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By Herbie Hancock. Arranged by Alan Baylock. Jazz Ensemble. For Jazz Ensemble. Jazz Ensemble. Premier Jazz Series. Funk; Rock. 4 (Medium Advanced / Difficult) (grade 4). Score. 16 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing
$10.00
Pages: 16
Genres: Funk, Jazz & Blues, Rock, Urban
Blue Train (score only) by John Coltrane. Arranged by Kris Berg. Jazz Ensemble. For Jazz Ensemble. Jazz Ensemble. Premier Jazz Series. Funk; Swing. 4 (Medium Advanced / Difficult) (grade 4). Score. 24 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing (AP.30649S).
$10.00
Pages: 24
Genres: Funk, Jazz & Blues, Swing, Urban
Take the "A" Train by Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967). Arranged by Alan Baylock. Jazz Ensemble. Jazz Ensemble. Premier Jazz Series. Funk; Swing. Grade 4. Conductor Score. 24 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing (AP.30644S).
Think of Take the "A" Train with a contemporary flair and you have the idea behind this inventive chart by Alan Baylock. Opening up in a swing groove, then alternating with a funk feel, bari sax, bass 'bone, guitar and bass have the initial melodic statement in this terrific chart. Solo space is available for alto sax 1, trombone 1, bari sax and trumpet 2, and the lead trumpet range is to written D, above the staff. A modern yet superb chart of a tune everyone knows. Festival material! (5:15).
$10.00
Pages: 24
Genres: Funk, Swing, Urban, Jazz & Blues
Free To Solo is a unique publication designed to be a fun play-along book for students who want to enjoy soloing freely, instead of having to cope with too many scale changes. With interesting heads, and long open sections, the tunes encourage creativity over the inspiring contemporary material. Free to Solo is suitable for intermediate students seeking a challenge as well as more advanced players requiring additional material to explore.
On the included CD there are 'minus one' tracks to play along with as well as complete performance versions of all the instruments in the series (Alto / Tenor sax, Flute / Violin, Clarinet, Trumpet, Guitar and Trombone), so that the reader can draw upon different interpretations of the improvised material.
£9.99
Instruments: Alto Saxophone, Saxophone, Woodwinds
Genres: Soul, Urban
Free To Solo is a unique publication designed to be a fun play-along book for students who want to enjoy soloing freely, instead of having to cope with too many scale changes. With interesting heads, and long open sections, the tunes encourage creativity over the inspiring contemporary material. Free to Solo is suitable for intermediate students seeking a challenge as well as more advanced players requiring additional material to explore.
On the included CD there are 'minus one' tracks to play along with as well as complete performance versions of all the instruments in the series (Alto / Tenor sax, Flute / Violin, Clarinet, Trumpet, Guitar and Trombone), so that the reader can draw upon different interpretations of the improvised material.
£9.99
Instruments: Clarinet, Woodwinds
Genres: Soul, Urban
Free To Solo is a unique publication designed to be a fun play-along book for students who want to enjoy soloing freely, instead of having to cope with too many scale changes. With interesting heads, and long open sections, the tunes encourage creativity over the inspiring contemporary material. Free to Solo is suitable for intermediate students seeking a challenge as well as more advanced players requiring additional material to explore.
On the included CD there are 'minus one' tracks to play along with as well as complete performance versions of all the instruments in the series (Alto / Tenor sax, Flute / Violin, Clarinet, Trumpet, Guitar and Trombone), so that the reader can draw upon different interpretations of the improvised material.
£9.99
Instruments: Trumpet, Brass
Genres: Soul, Urban
Free To Solo is a unique publication designed to be a fun play-along book for students who want to enjoy soloing freely, instead of having to cope with too many scale changes. With interesting heads, and long open sections, the tunes encourage creativity over the inspiring contemporary material. Free to Solo is suitable for intermediate students seeking a challenge as well as more advanced players requiring additional material to explore.
On the included CD there are 'minus one' tracks to play along with as well as complete performance versions of all the instruments in the series (Alto / Tenor sax, Flute / Violin, Clarinet, Trumpet, Guitar and Trombone), so that the reader can draw upon different interpretations of the improvised material.
£9.99
Instruments: Trombone, Brass
Genres: Soul, Urban
Free To Solo is a unique publication designed to be a fun play-along book for students who want to enjoy soloing freely, instead of having to cope with too many scale changes. With interesting heads, and long open sections, the tunes encourage creativity over the inspiring contemporary material. Free to Solo is suitable for intermediate students seeking a challenge as well as more advanced players requiring additional material to explore.
