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Horace Silver: Die 25 größten Ikonen der Jazzgeschichte
Horace Silver biographie
Aus der Perspektive des 21. Jahrhunderts ist klar, dass nur wenige Jazzmusiker einen größeren Einfluss auf den zeitgenössischen Mainstream hatten als Horace Silver. Der Hard-Bop-Stil, den Silver in den 50er-Jahren prägte, ist heute vorherrschend und wird nicht nur von Überbleibseln einer früheren Generation gespielt, sondern auch von wuscheligen Musikern, die noch nicht geboren waren, als die Musik in den 60er-Jahren in Ungnade fiel und 70er Jahre.
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Silvers frühester musikalischer Einfluss war die kapverdische Volksmusik, die er von seinem in Portugal geborenen Vater hörte. Später, nachdem er als Highschool-Schüler begonnen hatte, Klavier und Saxophon zu spielen, geriet Silver in den Bann von Blues-Sängern und Boogie-Woogie-Pianisten sowie von Popmusikern wie Thelonious Monk und Bud Powell.
1950 spielte Stan Getz ein Konzert in Hartford, Connecticut, mit einer Pickup-Rhythmusgruppe, zu der Silver, Schlagzeuger Walter Bolden und Bassist Joe Calloway gehörten. Getz war so beeindruckt, dass er das gesamte Trio engagierte. Silver hatte sein Geld sowieso gespart, um nach New York zu ziehen; Seine Einstellung durch Getz besiegelte den Deal.
Silver arbeitete ein Jahr lang mit Getz zusammen und begann dann, als Freelancer in der Stadt mit so großen Spielern wie Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young und Oscar Pettiford zu arbeiten. 1952 nahm er mit Lou Donaldson für das Label Blue Note auf; Dieses Datum führte ihn zu seinen ersten Aufnahmen als Bandleader. 1953 schloss er sich mit Art Blakey zusammen, um unter ihrer gemeinsamen Führung eine Genossenschaft zu gründen.

Das erste Album der Band, Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers, war ein Meilenstein in der Entwicklung des Genres, das später als Hard Bop bekannt wurde. Viele der von Silver für diese Platte geschriebenen Stücke – „The Preacher“, „Doodlin“, „Room 608“ – wurden zu Jazzklassikern.
1956 hatte Silver die Messengers verlassen, um selbstständig Aufnahmen zu machen. Die darauffolgende Reihe von Blue-Note-Alben etablierte ihn für alle Zeiten als einen der bedeutendsten Komponisten/Pianisten des Jazz. LPs wie „Blowin’ the Blues Away“ und „Song for My Father“ (beide aufgenommen von einem Ensemble, zu dem auch Silvers langjährige Sidemen Blue Mitchell und Junior Cook gehörten) enthielten Silvers harmonisch anspruchsvolle und formal unverwechselbare Kompositionen für kleine Jazz-Ensembles.
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Silvers Klavierstil – prägnant, einfallsreich und absolut funkig – wurde zum Vorbild für spätere Mainstream-Pianisten, die er nachahmen sollte. Einige der einflussreichsten Hornisten der 50er, 60er und 70er Jahre erlangten erstmals bei Silver eine gewisse Bekanntheit – Musiker wie Donald Byrd, Woody Shaw, Joe Henderson, Benny Golson und die Brecker Brothers spielten alle bei Silver Band zu einem frühen Zeitpunkt ihrer Karriere.
Horace Silver hat sogar Mitglieder der Avantgarde berührt; Cecil Taylor gibt zu, einen Silver-Einfluss zu haben, und der Trompeter Dave Douglas spielte kurzzeitig in einer Silver-Combo.
Horace Silver nahm exklusiv für Blue Note auf, bis dieses Label Ende der 70er Jahre in Vergessenheit geriet, woraufhin er sein eigenes Label, Silveto, gründete. Horace Silvers 80er-Jahre-Werke fanden nur geringe Verbreitung.
Während dieser Zeit begann er, Texte zu seinen Kompositionen zu schreiben, und seine Arbeit begann, sich mit den metaphysischen Kräften der Musik auseinanderzusetzen, wie Albumtitel wie „Music to Ease Your Disease“ und „Spiritualising the Senses“ zeigen. In den 90er Jahren gab Silver sein Label-Projekt auf und begann mit der Aufnahme für Columbia.
