Describes the lives and artistry of some of the best-known jazz pianists, traces their influence on one another, and investigates the impact of different innovators on the development of jazz music.
A full-length biography of Wynton Marsalis who attempted to establish a place for jazz within the domain of classical music as seen through the eyes of colleagues, family, and friends.
Describes the lives and artistry of some of the best-known jazz pianists, traces their influence on one another, and investigates the impact of different innovators on the development of jazz music.
Presents the lives and artistry of notable jazz bassists, traces their influence on one another, and investigates the impact of various innovations on the development of jazz music.
Profiles fourteen women jazz singers from the 1920s to the present including Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Rosemary Clooney, and Diana Krall among others.
