The art of jazz drumming has greatly evolved through generations of players whose approaches have influenced styles, techniques, and even the tools with which this music is played. No other tool is as

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Country may be the plainspoken music of rural America, but it certainly got gussied up on its way to the hit parade. This book shows in glittering detail how most classic country stars traded in their

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The Complete Guide to the Gibson Mandolins is a definitive source of information about the company that defined the modern mandolin. From the very beginning when Orville H. Gibson built the first carved-top

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