The Syncopated Bookshelf

Have you ever thought about how you actually listen to jazz? As a non-musician, I was intrigued when the publisher sent me a review copy

Here’s a book that should be required reading for Jazz 101 courses worldwide. While aimed primarily at novice jazz fans, more experienced aficionados will also

If the average music fan recognizes the name Harold Arlen at all, likely he remembers Arlen as composer of “Over the Rainbow” and other great

We’ve all heard her, but do any of us really know her? Published last year in celebration of the centenary of Billie Holiday’s birth, John

Jimmy Van Heusen, literally and figuratively, led a double life. Witty, talented, personable and dedicated to his craft of songwriting, he was in many ways

Jazz Tales from Jazz Legends, a new book by Monk Rowe, the Joe Williams Director of the Hamilton College Jazz Archive, distills an oral history