Mit seinem Wiederauftritt bei einem großen Label erhielt Silver erneut ein gewisses Maß an Aufmerksamkeit, die seine Beiträge verdienen. Sicherlich hat niemand jemals einen größeren und lebendigeren Bestand an Originalkompositionen zum Jazz-Kanon beigetragen. Silver starb am 18. Juni 2014 im Alter von 85 Jahren in New York.
Aus seiner Ehe mit Barbara, die mit einer Scheidung endete, hatte er einen Sohn, Gregory – heute Rap-Musiker unter dem Namen G Wise.
Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver, Pianist und Komponist, geboren am 2. September 1928, gestorben am 18. Juni 2014.
Selected Discography
Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers, Blue Note, 1954
Blowin’ the Blues Away, Blue Note, 1959
Song For My Father, Blue Note, 1964
Cape Verdean Blues, Blue Note, 1965
The Hardbop Grandpop, GRP, 1996
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Horace Silver – Blowin The Blues Away
Personnel:
Horace Silver – piano
Blue Mitchell – trumpet
Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
Gene Taylor – bass
Louis Hayes – drums
from the album ‘BLOWIN’ THE BLUES AWAY’ (Blue Note Records)
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Jóhann Jóhannsson – By The Roes, And By The Hinds Of The Field |
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Jóhann Jóhannsson – Epilogue (The Theory Of Everything) |
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Jóhann Jóhannsson – Flight From The City (For Solo Piano) |
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Johann Johannsson – Forces Of Attraction (from The Theory of Everything) |
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Jóhann Jóhannsson – The Dreams That Stuff Is Made Of (from The Theory of Everything) |
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Johann Pachelbel – Canon In D | ||
Johannes Bornlof Nocturnal Waltz |
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Johannes Brecht Imperfect Moments Pt. 4 Piano |
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Johannes Brecht Imperfect Moments Pt. 4 Piano.mxl | ||
John 5 Book Of John |
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John Abercrombie Jazz Guitar Solos Transcribed by Josh Workman and Christopher Jentsch |
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John Abercrombie Jazz Guitar Solos |
John Adams Short Ride In A Fast Machine For Piano Solo | John Adams Short Ride In A Fast Machine For Piano Solo-1st page | |
John Adams China Gates For Piano | John Adams China Gates For Piano | |
John Adams Eros Piano And Chamber Orchestra |
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John Adams Phrygian Gates For Piano | John Adams Phrygian Gates For Piano | |
John Armatrading The Weakness in Me from Walk under Ladders Piano Vocal guitar | John Armatrading The Weakness in Me from Walk under Ladders Piano Vocal guitar | |
John Barnes Chance – Variations On A Korean Folk Song (Arr. For 2 Pianos) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
John Barry Dances With Wolves |
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John Barry – Dances with Wolves |
John Barry The Persuaders Theme (sheet music) | John Barry-The Persuaders | |
John Barry We have all the time in the world | John Barry We have all the time in the world | |
John Barry – Born free |
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John Barry – Out of Africa (Main Theme) Easy Piano Solo transcr. |
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John Barry – Out Of Africa (Main Theme) Easy Piano Solo Transcr. (Musescore File).mscz | ||
John Barry – Out Of Africa (piano selections) |
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Out of Africa |
John Barry – Somewhere In Time | somewhere in time theme | |
John Barry – Somewhere In Time (Musescore File).mscz | ||
John Barry Somewhere In Time (Theme) |
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John Bayless – O come all ye faithfull (sheet music transcription) | John Bayless – O come all ye faithfull (sheet music transcription) | |
John Bayless – White Christmas (sheet music transcription) | John Bayless – White Christmas (sheet music transcription) | |
John Brimhall The John Brimhall Piano Method Book 1 |
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John Brimhall The John Brimhall Piano Method Book 2 |
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John Brimhall The John Brimhall Piano Method Book 5 |
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John Brimhall The John Brimhall’s Adult Piano Course Complete Level 1, 2 and 3 |
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John Cage Kyle Gann- Silence Lectures and Writings 50th Anniversary Edition (Biography) |
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John Cage – Dream |
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John Cage – Five Any 5 voices or instruments |
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John Cage – Piano works 1938-1948 (book sheet music) |
