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Music

New Arrivals Browse more New Arrivals in Music $14.99 New Trade Paper add to wish list The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting: An Oral History Jim Walsh $17.50 Sale Hardcover add to wish list The Birth (and Death) of the Cool Ted Gioia $9.99 New Trade Paper add to wish list Jimi Hendrix (Music Icons) Luke Crampton $22.95 New Hardcover add to wish list The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Percussion (Complete Idiot's Guides) Michael Miller $12.95 New Trade Paper add to wish list Crap Lyrics: A Celebration of the Very Worst Pop Lyrics of All Time... Ever! Johnny Sharp $35.00 New Hardcover add to wish list Let It Bleed: The Rolling Stones, Altamont, and the End of the Sixties Ethan A. Russell Browse more New Arrivals in Music Jazz Songbooks Browse more titles in Music-Jazz Songbooks Jazz Theory Book by Mark Levine Publisher Comments Endorsed by Jamey Aebersold, James Moody, Dave Liebman, and others, The Jazz Theory Book presents all the information any student of jazz needs in an easy-to-understand, yet thorough, manner. For intermediate to advanced players, and written by one of... (read more) Your price: $42.00 New - Spiral add to wish list Recently Arrived Used Browse recently arrived used titles in Music $10.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list Decade Series the 1950S Hal Leonard $9.00 Used Trade Paper add to wish list Counterpoint : the Polyphonic Vocal Styles of the Sixteenth Century (92 Edition) Knud Jeppeson $12.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list David Bowie: We Could Be Heroes: The Stories Behind Every David Bowie Song Chris Welch $9.50 Used Spiral add to wish list Expressive Singing Song Anthology 3RD Edition Van A Christy $14.95 Used Hardcover add to wish list Between the Dark and Light: The Grateful Dead Jay Blakesberg $24.95 Used Hardcover add to wish list The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star Nikki Sixx Browse recently arrived used titles in Music Folk Songbooks Browse more titles in Music-Folk Songbooks Rise Up Singing: The Group Singing Songbook by Peter Blood Publisher Comments Lyrics and guitar chords for nearly 1,200 songs are arranged in a compact, easy-to-use format in this comprehensive collection. Folk revival favorites; Broadway show tunes; Beatles songs; hymns, spirituals, and gospel standards; songs about peace... (read more) Your price: $22.95 New - Spiral add to wish list Jazz Browse more titles in Music-Jazz The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965 by Sam Stephenson and W. Eugene Smith Publisher Comments In 1957, Eugene Smith, a thirty-eight-year-old magazine photographer, walked out of his comfortable settled world — his longtime well-paying job at Life and the home he shared with his wife and four children in Croton-on-Hudson, New York — to... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Hardcover add to wish list Reference Browse more titles in Music-Reference 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die by Tom Moon Staff Pick Like the kid in high school who always made mix tapes, Tom Moon has compiled an authoritative cross-section of music, from classical composers to modern electronica artists, in 1,000 Recording to Hear before You Die. Each of his selections features not... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper add to wish list Theory Workbooks Browse more titles in Music-Theory Workbooks Silver Music Journal by Piccadilly Publisher Comments Size: 8.5” x 11” Pages: 200 Inside Pages: Music Staff Paper Cover Style: Hard Back... (read more) Your price: $8.98 Sale - Spiral add to wish list Theory and Composition Browse more titles in Music-Theory and Composition This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin Staff Pick A revelation for music buffs and science geeks ... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list Blues and Rhythm and Blues Browse more titles in Music-Blues and Rhythm and Blues Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues [With CD (Audio) and DVD] by William Ferris Publisher Comments Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, folklorist William Ferris toured his home state of Mississippi, documenting the voices of African Americans as they spoke about and performed the diverse musical traditions that form the authentic roots of the blues. Now... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover add to wish list Display Browse more titles in Music-Display Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original by Robin D. G. Kelley Publisher Comments The piano ain't got no wrong notes So ranted Thelonious Sphere Monk, who proved his point every time he sat down at the keyboard. His angular melodies and dissonant harmonies shook the jazz world to its foundations, ushering in the birth of bebop and... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Hardcover add to wish list Sale Books Browse more titles in Music-Sale Books The Wagner Clan: The Saga of Germany's Most Illustrious and Infamous Family by Jonathan Carr Publisher Comments A family saga as riveting as any opera, and a matchless mirror of Germany’s rise, fall, and resurrection. Richard Wagner was many things—composer, philosopher, philanderer, failed revolutionary, and virulent anti-Semite—and his... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover add to wish list Used Books Browse more titles in Music-Used Books Guitars: A Celebration of Pure Mojo by David Schiller Publisher Comments Celebrate the worldand#8217;s most seductive instrument. An obsessive, full-color book in the irresistible format of Shoes and Handbagsand#8212;which together have over 700,000 copies in printand#8212;guitarS delivers a feast of 500 guitars in vibrant... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list

Bestsellers Friday, December 11, 2009 Jazz Theory Book by Mark Levine Rise Up Singing: The Group Singing Songbook by Peter Blood The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965 by Sam Stephenson and W. Eugene Smith Silver Music Journal by Piccadilly 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die by Tom Moon Powell's Q&A, Q&A | Yesterday, 5:05pm Powell's Q&A: Sam Stephenson 0 comments By Sam Stephenson Describe your latest book/project/work. I've been studying the life and work of photographer W. Eugene Smith for 13 years. My first book (Dream... Continue » $40.00 New Hardcover add to wish list The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965 Sam Stephenson and W. Eugene Smith

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