SKU: HL.142754
ISBN 9781495013041. UPC: 888680050450. 12.0x9.0x1.121 inches.
The Martin Archives is a unique inside look into C.F. Martin & Co.'s reign as America's oldest and most revered guitarmaker - viewed through a selection of images, correspondence, documents, and reproduced artifacts chosen from some 700,000 items the company has amassed over nearly two centuries. Many of these have lain unseen in the Martins' attic or vault for generations. From the concert halls of the pre-Civil War United States to the Grand Ole Opry stage to Woodstock, Coachella, and beyond, Martin's instruments have been on hand to give voice to the human spirit. The Martin Archives offers insights into those instruments and the persons who made them, as well as the times the Martins lived through. While some guitarmakers predate the advent of the business computer, Martin predates the typewriter, electric lights, and even the steam locomotive, and its archives reveal what an interesting ride that's been. In addition to all that is on its pages, The Martin Archives also contains pockets with reproductions of illuminating bits of its history, including old company records, letters from stars such as Gene Autry and Jimmie Rodgers, the purchase order for the first D-45 guitar, a handwritten history of the company on its 100th birthday by Frank Henry Martin, and other palpable delights.
SKU: SP.TS236
ISBN 9781585609871. UPC: 649571002367.
Creative Jazz Piano Arranging for Real Fake Book Tunes is a method and songbook written by Michael Tarro. This new title for Jazz Piano is a culmination of more than thirty years of experience in teaching piano. It contains musical concepts and explains many techniques for any jazz pianist to develop their own interpretive style. This instructional collection teaches how to create variations of simple melodies of many well-known standards as written in every Fake-Book which includes: A phenomenal collection of the most popular jazz standards ever written. Complete original jazz piano arrangements clearly notated with precision. Improvised solos are transcribed in their entirety with strict adherence to detail offering incredibly valuable jazz piano techniques for developing interpretive skills. A recording of every arrangement performed by the author, Michael Tarro with A bonus track of Tarro's award winning Big Band single, Traveling Theme. Creative Jazz Piano Arranging provides a logical approach towards creating arrangements of simple well-known melodies. This powerful tool in developing performance excellence is one of the first steps toward becoming an incredible jazz pianist. Gentle Rain by Louis Bonfa, Don t Blame Me by Jimmy McHugh, Sharp Nine Blues and Traveling Theme by Mike Tarro, My Romance and Hello Young Lovers by Rodgers and Hammerstein, When Sunny Gets Blue by Marvin Fischer, Days Of Wine and Roses by Mancini and Johnny Mercer, Nearness Of You and Georgia On My Mind by Hoagy Carmichael, Sweet Georgia Brown written by Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard and Kenneth Casey, When I Fall In Love by Victor Young, and Don't Get Around Much Anymore and I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good by Sir Duke Ellington.
