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This definitive guide includes a unique chapter-by-chapter playlist for the reader.
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The Definitive Jazz & Blues Encyclopedia, now fully updated from the illustrated edition, is the ultimate guide to two musical styles that have fundamentally influenced ...
For its initiates, jazz is instinctive and engaging - the way that popular music should be. For non-aficionados, it can be slippery and difficult to grasp ...
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An extraordinary collection of revealing, personal interviews with fourteen jazz music legends
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The definitive biography of the soul legend James Brown by National Book Award-winning novelist James McBrideThe music of James Brown was almost a genre in ...