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John Cage piano works |
John Cage – Song Books Volume 2 |
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John Cage Living Room Music |
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John Cage Nocturne for Violin and Piano |
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John Cage Sonatas And Interludes For Prepared Piano |
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John Cage Suite For Toy Piano |
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John Carpenter – Halloween theme – Guitar Tabs arr. (Easy) |
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John Carpenter – Halloween theme (Miheal Myer) – Piano solo |
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John Coltrane – Artist Transcriptions (transcribed by Carl Coan) |
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John-Coltrane-transcriptions contents — John Coltrane Solos |
John Coltrane – Essential Jazz Lines Guitar with TAB |
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John Coltrane – Essential Jazz Lines |
John Coltrane – Giant Steps – Tete Montoliu |
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John Coltrane – Giant Steps Jazz Play Along (Musescore File).mscz | ||
John Coltrane – Patterns |
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John Coltrane – Patterns |
John Coltrane – Patterns.mscz | ||
John Coltrane – solo-transcription- But Not for Me |
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John Coltrane – The Music Of John Coltrane (Jazz Giants) |
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John Coltrane – The Music Of John Coltrane (Jazz Giants) |
John Coltrane (10 John Coltrane Classics) |
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John Coltrane Equinox (Jazz Play Along Vol. 13) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
John Coltrane Improvised Saxophone Solos (John Coltrane) |
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John Coltrane Improvised Saxophone Solos (John Coltrane) |
John Coltrane Jazz Improvisation Vol 1 Tenor Solos For All Instrumental Musicians | John Coltrane Jazz Improvisation Vol 1 Tenor Solos For All Instrumental Musicians cover | John Coltrane Jazz Improvisation Vol 1 Tenor Solos For All Instrumental Musicians |
John Coltrane Jazz Piano Solos Series Volume 24 Piano Vocal guitar chords |
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John Coltrane Jazz Piano Solos Series Volume 24 Piano Vocal guitar chords Contents |
John Coltrane Michael Brecker Legacy by Olegario Díaz Saxophone |
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John Coltrane Michael Brecker Legacy by Olegario Díaz Saxophone |
John Coltrane Omnibook For Bb instruments Transcribed exactly from his recorded solos |
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John Coltrane Omnibook For Bb instruments Transcribed exactly from his recorded solos |
John Coltrane Omnibook For C Instruments |
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John Coltrane Omnibook For C Instruments |
John Coltrane Omnibook For Eb E Flat instruments Transcribed exactly from his recorded solos |
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John Coltrane Omnibook For E Flat instruments Transcribed exactly from his recorded solos |
John Coltrane Plays Coltrane Changes for C Instruments Artist Transcriptions Saxophone |
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John Coltrane Plays Coltrane Changes for C Instruments Artist Transcriptions Saxophone |
John Coltrane, The John Coltrane Reference (Book) |
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John Denver – Annies Song | ||
John Denver – Leaving On A Jetplane | ||
John Denver Anthology (Piano, Guitar & Voice Songbook) |
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John Denver Anthology sheet music |
John Denver Anthology For Easy Guitar |
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John Denver Anthology For Easy Guitar |
John Denver Best Of Easy Piano |
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John Denver Best Of Easy Piano |
John Denver The Flower That Shattered The Stone |
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John Dowland By Diana Poulton (Book Biography and musical analysis) |
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John Duarte Appalachian Dream Suite For Solo Guitar |
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John Duarte Classic Jerome Kern for Classical Guitar |
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John Duarte Classic Jerome Kern for Classical Guitar |
John Duarte English Suite for Guitar solo Opus 31 | John Duarte English Suite for Guitar solo Opus 31 | |
John Duarte Melody And Harmony For Guitarists (Mel Bay) Classical guitar |
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John Duarte Simply Blues for Guitar 7 original pieces | John Duarte Simply Blues for Guitar 7 original pieces | |
