Fakebook: Improvisations on a Journey Back to Jazz

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255

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295 g

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Proscenium Publ/limelight

Kurzbeschreibung

A "fakebook" is a collection of melodies with the chord changes that allows jazz musicians to read the tunes instead of playing solely by ear and memory. It is, then, a place to start, a structure upon which jazz improvisation, "faking," builds. As a young man, the author, a jazz saxophone player, tried to make a living at what he loved most. He failed, gave up jazz and became a college English professor. Today he is playing his saxophone again, at weekend gigs, rediscovering the unending challenge and the fulfillment that jazz brings him. This journey of self-discovery demonstrates the power of both jazz and superbly crafted writing.

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Mehr über:  Biography / Autobiography, Composers & Musicians - Jazz, Music / Genres & Styles / Jazz

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Mehr von:  Richard Terrill, Proscenium Publ/limelight