Alfred Music, the leading publisher in music education since 1922, announces the release of Paul Wertico’s, Turn the Beat Around, A Drummer's Guide to Playing “Backbeats" on 1 & 3. Turn the Beat ...
JAZZ MODERNISM: From Ellington and Armstrong to Matisse and Joyce. By Alfred Appel Jr. Knopf, $35; 282 pp. ALFRED Appel Jr.'s new book on jazz and other modern arts is a puzzling and often frustrating ...
In 1925, 16-year old Alfred Lion noticed a concert poster for Sam Wooding's orchestra near his favorite ice-skating arena in his native Berlin, Germany. He'd heard many of his mother's jazz records ...