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Jazz Audiobooks

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    History of Jazz Music

    by Blake Carson ...
    Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...
    Series Audiobook box set - History of

    Unabridged

    3 hours 11 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A genre born from struggle and innovation—how did jazz revolutionize music? Jazz emerged in the early 20th century, blending African rhythms, blues, and improvisation to create a unique sound. Legends like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Miles Davis pushed jazz to new heights, influencing countless musicians. This book explores the origins of jazz ... Read more

    $0.15 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Miles and Me

    by Quincy Troupe ...
    Narrated by Richard Allen ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 35 min

    Quincy Troupe's account of his friendship with Miles Davis is a revealing portrait of a great musician and an intimate study of a unique relationship. It is also an engrossing chronicle of the author's own development, both artistically and personally. As Davis's collaborator on Miles: The Autobiography, Troupe-one of the major poets to emerge from the 1960s-had exceptional access to the musician. ... Read more

    $34.34 CAD

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    On Jazz

    A Personal Journey

    by Alyn Shipton ...
    Narrated by Alyn Shipton ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 16 min

    Few musical genres inspire the passionate devotion of jazz. Its mystique goes far beyond the melodies and rhythms, with its key players and singers discussed by aficionados with a respect that borders on reverence. Some books on jazz offer little more than theory or dry facts, thereby relinquishing the ‘essence’ of the music. This book is different. One of the most influential and internationally ... Read more

    $27.43 CAD

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    THREE CHORDS AND THE TRUTH

    Narrated by Laurence Leamer ...

    Abridged

    2 hours 28 min

    Every June, in gratitude to their devoted fans, the stars of country music appear at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds to sign autographs for hours and perform during the week called Fan Fair. Though the 1996 Fan Fair was a phenomenal success, for Nashville itself it was also a time of doubt, uncertainty and dramatic change. The week was like a country song: intense, emotional, filled with joy and ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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    咖啡杯裡的月色 Moonlight in a Coffee Cup - Bossa Nova

    by Neo VX ...
    Narrated by Neo VX ...

    Unabridged

    37 min

    《咖啡杯裡的月色》是一張為深夜留白的 Bossa Nova 專輯:刷鼓像呼吸,尼龍弦吉他把節奏放得很輕,鋼琴用溫暖的和聲在杯緣點亮一圈微光。旋律不喧嘩,只在你低頭啜飲、窗外雲影貼著天花板的時刻,慢慢靠近。從「最後一杯」到「散場以後」,每首歌都像一段小小的枕邊話——把城市的噪音收起來,留下月色在咖啡裡微微搖晃。作者:Neo VX 創立於2025年,「以科技帶來音樂的全新溫暖方式」。Neo VX 把複雜的科技,悄悄藏在背後,只留下溫柔的聲音。靈感像遊戲一樣自然出現,讓科技與創意一起,陪伴每一段安心、溫暖的時光。章節:01 After-Hour 下班後02 Clouds On The Ceiling 天花板上的雲朵03 Drift A Little Closer 再靠近一點點04 Last Cup 最後一杯05 Leave 離開06 Midnight Clings 午夜的依戀07 Moon On ... Read more

    $8.70 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Unapologetic Expression

    The Inside Story of the UK Jazz Explosion

    Unabridged

    11 hours 55 min

    A CLASH MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024A lively, subversive history of the new UK jazz wave, encapsulating its revolutionary spirit and tracing its foundations to birth of the genre itself.'Not solely a book about jazz, or even a nascent cultural shift; it's a record of a pivotal moment in UK history.'BIG ISSUEBy the end of the last century, jazz music was con... ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Shake It, Break It and Hang It on the Wall

    Unabridged

    1 hour

    This first and only recording of the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band features Rich Dworsky (piano), Andy Stein (violin, saxophone), Pat Donohue (guitar) and Arnie Kinsella (drums), with guest Garrison Keillor contributing vocals on several tracks. Their repertoire is an irresistible mix of timeless jazz, blues, and pop standards.Tracks:The Weary and Farewell Blues; What a Wonderful World ("The Internet ... Read more

    $16.48 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Was Sie schon immer über Jazz wissen wollten, Folge 8

    Mit dem Bebop in die Zukunft des Jazz

    by Ernst Weber ...
    Narrated by Willi Resetarits ...
    Series Audiobook 8 - Was Sie schon immer über Jazz wissen wollten