On the included CD there are 'minus one' tracks to play along with as well as complete performance versions of all the instruments in the series (Alto / Tenor sax, Flute / Violin, Clarinet, Trumpet, Guitar and Trombone), so that the reader can draw upon different interpretations of the improvised material.
£9.99
Instruments: Violin, Strings
Genres: Soul, Urban
24 classic songs for female vocalists. Guitar tabs written in with piano part.
£9.99
Instruments: Piano, Vocal, Guitar, Vocal, Piano, Guitar, Piano and Keyboard
Genres: Soul, Urban
In a career that has lasted more than 30 years, Irish born Van Morrison has single-mindedly pursued his art, barely considering notions such as image chart profile and record company hype, maintaining his integrity whilst exploring genres as varied as American soul, folk, jazz, rock and even classical elements. ‘Van the Man’ is an inimitable persona with a unique style, his music is distinguished both by his poetic lyrics and powerful imagery as well as his characteristic throaty growl. Inducted into both the Songwriters and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, works of genius such as Astral Weeks and Brown Eyed Girl has cemented him into the hearts and minds of people. Celtic Crossroads is a complete overview of this great artist, poet and man and Brian Hinton’s in-depth biography offers the definitive account of a most singular and talented musician.
£9.99
Genres: Soul, Urban
The 1960s and 70s were decades of flower power, short skirts and soul. This new sound forged from R 'n' B and gospel took the world by storm, influencing artists across the decades. Play Soul features 10 of the best soul songs ever - from legendary pioneers James Brown, Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin to Michael Jackson and Alicia Keys. All songs have been carefully arranged by Richard Harris for the intermediate Flute player, with easy piano accompaniments and a funky backing CD!
£9.99
Instruments: Flute, Woodwinds
Genres: Soul, Urban
The 1960s and 70s were decades of flower power, short skirts and soul. This new sound forged from R 'n' B and gospel took the world by storm, influencing artists across the decades. Play Soul features 10 of the best soul songs ever - from legendary pioneers James Brown, Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin to Michael Jackson and Alicia Keys. All songs have been carefully arranged by Richard Harris for the intermediate Clarinet player, with easy piano accompaniments and a funky backing CD!
£9.99
Instruments: Clarinet, Woodwinds
Genres: Soul, Urban
The 1960s and 70s were decades of flower power, short skirts and soul. This new sound forged from R 'n' B and gospel took the world by storm, influencing artists across the decades. Play Soul features 10 of the best soul songs ever - from legendary pioneers James Brown, Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin to Michael Jackson and Alicia Keys. All songs have been carefully arranged by Richard Harris for the intermediate Alto Saxophone player, with easy piano accompaniments and a funky backing CD!
£9.99
Instruments: Alto Saxophone, Saxophone, Woodwinds
Genres: Soul, Urban
The 1960s and 70s were decades of flower power, short skirts and soul. This new sound forged from R 'n' B and gospel took the world by storm, influencing artists across the decades. Play Soul features 10 of the best soul songs ever - from legendary pioneers James Brown, Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin to Michael Jackson and Alicia Keys. All songs have been carefully arranged by Richard Harris for the intermediate Trumpet player, with easy piano accompaniments and a funky backing CD!
£9.99
Instruments: Trumpet, Brass
Genres: Soul, Urban
The 1960s and 70s were decades of flower power, short skirts and soul. This new sound forged from R 'n' B and gospel took the world by storm, influencing artists across the decades. Play Soul features 10 of the best soul songs ever - from legendary pioneers James Brown, Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin to Michael Jackson and Alicia Keys. All songs have been carefully arranged by Richard Harris for the intermediate Piano player, with a funky backing CD!
£9.99
Instruments: Piano, Piano and Keyboard
Genres: Soul, Urban
A fresh and vibrant new flute tutor from the ‘queen of cool’ Heather Hammond. Funky Flute shows young flautists everything they need to know, including how to hold the flute, getting a good sound and how to read music. And, naturally, it is packed with fun-to play pieces in Heather’s inimitable style.
£9.99
Instruments: Flute, Woodwinds
Genres: Funk, Urban
A fresh and vibrant new flute tutor from the ‘queen of cool’ Heather Hammond. Funky Flute shows young flautists everything they need to know, including how to hold the flute, getting a good sound and how to read music. And, naturally, it is packed with fun-to play pieces in Heather’s inimitable style.
