jazz

Traces the life of the innovative jazz saxophonist and the evolution of his music.

Traces the evolution of the guitar in jazz history and presents biographical profiles of the world's greatest jazz guitarists from the early 1900s to the present.

Profiles ten notable jazz musicians, including Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis.

Playing the coronet is the first thing that twelve-year-old Paulie Horvath has taken seriously, but his obsession with becoming a jazz musician leads him into conflict with his parents and into the tough underworld of Chicago in the 1920s.

350 photographs present a visual record of the composers, players, arrangers, and personalities who have made jazz music one of the preeminent art forms of the modern age.

More than 400 alphabetically arranged entries provide information on jazz artists of the past and present.

As varaied and vibrant as the music itself, Jazz is the first comprehensive illustrated guide to the world of jazz - its fascinationg history, key instruments and techniques, influential musicians, and landmark recordings. You will read the history and criticism of jazz, learn about the instruments, musicians, and the jazz circuits.

Presents profiles of forty-nine musicians who have had a significant influence on the development of jazz; grouped in six categories according to musical style, each with an introductory essay on the history of the era. Includes discographies and references.

Traces the life of the innovative jazz saxophonist and the evolution of his music.

Discusses the origins of jazz, famed jazz musicians, musical movements within the genre, and jazz's influence on rock 'n' roll.