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Jazz
The American Record Label Book (The Roots of Jazz)
Brian A.L. Rust
DaCapo, 1984. ISBN#: 0306762110
hardbound, 336
pages, $66.
Discography. By label, good for the price.
The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Sixties
Leonard Feather
DaCapo, 1988. ISBN#: 0306802635
paperbound, 312 pages, B&W illus., $17.
Reference. The dean of American jazz writers.
1100 Short bios - with the artists' addresses at the time! These are
constantly be tossed out by libraries and they should be ashamed. Our
copy the original 1966, Horizon Press edition, the one detailed here is
an exact reprint.
The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Seventies
Leonard
Feather
DaCapo, 1988, ISBN # : 0306802902
paperbound, 393 pages,
B&W illus., $18.
Reference. Mr. Feather extends his classic work
about a decade. Our copy is the original hardbound edition from '76 on
Horizon Press, the above is more readily available and the same book.
The New Grove dictionary of Jazz
ed., Barry
Kernfeld
Macmillan, 1988. ISBN#: 0-312113-57-9
hardbound, 1,300
pages, 200 B&W illus., $35.
Reference. Good dict. with over 4,500
entries, many article size. A bit outdated as first published in '88.
Also available as a two vol. set.
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette
Richard
Cook & Brian Morton
Penguin, 1994. ISBN#: 0-14-017949-6
paperbound, 1514 pages, $23.
Reference. Fave. Very good reviews,
intelligently written, only essential recordings listed.
Thinking in Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation
Paul F. Berliner
Univ. of Chicago Press, 1994. ISBN#:
0-226-04381-9
paperbound, 883 pages.
History. The abstract
explained, or at least a carefully written and valuable attempt to deal
with this elusive and essential element of Jazz.
Who's Who of Jazz : Storyville to Swing Street
John
Chilton
Da Capo, 1985. ISBN#: 0306802430
paperbound, 375
pages, $14.
Reference. The latest version (4th revised edition) of
a well rounded biographical listing. The original edition was published
by Chilton in '72, and worth having because of the older artists left
out of the revision.
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