    Unabridged

    1 hour 14 min

    “Things To Come” – so war eine Aufnahme des Trompeters Dizzy Gillespie mit seiner Big Band vom Juli 1946 benannt: “Die Dinge, die da kommen sollten”, das war nicht bloß ein beliebiger Titel, sondern eher schon eine programmatische Ansage. Der neue musikalische Stil, den man Bebop nannte, bedeutete den Aufbruch in eine neue Ära des Jazz. Dessen waren sich die namhaften Vertreter dieser Stilrichtung ... Read more

    $7.42 CAD

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    Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans, with Wynton Marsalis

    A Joe Bev Musical Sound Portrait

    Unabridged

    59 min

    Veteran radio producer Joe Bevilacqua hosts this entertaining, informative hour, recorded in the French Quarter of New Orleans and featuring jazz great Wynton Marsalis, jazz author and historian Donald Newlove, WNYC Radio talk show host Leonard Lopate, members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and others. They discuss the origins of jazz and the life and music of legendary trumpeter Louis ... Read more

    $13.67 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Miles Davis' Bitches Brew

    Narrated by Jaime Lincoln Smith ...
    Series series 33 1/3

    Unabridged

    3 hours 10 min

    It was 1969, and Miles Davis, prince of cool, was on the edge of being left behind by a dynamic generation of young musicians, an important handful of whom had been in his band. Rock music was flying off in every direction, just as America itself seemed about to split at its seams. Following the circumscribed grooves and ambiance of In A Silent Way; coming off a tour with a burning new quintet ... Read more

    $17.85 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    How to Listen to Jazz

    by Ted Gioia ...
    Narrated by Peter Ganim ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 58 min

    **An Economist Best Book of the YearAn acclaimed music scholar presents an accessible introduction to the art of listening to jazz.“Mr. Gioia could not have done a better job. Through him, jazz might even find new devotees.” ―Economist**In How to Listen to Jazz, award-winning music scholar Ted Gioia presents a lively introduction to one of America's premier art forms. He tells us what to listen ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Everything You Need to Know About Jazz Music

    by Emily Sorrel ...
    Narrated by Emily Sorrel ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 7 min

    From its vibrant roots in New Orleans to its global evolution today, jazz has remained one of the most influential and ever-evolving genres in the world of music. In Everything You Need to Know About Jazz Music, Emily Sorrel takes you on an engaging journey through jazz’s rich history, tracing its transformation from its humble beginnings in the early 20th century to its current groundbreaking ... Read more

    $10.83 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Was Sie schon immer über Jazz wissen wollten, Folge 3

    Vom Dixieland zur Big Band im Zentrum der Musikindustrie

    by Ernst Weber ...
    Narrated by Willi Resetarits ...
    Series Audiobook 3 - Was Sie schon immer über Jazz wissen wollten

    Unabridged

    1 hour 14 min

    Am Anfang der zwanziger Jahre war der beste Jazz eindeutig in Chicago zu hören, und doch war New York bereits im Begriff, der “Toddling Town” den Rang abzulaufen. Was New York den Musikern zu bieten hatte, war nicht so sehr musikalischer, sondern eher organisatorischer Natur. Hier waren die großen Konzertagenturen zuhause, von hier aus starteten die Tourneen durch die Staaten und hierher kehrten ... Read more

    $5.94 CAD

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    Gentleman of Jazz

    A Life in Music

    Narrated by Dion Graham ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 49 min

    This immersive new autobiography provides insight into the early life and illustrious career of the late great Ramsey Lewis, one of the most popular jazz pianists of all time.Beginning with his childhood growing up in Chicago’s Cabrini Green neighborhood, Ramsey Lewis recounts his memories of the music in his parents’ church and his early piano lessons. As he learned classical technique, Lewis ... Read more

    $20.54 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    A Rare Recording of Jazz Music Icon Duke Ellington

    Narrated by Duke Ellington ...
    Series series A Rare Recording of…

    Unabridged

    26 min

    Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 - May 24, 1974), born and raised in Washington, DC, was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra. Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem. Ellington wrote or collaborated on more than one thousand ... Read more

    $10.92 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Jazz TX

    A Love Letter to Live Music, Community, and the Little Club That Could

    by Doc Watkins ...
    Narrated by Doc Watkins, Meg Bodi ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 57 min

