For fifty years The Jazz Book has been the most encyclopedic interpretive history of jazz available in one volume. In this new seventh edition, each chapter has been completely ...

An introduction to jazz, discussing what it is, how it originated and developed, its importance as an art form, the different styles, and prominent jazz musicians.

Introduces the history and elements of jazz music with emphasis on the contributions of such famous practitioners of the art as Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald ...