Jazz people - Hardcover

Dan Morgenstern

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810911523 ISBN 13: 9780810911529

Publisher: H. N. Abrams, 1976

Synopsis

This work portrays the giants of jazz, relates what they achieved, and tells how they made their way in a world not always ready for them. The text offers a clear, informative history of the art, and the photographs present Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie, Charles Mingus, Benny Godman, Louis Armstrong and scores of others. These haunting photographs are supplemented with some rare vintage prints to tell the whole story of jazz from Buddy Bolden to Anthony Braxton.

About this title

From Library Journal:

Renowned jazz critic Morgenstern, director of the Rutgers University Institute of Jazz Studies and past editor-in-chief of Down Beat magazine, here couples his formidable knowledge of jazz music and musicians with dozens of photographs by Brask, who shot the covers of many jazz albums. There is also a foreword by the late Dizzy Gillespie. The result "is a lavish and well-produced volume, successful both as an art book and a jazz survey" ( LJ 2/15/77). A worthy title for any collection.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

In this survey of jazz history, profiles of superstars and lesser-known artists are interspersed with new and rare photographs.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: H. N. Abrams
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0810911523
• ISBN 13: 9780810911529
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300