Another title updated in the "New Grove" series in 2001. In 3 volumes and with 7750 articles, "The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz", second edition is a resource for any serious jazz enthusiast or scholar. Featuring 2750 new entries and 1500 new biographies of musicians who came to prominence in the 1980s and 1990s, this new edition draws on the explosion of jazz research over the past dozen years. In addition, Barry Kernfield and his team have completely revised and updated all entries and have made tens of thousands of ...
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Another title updated in the "New Grove" series in 2001. In 3 volumes and with 7750 articles, "The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz", second edition is a resource for any serious jazz enthusiast or scholar. Featuring 2750 new entries and 1500 new biographies of musicians who came to prominence in the 1980s and 1990s, this new edition draws on the explosion of jazz research over the past dozen years. In addition, Barry Kernfield and his team have completely revised and updated all entries and have made tens of thousands of corrections throughout. New features include unprecedented coverage of previously underrepresented areas in world jazz, such as Caribbean, South African and Japanese musicians, extended lists of venues world-wide, a selected films and videos section, and the inclusion of URLs in the bibliographies.
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Near Fine in Very Good+ jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 1, 358pp/illus. The world's most comprehensive single volume of jazz reference including: performers; history; jazz terms & topics; instruments; styles; festivals & clubs; record labels and much more. Over 4, 500 articles, 1, 800 discographies, 1, 000 cross-references, 220 photographs, and 100 music examples. Besides traditional jazz topics, there are extensive entries on blues, brass bands, soul music, ragtime, and rock music, as well as profiles on musicians such as Eubie Blake, Bessie Smith, Ray Charles, and Jeff Beck. Clean.
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Macmillan. 1991. First reprint. Hard Cover. Book: Good. DJ: Good. 11.5x8.5. 1358pp. THIS BOOK IS HEAVY AND MAY REQUIRE EXTRA FOR POSTAGE, PARTICULARLY TO OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, HOWEVER, AS ALWAYS, WE WILL DO OUR BEST FOR OUR CUSTOMERS WHEREVER THEY ARE.
No jazz fan should be without this. So far, I have found only two jazz artists I came across on CDs who are not in it (Harry and Irving Goodman). But I keep it within grabbing range when I am listening to anything from our large classic jazz collection.