£9.99
Instruments: Flute, Woodwinds
Genres: Funk, Urban
Motown's Greatest Hits - Easy Guitar by Various. For easy guitar and voice. Easy Guitar. Classic Soul. Difficulty: easy-medium. Easy guitar tablature songbook. Guitar tablature, standard notation, vocal melody, lyrics, chord names, guitar chord diagrams and strum and pick patterns. 62 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.702147).
ISBN 0634015621. With guitar tablature, standard notation, vocal melody, lyrics, chord names, guitar chord diagrams and strum and pick patterns. Classic Soul. 9x12 inches.
Includes 22 terrific Motown masterpieces arranged for easy guitar with tab: ABC * Ain't No Mountain High Enough * Ain't Too Proud to Beg * Baby I Need Your Lovin' * Baby Love * Ben * Dancing in the Street * For Once in My Life * I Heard It Through the Grapevine * I'll Be There * My Cherie Amour * My Girl * Ooo Baby Baby * Sir Duke * Stop! in the Name of Love * and more!
$9.95
Pages: 62
Instruments: Voice, Electric Guitar, Vocal, Guitar
Genres: Classic Soul, Soul, Urban
Guitar Collection - Easy Guitar by Stevie Wonder. For easy guitar and voice. Easy Guitar. Smooth Soul, Classic Soul and Pop Rock. Difficulty: easy-medium. Easy guitar tablature songbook. Guitar tablature, standard notation, vocal melody, lyrics, chord names, guitar chord diagrams and strum and pick patterns. 64 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.702111).
ISBN 0793598168. With guitar tablature, standard notation, vocal melody, lyrics, chord names, guitar chord diagrams and strum and pick patterns. Smooth Soul, Classic Soul and Pop Rock. 9x12 inches.
Includes 21 hits in notes & tab spanning Stevie Wonder's incredible career: Ebony and Ivory * For Once in My Life * Higher Ground * I Just Called to Say I Love You * Isn't She Lovely * My Cherie Amour * Part Time Lover * Ribbon in the Sky * Sir Duke * Superstition * That Girl * You Are the Sunshine of My Life * more.
$9.95
Pages: 64
Instruments: Voice, Electric Guitar, Vocal, Guitar
Genres: Pop, Classic Soul, Soul, Urban
Steview Wonder - Greatest Hits. (E-Z Play Today Volume 277). By Stevie Wonder. E-Z Play Today. 80 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.100186).
ISBN 0634066609. 9x12 inches.
26 of Stevie Wonder's best songs arranged in our world-famous, easy-to-play notation that features large notes with the note names in the note heads. Includes: For Once in My Life • Higher Ground • I Just Called to Say I Love You • My Cherie Amour • Overjoyed • Part Time Lover • Ribbon in the Sky • Send One Your Love • Sir Duke • Superstition • That Girl • more.
About Hal Leonard E-Z Play Today
For organs, pianos, and electronic keyboards. E-Z Play Today is the shortest distance between beginning music and playing fun. Now there are more than 300 reasons why you should play E-Z Play Today. * World's largest series of music folios * Full-size books - large 9" x 12" format features easy-to-read, easy-to-play music * Accurate arrangements... simple enough for the beginner, but accurate chords and melody lines are maintained * Eye-catching, full-color covers * Lyrics... most arrangements include words and music * Most up-to-date registrations - books in the series contain a general registration guide, as well as individual song rhythm suggestions * Guitar Chord Chart - all songs in the series can also be played on guitar.
$9.95
Pages: 80
Genres: Classic Soul, Soul, Urban
Whether you're a karaoke singer or preparing for an audition, the Pro Vocal Series is for you. The book contains the lyrics, melody, and chord symbols for eight Hip-Hop hits.The CD contains demos for listening, and separate backing tracks so you can sing along.The CD is playable on any CD player, and is also enhanced for PC and Mac computer users so you can adjust the recording to any pitch without changing the tempo!
£9.95
Instruments: Voice, Vocal
Genres: Hip Hop, Urban
Play your favorite songs quickly and easily with the Drum Play-Along Series. Just follow the drum notation, listen to the CD to hear how the drums should sound, then play along using the separate backing tracks.The lyrics are also included for quick reference. The audio CD is playable on any CD player.For PC and MAC computer users, the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing the pitch!
