jazz

Chronicles the history of jazz music with an illustrated guide to 250 classic jazz recordings, key instruments and techniques, and influential musicians.

Collection of hundreds of poems from writers across the United States responding to jazz in all its musical and cultural overtones.

A series of essays presents a short history of jazz and examines some of its more significant figures.

An account of the jazz age and the significant musical innovations and personalities that emerged from it. Includes a bibliography and discography.

Features a performance by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.

An introduction to jazz which focuses on its historical development.

The history of jazz from its beginnings in the red-light district in New Orleans to Harlem during the depression years documented in personal interviews, letters, tape recorded and telephone conversations with famous jazz musicians like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Billie Holiday.

A collection of chronologically arranged writings on jazz by African-American musicians, critics, writers, and poets.