John Fahey Guitar Anthology Guitar Tablature |
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John Fahey Guitar Anthology Guitar Tablature |
John Fogerty Proud Mary (Rollin’ On The River) Guitar ensemble and Voice |
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John Fogerty Proud Mary (Rollin’ On The River) Piano Vocal |
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John Hill – Classic Rock For Classical Guitar with Tablature |
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John Hill – Classic Rock For Classical Guitar |
John Hill Journey Through The Classics Book 1 Guitar Repertoire |
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Journey Through The Classics Book 1 Guitar |
John Ireland 2 pieces for piano (February’s Child and Aubade) |
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John Jacob Niles, The Songs of (for high voice and Piano sheet music) |
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John Jacob Niles, The Songs of (for high voice and Piano sheet music) |
John Kember Jazz Piano Studies Vol 1pdf |
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John Laporta – Developing Sight Reading Skills In The Jazz Idiom |
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John Lee Hooker Anthology Recorded Versions Guitar With Tablature |
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John Lee Hooker Anthology Recorded Versions Guitar With Tablature |
John Lee Hooker For Guitar Tab (John Lee Hooker) 11 Great Songs Easy To Read Guitar Tablature |
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John Lee Hooker For Guitar Tab (John Lee Hooker) 11 Great Songs Easy To Read Guitar Tablature |
John Lee Hooker Guitar Signature Licks Book + Audio Mp3 Tracks To Play Along By Dave Rubin |
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John Lee Hooker Guitar Signature Licks Book + Audio Mp3 Tracks To Play Along By Dave Rubin |
John Lee Hooker Play Guitar With John Lee Hooker On Six Of His Greatest Hits With Tablature |
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John Lee Hooker Play Guitar With John Lee Hooker On Six Of His Greatest Hits With Tablature |
John Legend – All Of Me (Easy Piano Solo) | John Legend – All Of Me (Easy Piano Solo) | |
John Legend – All Of Me (Easy Piano Solo) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
John Legend – All of Me Sheet Music – sheet music |
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John Legend – It Dont Have To Change | ||
John Legend – Once Again (Songbook) (John Legend) |
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John Legend – Once Again (Songbook) (John Legend) |
John Legend – Ordinary People | ||
John Legend Best Of John Legend Songbook |
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John Legend Best Of John Legend Songbook |
John Legend Collection, The For Piano Solo Intermediate To Advanced Level |
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John Legend Collection, The For Piano Solo Intermediate To Advanced Level |
John Legend Get Lifted |
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John Legend Once Again (songbook) |
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John Legend Once Again |
John Legend Ordinary People piano sheet music |
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John Lennon Memories Of – Edited and introduced by Yoko Ono (Biography) |
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John Lennon – Guitar Collection Guitar Recorded Versions with Tablature (John Lennon) |
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Lennon, John – Guitar Collection Guitar Recorded Versions |
John Lennon IMAGINE |
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Lennon Imagine |
John Lennon Imagine (Musescore File).mscz | ||
John Lennon – Greatest Hits (Guitar Tab) |
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John Lennon – Greatest Hits |
John Lennon – Happy Christmas (War Is Over) Piano & Vocal | John-Lennon-Happy-Christmas-War-Is-Over 1st page | |
John Lennon – Imagine (Piano Part As Played By Lennon in 1971) |
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John Lennon – Imagine (John Lennon) SATB Arrranger Roger Emerson | Lennon, John – Imagine SATB Arrranger Roger Emerson | |
John Lennon – Imagine (Piano Solo) | John Lennon – Imagine (Piano Solo) | |
John Lennon – Jealous Guy (Piano and vocal) | John Lennon – Jealous Guy | |
John Lennon – Oh My Love Piano solo arr. sheet music | John Lennon – Oh My Love Piano solo arr. sheet music | |
John Lennon – Oh My Love Piano solo arr. sheet music.mscz | ||
John Lennon – Power To The People The Hits (Songbook) (John Lennon) Piano Vocal Guitar |
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John Lennon – Power To The People The Hits (Songbook) (John Lennon) Piano Vocal Guitar |
John Lennon & Ono Yoko Happy Xmas (War Is Over) |
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John Lennon Collection Book |