£9.95
Instruments: Drums, Percussion
Genres: Funk, Urban
The Hal Leonard R&B Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning rhythm and blues guitar. This book uses real R&B, funk and soul songs to teach you the basics of rhythm and lead R&B guitar in the styles of Steve Cropper, Cornell Dupree, Curtis Mayfield, Jimmy Nolen, Billy Butler and many others. Songs include: But It's Alright • Honky Tonk • I Can't Turn You Loose • In the Midnight Hour • Knock on Wood • Mustang Sally • Papa Was a Rollin' Stone • Papa's Got a Brand New Bag • Soul Man • Stand by Me • What'd I Say • and more. CD features full-demo and play-along versions for each track.
£9.95
Instruments: Guitar
Genres: R & B, Urban
Play 8 of your favourite songs with sound-alike CD tracks. Each volume in this series comes with a CD of orchestrated arrangements. The music in this book matches these recorded orchestrations. There are two tracks for each - a full performance for listening, plus a separate backing track which lets you be the soloist! The music even includes a separate Vocal staff, plus Guitar frames, so you or your friends can also sing or strum along!Songs: Ebony and Ivory • Higher Ground • I Just Called to Say I Love You • Isn't She Lovely • My Cherie Amour • Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours • Superstition • You Are the Sunshine of My Life.
£9.95
Instruments: Piano, Vocal, Guitar, Vocal, Piano, Guitar, Piano and Keyboard
Genres: Soul, Urban
Play 8 of your favourite songs with sound-alike CD tracks. Each volume in this series comes with a CD of orchestrated arrangements. The music in this book matches these recorded orchestrations. There are two tracks for each – a full performance for listening, plus a separate backing track which lets you be the soloist! The music even includes a separate vocal staff, plus guitar frames, so you or your friends can also sing or strum along!
Songs: Ain't No Mountain High Enough • I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) • I Heard It Through the Grapevine • Let's Get It On • My Girl • Reach Out, I'll Be There • What's Going On • You Can't Hurry Love.
£9.95
Instruments: Piano, Vocal, Guitar, Vocal, Piano, Guitar, Piano and Keyboard
Genres: Soul, Urban
The Bass Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab, listen to the CD to hear how the bass should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks.The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and Mac computer users, the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch!
£9.95
Instruments: Bass Guitar, Guitar
Genres: R & B, Urban
31 hits arranged for Piano, Voice and Guitar
£9.95
Instruments: Piano, Vocal, Guitar, Vocal, Piano, Guitar, Piano and Keyboard
Genres: Soul, Urban
A contemporary guide to chords, rhythms and licks, covering common chords and progressions, classic funk rhythms, licks and patterns, synth bass, multiple keyboard playing, pitch wheel and modulation.Includes a CD containing 81 full-band tracks. By Gail Johnson.
£9.95
Instruments: Electronic Keyboard, Piano and Keyboard
Genres: Funk, Urban
Your favourite sheet music will come to life with the innovative Piano Play-Along series! With these book/CD collections, piano and keyboard players will be able to practice and perform with professional-sounding accompaniments. Containing eight songs each, the books feature new engravings, with a separate vocal staff, plus guitar frames, so players and their friends can sing or strum along. The CDs feature two tracks for each tune: a full performance for listening, and a separate backing track that lets players take the lead on keyboard. The high-quality, sound-alike accompaniments exactly match the printed music.
£9.95
Instruments: Piano, Vocal, Guitar, Vocal, Piano, Guitar, Piano and Keyboard
Genres: R & B, Urban
Whether it's Rhythm & Blues, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Soul, Blues or Gospel, the history and development of each genre is examined in the pages of this innovative calendar-based retrospective.Enter a world of mind-tickling trivia, captivating anecdote and eyebrow-raising trivia with this month-by-month journey through the history of black popular culture. Discover the events and social forces that shaped the very roots of popular music as we know it today, and enjoy a trip through time that is as entertaining as it is stimulating and educational.You'll find it all here - from the sweet soul music of Aretha Franklin and the swinging Jazz of Count Basie, through pop heroes Stevie Wonder and Whitney Houston, right up to today's best including Usher, Queen Latifah and Run DMC. Each page also includes the No.1 hit on that day from different years by the best of black music's legendary performers. A definitive demonstration of how black music is interwoven into American history.
