- Hardcover: 864 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc (31 Oct 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 019512510X
- ISBN-13: 978-0195125108
- Product Dimensions: 26.1 x 18.8 x 6.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,093,453 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Admirably pitched, it's a jazz fan's essential vade mecum Irish Times
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"Despite the wide range, the focus is clear--the unique American sound of jazz and those giants most closely associated with its creation and production."--Jeff Waggoner, The New York Times Book Review
"This book contains a collection of some of the very best writing available concerning jazz."--Lee Bash, Jazz Educators Journal
"A milestone among publications dedicated to jazz."--Francesco Martinelli, Musica Jazz (Italy)
"More than a treatise on jazz, this book is a compilation of articles on all phases of the music, contributed by musicians and professional writers who speak for the art firsthand. Highly recommended for everyone interested in jazz."--the late Benny Carter
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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Whether a hardbop fan or a student uncovering the ropes like myself this book is a fascinating and informative choice. It employs the easy to digest form of dipping in and out, this enables the knowledge to seep in. It cpvers the crutial events and poeple, everything I've needed to know and more enjoyably than most other reading I've come accross. On the down side, not much but it doesn't venture in to deep or toward any of the lesser known fields, but that may well be speicalist reading anyway.
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This book is a great disappointment. I had seen glowing reviews, in particular about the section devoted to European Jazz, a much neglected area in jazz reference works. Although the section was well written, there were far too many generalistions for my taste.
The book would probably do well in the coffee table market, but I can not see it being much help to the enthusiast.
The book would probably do well in the coffee table market, but I can not see it being much help to the enthusiast.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Whether a hardbop fan or a student uncovering the ropes like myself this book is a fascinating and informative choice. It employs the easy to digest form of dipping in and out, this enables the knowledge to seep in. It covers the crutial events and poeple, everything I've needed to know and more enjoyably than most other reading I've come accross. The contributions are well structed. On the down side, not much but it doesn't venture in to deep or toward any of the lesser known fields, but that may well be speicalist reading anyway.
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