JAZZ RESOURCES AT THE LEONARD LIBRARY
SF State has a very active and diverse School of Music , with quite an active Jazz program. In fact, beginning April 15th, they celebrate jazz with Jazz Week.
For those of you who are doing research on jazz music, the Leonard Library has materials that can help you in this endeavor. You can find these and other materials in the Investigator catalog.
If the items you seek say Main Collection, you can request them for quick delivery. CDs are located for immediate in-person checkout in HSS 127, where Library Media Services is located.
Some suggestions for your jazz research are below:
BOOKS ON JAZZ
Monk’s music : Thelonious Monk and jazz history in the making / Gabriel Solis.
Miles Davis, Miles smiles, and the invention of post bop / Jeremy Yudkin.
Jazz : the basics / Christopher Meeder.
Miles, Ornette, Cecil : jazz beyond jazz / Howard Mandel.
Gypsy jazz : in search of Django Reinhardt and the soul of gypsy swing / Michael Dregni.
A power stronger than itself : the AACM and American experimental music / George E. Lewis.
Teaching improv in your jazz ensemble : a complete guide for music educators / Zachary B. Poulter.
Hotter than that : the trumpet, jazz, and American culture / Krin Gabbard.
Moving to higher ground : how jazz can change your life / Wynton Marsalis with Geoffrey C. Ward.
From Afro-Cuban rhythms to Latin jazz / Raul A. Fernandez.
Cuban fire : the saga of salsa and Latin jazz / Isabelle Leymarie.
JAZZ SCORES
West coast jazz piano : an in-depth look at the styles of the masters / by Gene Rizzo.
Brazilian jazz : the latest trends in bossa-nova and beyond : jazz play-a-long for all musicians.
Jazz scale studies : saxophone / James Rae.
Jazz scale studies : flute / James Rae.
Jazz scale studies : clarinet / James Rae.
Jazz classics : 50 favorites from the bebop era and beyond : piano solo.
Encyclopedia of jazz standards / voice/piano/guitar.
How to sing jazz : learn to improvise in the style of the jazz greats! / Barbara Lea.
Trumpet evolution / [as recorded by] Arturo Sandoval ; transcribed by Forrest “Woody” Mankowski.
The further adventures of Bix Beiderbecke : jazz band classics for trumpet.
The Louis Armstrong collection / transcribed by Forrest “Woody” Mankowski.
JAZZ ON CD
A love supreme [sound recording] : the legacy of John Coltrane / Turtle Island Quartet.
From the river to the ocean [sound recording] / Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake.
As if it were the seasons [sound recording] / Joseph Jarman.
The sad machinery of spring [sound recording] / Tin Hat.
Arturo Sandoval & The Latin Jazz Orchestra [sound recording].
Port Chicago [sound recording] / Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra.
SFJazz Collective [sound recording].
Anthology [sound recording] : you’ve got to have freedom / Pharoah Sanders.