£9.95
Genres: Soul, Urban
David Ritz presents his uniquely candid and and intimate account of the tumultuous life of the Prince of Soul music, Marvin Gaye. Author Ritz has assembled years of conversations and interviews from his life as a close friend and lyricist to the gifted Soul sensation, and tells the Marvin Gaye story with fly-on-the-wall accuracy and detail. From his early years as an abused child in the slums of Washington DC, through his rise to the very peaks of the Motown phenomenon, his fall from grace and subsequent comeback, to his untimely death at the hands of his father, Marvin's story is the stuff of legends. The cast of characters includes the Jacksons, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross and countless other icons of the world of soul music.The definitive biography of an enormously gifted and sensitive musician.
£9.95
Genres: Soul, Urban
From disco and funk to soul and dance, get the theory and the tools you need to play R&B like the pros with this indispensable guide. This comprehensive tutorial will teach you a whole range of basic skills including: Scales and chords Harmony and voicings Progressions and comping Rhythmic concepts and syncopations Characteristic stylingsThe history and development of the R'n'B sound. The accompanying CD features many of the examples in the book, along with seven exclusive complete songs performed as solos or with a full band.
£9.95
Instruments: Electronic Keyboard, Piano and Keyboard
Genres: Soul, Urban
Sing 8 Chart-Topping Songs with a Professional Band. Whether you're a karoake singer or preparing for an audition, the Pro Vocal series is for you. The book contains the lyrics, melody, and chord symbols for eight hit songs. The CD contains demos for listening and separate backing tracks so you can sing along. The CD is playable on any CD player, but it is also enhanced for PC and Mac computer users so you can adjust the recording to any pitch without changing the tempo! Perfect for home rehearsal, parties, auditions, corporate events, and gigs without a backup band. This volume includes 8 classic R&B standards: Brick House · I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) · I Got You (I Feel Good) · In the Midnight Hour · Let's Get It On · My Girl · Shining Star · Superstition.
£9.95
Instruments: Voice, Vocal
Genres: R & B, Urban
101 authentic hip-hop bass lines spanning twenty-five years of music, with east coast, west coast, down south, straight and swing styles. A useful demonstration CD is included. Ideal for the discerning bass student.
£9.95
Instruments: Bass Guitar, Guitar
Genres: Hip Hop, Urban
101 authentic funk and disco bass lines in standard notation and tablature, with useful demonstration CD included. Bass lines of the era that sent the world to the dance floor were intricate and sometimes complex, and Josqin des Pres guides you through this style.
£9.95
Instruments: Bass Guitar, Guitar
Genres: Funk, Urban
The essential guide to funk guitar for intermediate players. Covers all aspects, including movable 7th, 9th 13th and sus4 chords, slides, single-note 'skank' and palm muting, songs, progressions and more.
£9.95
Instruments: Guitar
Genres: Funk, Urban
Join acclaimed bassist, composer and teacher Patrick Pfeiffer as he explores the anatomy of a bass groove from the inside out.Learn to dissect each groove and discover what makes it so groovy - from its skeleton to its apex - while evolving your playing skills and musicality along the way.There are plenty of exercises and a huge number of groove ideas, along with an audio CD that is packed with full-band demo tracks and examples.
£9.95
Instruments: Bass Guitar, Guitar
Genres: Funk, Urban
Easy-to-read, simplified arrangements of sixteen soul hits by Nina Simone, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Ben E. King, and more! All songs are arranged for Piano and Vocal with Guitar chord symbols.
£9.95
Instruments: Piano, Vocal, Guitar, Vocal, Piano, Guitar, Piano and Keyboard
Genres: Soul, Urban
The genre Fusion, as the name implies, is a blend of many styles and influences. This book and CD use four tunes as a basis to show how this fusion-blending process can occur and expose you to new musical ideas. With unique step-by-step approaches to developing 'fused' feels that are not just superficial pasting-together styles, you'll discover how to create new grooves for yourself. In addition, there are many agility exercises to help you reach a high level of musicianship. For each style, there is a comprehensive lesson centring on a fully notated chart of the music on written in the book and performed on the CD. The lessons consist of a breaking down of all the inspirational, musical and technical elements involved in developing a convincing performance of the tune. The CD contains a demonstration performance of the tune, followed by a version of the tune without the bass so you can play along With the sound of the music in your ears, you can study and practice the technical aspects performing the rhythms and lines of each style. Each style section contains historical references and background, useful information and explanations about the styles, notated musical examples of each approach, technical exercises to help with particular passages, important performance tips and demonstration performances and play-along tracks on accompaniment CDs.
