SOULJAZZ: The Heart of the Music
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SOULJAZZ: The Heart of the Music is a jazz appreciation/history book by Michael Brewin.
It features a comprehensive history of jazz (1900-present), its greatest innovators, composers and arrangers, seminal recordings, the various instruments and diverse styles of jazz, a chapter describing how technology influenced the development of jazz, in-depth interviews with a variety of the world's leading jazz musicians, jazz improvisation explained, numerous action photographs of famous jazz musicians, and miscellaneous charts, CD discographies, and other informational resources.
It features interviews with:
- Joshua Redman
- Ray Brown
- Larry Carlton
- Charlie Haden
- Shirley Horn
- Béla Fleck
- Joe Lovano
- Tonight Show with Jay Leno bandleader Kevin Eubanks
- Bobby Hutcherson
- John and Jeff Clayton
- Russell Malone
- Leroy Vinnegar
It is endorsed by music faculty at leading universities, including Stanford University, and by esteemed jazz musicians (e.g. Rufus Reid and Darrell Grant) and was published in late 2002.
