{"product_id":"improvising-jazz-by-coker-jerry","title":"Improvising Jazz by Coker, Jerry","description":"\u003cspan id=\"docs-internal-guid-f9f7bd2b-7fff-7a36-a147-fcbf0fd9eb37\"\u003e\n \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:18pt;\"\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   📚 A richly varied and comprehensive 4-book jazz library bundle covering the full spectrum of jazz study — from the sweeping illustrated history of a century of jazz and a definitive discography of essential recordings to a practical improvisation guide and a broad survey from jazz's origins to the present. This is an outstanding lot for jazz enthusiasts, musicians, music educators, jazz historians, record collectors, and anyone who loves America's greatest original art form and wants to explore it with depth and rigor. Together these four titles offer an unmatched combination of jazz history, musical education, discographic reference, and stylistic survey that makes this one of the most comprehensively useful jazz library bundles available on the used book market. A wonderful gift for the jazz lover, musician, or music student in your life.\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:18pt;\"\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   Books Included in This Lot (as shown in photo):\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cul style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-inline-start:48px;\"\u003e\n  \u003cli aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\"\u003e\n   \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n     A Century of Jazz: From Blues to Bop, Swing to Hip-Hop — A Hundred Years of the Greatest Music Ever Made by Roy Carr (Hamlyn)\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n     — A lavishly illustrated and sweepingly comprehensive celebration of jazz's first century, tracing the music's extraordinary evolution from its blues and ragtime roots through Dixieland, the Swing Era, bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, free jazz, fusion, and beyond. Roy Carr's richly illustrated survey is a visually stunning and musically authoritative journey through 100 years of the greatest music America has ever produced, with photographs, album covers, and ephemera that bring each era vividly to life.\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\n   \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\"\u003e\n   \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n     Jazz: From Its Origins to the Present\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n     — A comprehensive scholarly and accessible survey of jazz history covering the music's development from its African American roots in New Orleans through every major stylistic movement to the modern era, examining the great musicians, landmark recordings, and cultural contexts that shaped jazz into the globally celebrated art form it is today. An authoritative reference for students of jazz history and American music.\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\n   \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\"\u003e\n   \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n     Improvising Jazz by Jerry Coker, Forewords by Stan Kenton and Gunther Schuller\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n     — The classic and most widely used jazz improvisation instruction book ever published — a practical, clear, and musically rigorous guide to the theory, technique, and art of jazz improvisation by Jerry Coker, one of America's most respected jazz educators. With forewords by the legendary bandleader Stan Kenton and the distinguished composer and jazz scholar Gunther Schuller, this is the essential starting point for any musician seeking to develop their jazz improvisation skills and has been used in jazz education programs worldwide for decades.\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\n   \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli aria-level=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;\"\u003e\n   \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:18pt;\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n     The Essential Jazz Records\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n     — The definitive discographic guide to the most important and essential recordings in jazz history — an authoritative reference covering the landmark albums and sessions that every serious jazz listener and collector needs to know, organized to guide listeners through the most significant and rewarding recordings across all major jazz styles and eras.\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\n   \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003c\/ul\u003e\n \u003cdiv\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\n   \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/span\u003e\n","brand":"Book Lots","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48581284790504,"sku":null,"price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0794\/2062\/1032\/files\/10_982e081a-1a5d-4a56-9c93-c61a240901ed.png?v=1779471858","url":"https:\/\/www.book-lots.com\/products\/improvising-jazz-by-coker-jerry","provider":"Book Lots","version":"1.0","type":"link"}