£9.95
Instruments: Bass Guitar, Guitar
Genres: Funk, Urban
A superb collection of easy Piano arrangements of 15 soul classics. Each piece is expertly arranged for Piano by Paul Honey, based on the work of Kenneth Baker, author of the best selling The Complete Piano Player series, complete with fingering and chords.
£9.95
Instruments: Piano, Piano and Keyboard
Genres: Soul, Urban
Fifteen great soul songs specially arranged with play-along accompaniments on CD.
£9.95
Instruments: Flute, Woodwinds
Genres: Soul, Urban
Fifteen great soul songs specially arranged for Alto Saxophone, with play-along accompaniments on CD.
£9.95
Instruments: Alto Saxophone, Saxophone, Woodwinds
Genres: Soul, Urban
Fifteen great soul songs specially arranged for Trombone, with play-along accompaniments on CD.
£9.95
Instruments: Trombone, Brass
Genres: Soul, Urban
Fifteen great soul songs specially arranged for Trumpet with play-along accompaniments on CD.
£9.95
Instruments: Trumpet, Brass
Genres: Soul, Urban
Fifteen great soul songs specially arranged for Violin with play-along accompaniments on CD.
£9.95
Instruments: Violin, Strings
Genres: Soul, Urban
Fifteen great soul songs specially arranged for Clarinet with play-along accompaniments on CD.
£9.95
Instruments: Clarinet, Woodwinds
Genres: Soul, Urban
Stuart Hamm is one of the world's greatest Bass Guitar talents, and this DVD covers an incredibly wide array of styles and techniques. You'll get into left-hand stretching exercises, major and minor arpeggios, playing chords, slapping & popping, funk, hammer-on slaps, triplets, right-hand "flamenco" strums, two-handed polyphonic tapping, contrapuntal playing, percussive tapping, playing a melody with the right hand while the left hand plays a bass pattern, classical techniques and styles, and Bach's Prelude in C.Stuart Hamm is one of America's most respected and sought-after modern bass player/teachers and gives clinics all over the world. He has toured and recorded with Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, and Joe Satriani, and his solo albums for have brought widespread critical acclaim.
£9.95
Instruments: Bass Guitar, Guitar
Genres: Funk, Urban
The acclaimed best selling story of Tamla Motown Records, the Detroit hit factory that set the World dancing in the sixties.Disdained by Motown boss Berry Gordy for its forthright portrayal of the truth behind the scenes at Hitsville, here are the real stories behind the rise of such all-time greats as Smokey Robinson, The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops, The Temptations and The Jackson 5.Where Did Our Love Go? has long been acknowledged by critics as the definitive account of the rise and fall of the most successful independent record label in the world.Includes a foreword by Quincy Jones and introduction by Robert Christgau.
£9.95
Genres: Soul, Urban
This books explores essential grooves, fills, and styles. This includes: Feeling The Downbeats Syncopated Backbeats In Between Straight And Swing Feeling The Upbeats Three Ways To Explore And Play Time Straight Time Moving The Sixteenths The accompanying CD contains tracks for demonstration and play-along.
£9.95
Instruments: Drums, Percussion
Genres: Hip Hop, Urban
Step behind the wheels of steel and into the world of professional DJ's. The World of DJ's and the Turntable Culture is the only book that clearly and thoroughly teaches the tools, technologies and techniques of contemporary DJing. It also goes further, exploring the culture, history and aesthetics of hip-hop, dance music and turntablism.Souvignier traces the turntable's evolution from consumer playback device into a professional musical instrument, right up to the latest CD scratching decks. He also traces the evolution of the DJ from selector and record announcer to producer/performer. This book features exclusive interviews with GrandWizzard Theodore (the inventor of scratching) and other superstars including DJ QBert, Rob Swift (X-ecutioners), Armand Van Helden and mash-up maven The Freelance Hellraiser. The wide ranging topics covered include a mechanical history of turntables and a DJ technology roundup; Alan Freed, Dick Clark and payola; John Cage's Cartridge Music; Grandmaster Flash; Jamaican sound systems; the rise and fall of disco; house, techno and garage music; a dictionary of scratches; and developing DJ skills.The World of DJs and the Turntable Culture includes hands-on chapters that explain the basic tools DJs use, teaches the fundamental techniques, and explores the creative possibilities for DJs. There is a special focus on state-of-the-art gear, spotlighting the most exciting, cutting-edge features.
£9.95
Genres: Hip Hop, Urban
