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The Best Books About Jazz


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Billie Holiday performs at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 6, 1957  in Newport, Rhode Island.
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The release of the Lee Daniels Hulu Originals film,
The United States vs. Billie Holiday, has inspired new and longtime jazz enthusiasts to learn more about the musical geniuses behind their favorite records. Some of the best books about jazz don t just chronicle the genre s history in the 20th century and beyond they also pull back the curtain on the legends who built the musical style and the oft-heartbreaking stories that fueled their every note and melody. ....

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Stanley Cowell, Jazz Pianist With a Wide Range, Dies at 79


Stanley Cowell, Jazz Pianist With a Wide Range, Dies at 79
His playing consolidated generations of musical history. He was also a composer, an educator and the founder of an important artist-run record label.
The pianist and composer Stanley Cowell in performance at the Beacon Theater in New York in 2017. He was known for his adaptability and his vast command of the jazz language.Credit.Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images
Published Dec. 20, 2020Updated Dec. 28, 2020
Stanley Cowell, a pianist, composer, record-label impresario and educator who brought a technician’s attention to detail and a theorist’s sophistication to his more than 50-year career as a jazz bandleader, died on Friday in Dover, Del. He was 79. ....

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