"'Boy, do I have a lot to learn!'" Anyone who's ever picked up a musical instrument of any kind - from the first caveman banging rocks to that little kid at the guitar shop - has thought that. I know I did. I'd been trying for years to break in to the music scene, to show everyone my chops, to make my mark. And I was good. But I wasn't great. I knew that there was something wrong. Then the teacher showed up...."

Zufrieden? Geht so? Vom Auf-der-Couch-Sitzen ändert sich nichts. Wer etwas verändern will, muss sich klarwerden, was er will. Und dann: raus aus der Komfortzone. Schon tausendmal gehört? Aber noch nie gemacht? Mit diesem Hörbuch klappt's. In den USA ist es durch Mund-zu-Mund-Empfehlung zum #1-Bestseller geworden. Kein Wunder, denn Jen Sincero zeigt, wie man endlich das Leben führt, auf das man selbst neidisch wäre.

Listen to This stands out as the first book exclusively dedicated to Davis' watershed 1969 album, Bitches Brew. Victor Svorinich traces its incarnations and inspirations for 10-plus years before its release. The album arrived as the jazz scene waned beneath the rise of rock and roll and as Davis faced large changes in social conditions affecting the African-American consciousness.

Als Karl Schmidt, Opfer eines depressiven Nervenzusammenbruchs am Tag der Maueröffnung, nach Jahren der Versenkung von alten Kumpels zufällig in Hamburg als Bewohner einer drogentherapeutischen Einrichtung wiedergefunden wird, ist das der Anfang einer seltsamen Zusammenarbeit.

Ted Gioia's History of Jazz has been universally hailed as a classic - acclaimed by jazz critics and fans around the world. Now Gioia brings his magnificent work completely up-to-date, drawing on the latest research and revisiting virtually every aspect of the music, past and present. Gioia tells the story of jazz as it had never been told before, in a book that brilliantly portrays the legendary jazz players, the breakthrough styles, and the world in which it evolved. Here are the giants of jazz and the great moments of jazz history.