    A community’s beating heart is often found in the most unlikely places.The story of Jazz, TX, is one of an underdog. When musician and entrepreneur Doc Watkins opened the San Antonio club in 2016, the “jazz club” represented a bygone era of simplicity, spaces, and shared community.The goal was to revitalize jazz and put the house back into hospitality. The result was a timeless sensory experience ... Read more

    $27.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Restrisiko

    Narrated by Gerhard Bracht ...
    Series Audiobook 3 - Bracht & Bracht Trilogie

    Unabridged

    8 hours 32 min

    Im letzten Band unserer Trilogie wird der seit 2006 flüchtige Ehemann von Anna Hindemith zum Opfer skrupelloser Waffenhändler. Thomas Hindemith, der versucht hat, sich in der Provence ein neues Leben aufzubauen und sich seitdem Jean-Michel Reinhardt nennt, wird von Lars Biegel, einem ehemaligen Münsteraner Medizinstudenten entführt und in einem unterirdischen Labor bei Saint-Rémy-de Provence einer ... Read more

    $23.65 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Wahndreieck

    Musik & Poesie

    Unabridged

    1 hour 10 min

    Jazz igitt? - Lyrik ogott? Wer weder mit Jazz noch mit Lyrik etwas anfangen kann; wer zwar das eine mag, aber das andere möglichst meidet; wen gar die Vorstellung graust, beides auf einmal ertragen zu müssen, dem kann jetzt geholfen werden: Heilung von Abneigungen solcher Art verspricht der Lyriker und Jazzmusiker Jörn Pfennig mit seinem 'literarischen Trio' Wahndreieck. Die Bezeichnung Jazz & ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Satchmo Blows Up the World

    Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War

    Narrated by Christina Delaine ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 6 min

    At the height of the ideological antagonism of the Cold War, the U.S. State Department unleashed an unexpected tool in its battle against Communism: jazz. From 1956 through the late 1970s, America dispatched its finest jazz musicians to the far corners of the earth, from Iraq to India, from the Congo to the Soviet Union, in order to win the hearts and minds of the Third World and to counter ... Read more

    $35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Brief History of Jazz, A: The Music That Changed the World

    Narrated by Michael Dorsey ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 50 min

    Discover how marginalized musicians forged an improvisational language of resistance to birth modern music history. Perfect for an inspiring commute, this rhythmic journey traces the evolution of sound from West African polyrhythms to the bustling streets of New Orleans. Feel the raw emotion of a cultural revolution as visionary artists transform sorrow into an unstoppable global force.Whether you ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Historier fra jazztiden

    Narrated by Jesper Hvilsom ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 5 min

    F. Scott Fitzgerald, forfatteren til "Den store Gatsby", er en af mellemkrigstidens markante romanforfattere, men også en af det 20. århundredes store amerikanske novellister, der bedre end nogen andre fanger jazztidens hidsige puls med de pludselige omslag og dramaet under overfladen.Denne bog præsenterer 11 af hans bedste noveller - udvalgt, oversat og med forord af Hans Hertel. Det er ... Read more

    $21.21 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section: The Complete Series 1-3

    The BBC Radio 4 comedy show

    by Alex Horne ...
    Narrated by Alex Horne, Full Cast ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 3 min

    Alex Horne and his special guests bring together stand-up and live music in a free-wheeling and spontaneous combination.Each episode sees Alex, his band and guests explore a different topic. These range from love to technology, the seasons to the body.In this collection of the complete series 1-3 Alex is joined by comedians including David O’Doherty, Isy Suttie, Kevin Eldon, Phill Jupitus, Matt ... Read more

    $25.83 CAD

  • Audiobook

    3 Shades of Blue

    Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

    by James Kaplan ...
    Narrated by Dion Graham ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 7 min

    **The National Bestseller • One of The Minneapolis Star Tribune's Best Books of the Year“A superb book...[Kaplan is] a master biographer, a dogged researcher and shaper of narrative, and this is his most ambitious book to date.” —Los Angeles TimesFrom the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of three towering artists—Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans—and how they ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Sonny Rollins - Extended interview

    by PBS NewsHour ...
    Narrated by PBS NewsHour ...

    Unabridged

    32 min

    Jeffrey Brown recently sat down with Sonny Rollins at the Kennedy Center to talk about his life as a saxophonist and composer. In this excerpt of their conversation, Rollins talks about what other jazz greats have meant to him. ... Read more

    $6.87 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus