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This encyclopedia covers jazz history, instruments, musicians, techniques and recordings. Featuring over 1,000 photographs, it sets out to be both informative and entertaining. Collectors should be interested in the special guide to the top 250 classic jazz recordings. Dance lovers can track the development of jazz dance from the mambo to lindyhopping. The book also includes profiles of jazz musicians of the last 100 years and illustrated timecharts which document the evolution of jazz. Contents include profiles of jazz greats such as Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Art Blakey, John Coltrone and Keith Jarrett.
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Fordham, jazz correspondent for the Guardian , attempts to provide a comprehensive guide to the history, instruments, musicians, and recordings of jazz. In discrete, beautifully illustrated sections, he begins with a sketchy but interesting history of jazz from its inception to the current scene. The author continues with an overview of the techniques involved in playing more than a dozen instruments. He also includes one- and two-page biographies of 20 jazz greats; descriptions of harmony, rhythm, and jazz dance; and an occasionally arbitrary compendium of classic recordings. Though distinguished by its many color photos, Jazz provides only cursory treatment of the many complex topics it tackles. For large music collections.
- David Szatmary, Univ. of Washington, Seattle
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Publishers Weekly
Fodham, British jazz critic for the Guardian and author of Let's Join Hands and Contact the Living , here presents a lively visual overview of jazz history. Along with hundreds of photos, time charts and other illustrations, the book covers jazz through the 1990s and offers ample descriptions of jazz instruments--voice, strings, drums and woodwinds--and musical techniques--melody, composing, dance roots and improvisation. Fodham highlights more than 250 classic jazz recordings, providing brief commentary along with a picture of each album cover. Informative biographical sketches celebrate 20 jazz greats, including Billie Holiday, Jelly Roll Morton, Lester Young and Ornette Coleman.
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- PublisherDorling Kindersley
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0751300500
- ISBN 13 9780751300505
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages216
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