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John Lennon Collection |
John Lennon Imagine (Songbook) Easy Piano |
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John Lennon Imagine (Songbook) Easy Piano |
John Lennon Legend The Very Best Of John Lennon Easy Piano |
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John Lennon Legend The Very Best Of John Lennon Easy Piano |
John Lennon Paul McCartney Guitar Play Along Vol. 123 Lennon and McCartney Acoustic Pdf + Audio Mp3 Embedded Tracks With TABs |
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John Lennon Paul McCartney Guitar Play Along Vol. 123 Lennon and McCartney Acoustic Pdf + Audio Mp3 Embedded Tracks With TABs |
John Lennon Piano Solos 2nd Edition |
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John Lennon Piano Solos 2nd Edition |
John Lennon The Beatles Years Guitar Solo arr. Noriyasu Takeuchi 22 Songs | John Lennon The Beatles Years Guitar Solo arr. Noriyasu Takeuchi 22 Songs | |
John Lennon The Lennon Companion – Book (2004) by E. Thomson & D. Gutman – John Lennon’s Biography |
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John Lennon The Life – Book by Philip Norman (Biography) |
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John Mayall With Eric Clapton Blues Breakers (Guitar TAB) |
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John Mayall With Eric Clapton Blues Breakers (Guitar) |
John Mayer – Carry Me Away from Sob Rock | John Mayer – Carry Me Away from Sob Rock | |
John Mayer – Gravity | John Mayer – Gravity | |
John Mayer – Last Train Home from Sob Rock | John Mayer – Last Train Home from Sob Rock | |
John Mayer – New Light from Sob Rock | John Mayer – New Light from Sob Rock | |
John Mayer – Why You No Love Me from Sob Rock | John Mayer – Why You No Love Me from Sob Rock | |
John Mayer – Wild Blue from Sob Rock | John Mayer – Wild Blue from Sob Rock | |
John Mayer Anthology for Easy Guitar – Volume 1 (Songbook) – John Mayer & Jim Beloff sheet music |
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John Mayer Anthology for Easy Guitar – Volume 1 (Songbook) – John Mayer & Jim Beloff sheet music |
John Mayer Guitar Play Along Vol. 189 with audio MP3 tracks |
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John Mayer Guitar Play Along Vol. 189 with audio MP3 tracks |
John Mayer Heavier Things songbook |
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John Mayer Room For Squares (Easy Guitar Tabs Vocal) Play it like it is |
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John Mayer Room For Squares (Easy Guitar Tabs Vocal) Play it like it is |
John Mayer Song Book Continuum |
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John Mayer Song Book Continuum |
John Mayer The Heart Of Life | John Mayer The Heart Of Life | |
John Mayer Your Body is a Wonderland | John Mayer Your Body is a Wonderland | |
John McLaughlin & Mahavishnu Orchestra (Songbook) |
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John Mclaughlin & Mahavishnu Orchestra |
John McLaughlin Guitar Tab Anthology |
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John Mclaughlin Guitar Tab Anthology |
John Mclaughlin Music Book (Guitar) |
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John Mclaughlin Music Book (Guitar) |
John Mehegan Famous Jazz Style Piano Folio – With Instruction on How to play Jazz Piano |
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John Mehegan- Famous Jazz Style Piano |
John Mehegan Improvising Jazz piano |
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John Mehegan Jazz Improvisation 1 Tonal and Rhythmic Principles (Book) |
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John Mehegan Jazz Improvisation 2 Jazz Rythm And The Improvised Line |
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John Mehegan Jazz Improvisation 3 Swing And Early Progressive Piano Styles |
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Swing And Early Progressive Piano Styles Jazz Improvisation 3 by John Mehegam |
John Mehegan Jazz Improvisation 4 – Contemporary piano styles by John Mehegan |
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John Mehegan The Jazz Pianist Book 2 |
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John Mehegan The Jazz Pianist Book 2 |
John Mellencamp Anthology Piano Vocal Guitar |
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John Mclaughlin Guitar Tab Anthology |
John Mellencamp Guitar Collection Guitar Tablature |
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John Mellencamp Guitar Collection Guitar Tablature |
John Murphy – In The House In A Heartbeat (from 28 days later) Piano solo sheet music |
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John O’Neill The Jazz Method For Saxophone (Alto) |
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John Petrucci Wild Stringdom (Guitar with Tablature) |
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