music for more than fifty years. Now, jazz authority Robert O’Meally has collected the very best of Ellison’s inspired, exuberant jazz writings in this unique anthology. Read more >
Jazz
Jazz
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780679445517
Our Price: $65.00
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Jazz
A History of America's Music
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns


Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: November 7, 2000
Price: $65.00

The companion volume to the ten-part PBS TV series by the team responsible for
The Civil War and Baseball.

Continuing in the tradition of their critically acclaimed works, Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns vividly bring to life the story of the quintessential American music—jazz. Born in the black community of turn-of-the-century New... Read more >
Jazz
Jazz
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns, Read by LeVar Burton
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780375417627
Our Price: $14.95

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Jazz
A History of America's Music
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Read by LeVar Burton


Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 7, 2000
Price: $14.95

The companion volume to the ten-part PBS TV series by the team responsible for
The Civil War and Baseball.

Continuing in the tradition of their critically acclaimed works, Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns vividly bring to life the story of the quintessential American music—jazz. Born in the black community of turn-of-the-century New... Read more >
Also available as an abridged audio CD, hardcover and a trade paperback.
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