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Jazz Piano Notebook 5: Blues Soloing
Contrary to popular belief, improvising over Blues changes is not simply noodling around on the minor pentatonic scale. There are many structures that can be used (mix and match): 1. minor Blues pentatonic scale 2. modes of the Secret Saxophone Scale 3. The Boogie-Woogie scale 4. Blues CESH figures 5. variations on Shuffle patterns 6. Arpeggios These are all explored in the context of real solos played by a real live band.
The Bukwas
Jeff Simms is a cop. He has identified himself with his position so completely that, when age forces his retirement, he decides to kill himself. In his last weeks on the job an entomology professor who claims to have discovered a giant insect is brutally murdered. Simms suspects the professor's graduate student. Brent Harchuck, who agrees that such an animal is impossible. When they confront the bug in flesh they end up joining the forces and set off in search of the reclusive animal. In the course of the hunt Simms realizes that he is more than his job.
Sampler Chef
Marcy, Emma and Allison are three friends who feel they are losing their husband's interest and they don't know what to do about it. Then, Jillian Fairchild moves into the neighborhood and extends invitations to them to come to a Sampler Chef party. Hoping that going out for a few nights will get their husbands to notice them again, the women accept. Little did they know that once they got their first taste of a Sampler Chef party, they would become addicted - and not to the food!"Slice, dice and add a little spice" quickly becomes the motto in every home in the neighborhood. And, as the women's appearances blossom, the husbands don't complain. That is, until they realize that now they seem to be losing their wives to these parties. Now, it's time to find out exactly what's cooking in the Sampler Chef kitchen - or who!TO FIND OUT ABOUT MORE PROJECTS BY THIS AUTHOR, VISIT www.niaimani-thewriter.com
Modalogy
(Jazz Instruction). Primarily a music theory reference, Modalogy presents a unique perspective on the origins, interlocking aspects, and usage of the most common scales and modes in occidental music. Anyone wishing to seriously explore the realms of scales, modes, and their real-world functions will find the most important issues dealt with in meticulous detail within these pages. Logical illustrations accompany in-depth examinations of chordal harmonies, cadential motions, and progressions. This book is perfect for both music students and teachers, as either a course in itself or to augment any theory curriculum.
Hidden Desire
Alyssa Charlton works at the art gallery and is busy writing the catalogue and bio of the artist, Marco Alvaréz, when Marco comes in. They are thunderstruck with each other. Tom, the gallery owner and an inveterate matchmaker, invites them for Saturday brunch and a swim. Marco invites Alyssa to have dinner with him. Very soon, passion flares between them, and he spends a night of love with her. When she wakes, he is gone. Hurt and upset, she hears from Tom that Marco left a note saying he had to return to Phoenix to deal with something. He'll be back the next day. But Marco does not come back. What Tom and Alyssa couldn't possibly know is that Marco, on his way back from breaking with a casual girlfriend, has been the victim of a drunk driver, who caused a serious accident. Marco has amnesia--obliterating his time with Alyssa.
Loop Group
Loop Group is Larry McMurtry at his contemporary best, a novel that can best be described as Thelma and Louise meets Terms of Endearment, in which two aging ladies set out on a road trip that will take them from Hollywood to Texas, with many adventures on the way. In perhaps his finest contemporary novel since Terms of Endearment, Larry McMurtry, with his miraculously sure touch at creating instantly recognizable women characters and his equally miraculous sharp eye for the absurdities of everyday life in the modern West, writes about two women, old friends, who set off on an adventure—with unpredictable and sometimes hilarious results. As Loop Group opens, we meet Maggie, whose three grow...
The Forgotten Terrorist
Robert F. Kennedy's assassination in 1968 seems like it should be an open-and-shut case. Many people crowded in the small room at Los Angeles's famed Ambassador Hotel that fateful night saw Sirhan Sirhan pull the trigger. Sirhan was also convicted of the crime and still languishes in jail with a life sentence. However, conspiracy theorists have jumped on inconsistencies in the eyewitness testimony and alleged anomalies in the forensic evidence to suggest that Sirhan was only one shooter in a larger conspiracy, a patsy for the real killers, or even a hypnotized assassin who did not know what he was doing (a popular plot in Cold War-era fiction, such as The Manchurian Candidate). Mel Ayton pro...
The Last Girlfriend on Earth
It doesn't matter if you're a caveman, a time traveller or a regular person. Sooner or later, someone's going to break your heart. The sketches in Simon Rich's new book are bizarre, funny, and - if you've ever been in love - all too familiar. From the invisible man stalking his ex, to Sherlock Holmes' only blind spot, The Last Girlfriend on Earth is always enchanting, often sweet, though occasionally awkward. Just like love itself. 'The Last Girlfriend On Earthis silly, surreal, sometimes sad and always laugh-out-loud funny. This collection will have you giggling/crying/squirming in recognition, and wondering what exactly Simon Rich has eaten to dream all this stuff up ... pulls off the tough trick of being both heart-warming and hilarious - it's a must-read if you've ever so much as had a crush on someone' Heat 'Pithy, occasionally bonkers' Time Out 'Truly hilarious' Eva Wiseman, Observer
Secrets
"New York Times"-bestselling author Deveraux brilliantly entwines passion, memory, and a touch of intrigue in this tale of a woman who discovers a life-changing secret about the man she has loved since childhood.
The Robert F. Kennedy Assassination
A credible, shocking account featuring new evidence about the RFK assassination and the Los Angeles Police Department's cover-up. The LAPD is shown to have misrepresented key facts, destroyed material evidence, and obstructed independent investigations. Photos.
