Pat Metheny : the ECM years, 1975-1984 / by Cooke, Mervyn

The Pat Metheny interviews : the inner workings of his creativity revealed /

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The jazz guitar : its evolution and its players / by Summerfield, Maurice J., 1940-

Table of Contents: “…Foreword / Barney Kessel -- Its evolution: the blues -- New Orleans -- Dixieland -- Chicago -- Kansas City -- Swing -- Be bop -- Modern/West Coast -- Cool -- Bossa nova -- Avant garde (jazz/rock/soul/Indo/African/free) -- Its players: John Abercrombie -- Oscar Aleman -- Laurindo Almeida -- Irving Ashby -- ELek Bacsik -- Derek Bailey -- Mickey Baker -- Dave Barbour -- Danny Barker -- Everett Barksdale -- George Barnes -- Billy Bauer -- Billy Bean -- George Benson -- Skeeter Best -- Ed Bickert --Luiz Bonfa -- Boulou -- Lenny Breau -- Big Bill Broonzy -- Dennis Budimir -- Teddy Bunn -- Kenny Burrell -- Billy Butler -- Charlie Byrd -- Al Casey -- Philip Catherine -- Pierre Cavalli -- Charlie Christian -- John Collins -- Eddie Condon -- Larry Coryell -- Bill De Arango -- Al Di Meola -- Joe Diorrio -- Sacha Distel -- Eddie Durham -- Herb Ellis -- Bus Etri -- Frank Evans -- Tal Farlow -- Al Gaffa -- Slim Gaillard -- Barry Galbraith -- Dick Garcia -- Hank Garland -- Arv Garrison -- Jimmy Gourley -- Freddie Green -- Grannt Green -- Tiny Grimes -- Marty Grosz -- Fred Guy -- Jerry Hahn -- Jim Hall -- Bill Harris -- Al Hendrickson -- Michael Howell -- Ike Isaacs -- Lonnie Johnson -- Barney Kessel -- Earl Klugh -- Carl Kress -- Nappy Lamare -- Eddie Lang -- Mundell Lowe -- Ivor Mairants -- Jack Marshall -- Pat Martino -- Carmen Mastrn -- Dick McDonough -- John McLaughlin -- Pat Metheny -- Wes Montgomery -- Oscar Moore -- Mary Osborne -- Remo Palmier -- Joe Pass -- Les Paul -- John Pisano -- Bucky Pizzarelli -- Baden Powell -- Joe Puma -- Snoozer Quinn -- Jimmy Raney -- Ernest Ranglin -- Django Reinhardt -- Allan Reuss -- Lee Ritenour -- Tony Rizzi -- Howard Roberts -- Terje Rypdal -- Johnny St. …”

Jazz matters : sound, place, and time since bebop / by Ake, David Andrew, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Race, place, and nostalgia after the counterculture : Keith Jarrett and Pat Metheny on ECM ; Rethinking jazz education ; Negotiating national identity among American jazz musicians in Paris.…”

Secrets from the masters : conversations with forty great guitar players /

Table of Contents: “…Duane Allman -- Chet Atkins -- Jeff Beck -- Chuck Berry -- Larry Carlton -- Eric Clapton -- Ry Cooder -- Duane Eddy -- The Edge -- Tal Farlow -- Jerry Garcia -- Billy Gibbons -- David Gilmour -- Jim Hall -- George Harrison -- Michael Hedges -- Jimi Hendrix -- Allan Holdsworth -- Mark Knofler -- Yngwie Malmsteen -- John McLaughlin -- Pat Metheny -- Wes Montgomery -- Steve Morse -- Jimmy Page -- Les Paul -- Carl Perkins -- Vernon Reid -- Keith Richards -- Carlos Santana -- Joe Satriani -- John Scofield -- Andres Segovia -- Andy Summers -- Pete Townshend -- Steve Vai -- Eddie Van Halen -- Stevie Ray Vaughn -- Frank Zappa.…”

Masters of jazz guitar /

Table of Contents: “…The guitar breaks through / Tony Russell -- Masters of rhythm / Richard Cook -- Soloists of the swing era / Brian Priestley -- Django Reinhardt / Max Harrison -- Charlie Christian / Dave Gelly -- Swing to bop / Stan Britt -- The bebop masters / Stan Britt -- The cool sound / Alun Morgan -- Influence and confluence / John Fordham -- Wes Montgomery / Kenny Mathieson -- The hardboppers / John Fordham -- Joe Pass / John Fordham -- Fusion, the first wave / Stuart Nicholson -- Pat Metheny / Kenny Mathieson -- Fusion, the second wave / Mark Gilbert -- Shredding the frets / Mark Gilbert -- Brazilian guitar / John Zaradin -- The session players / Kenny Mathieson -- The deconstructionists / Stuart Nicholson -- The acoustic guitar in jazz / Charles Alexander -- The new mainstream / Kenny Mathieson -- The legacy of Django / Andy MacKenzie -- The British scene / Kenny Mathieson -- The European scene / Chris Burden -- The American scene / Charles Chapman.…”

Essential jazz : the first 100 years / by Martin, Henry, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Synthesizers -- The appeal of rock and funk -- The fusion music of Miles Davis : Miles Davis in the early 1970s -- Other fusion pioneers : Lifetime ; Mahavishnu Orchestra ; Herbie Hancock and Headhunters ; Chick Corea and Return to Forever ; Weather Report ; Pat Metheny…”