jazz

Contains over 4,500 alphabetically arranged articles that provide information about various aspects of jazz, covering performers, venues, forms, terms, instruments, festivals, record labels, and other topics, and including discographies and photographs.

Photographs and text help trace the history of jazz music in the United States from 1920 to 1950.

Describes the history of jazz from its beginnings in the early 1900s until its first boom in the 1930s, and discusses the great jazz soloists of the 1920s, including Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong, and the big bands and arrangers, such as Fletcher Henderson, Bennie Moten, and Duke Ellington.

Traces the history of jazz music, describing legendary players, breakthrough styles, significant moments, and the culture in which this music flourished.

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Contains alphabetically arranged articles that provide information about various aspects of jazz, covering groups, composers, arrangers, instruments, terms, record labels, and venues. Includes details on libraries and archives around the world that hold jazz collections, lists of selected films and videos, and a catalog of festivals.

A biographical encyclopedia that offers details on the careers of over 3,300 jazz musicians, including Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis; arranged alphabetically.