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Item Details
| Title:
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THE JAZZ TRADITION
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| By: |
Martin Williams |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£18.49 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0195078160 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780195078169 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
| Pub. date: |
14 January, 1993 |
| Edition: |
3rd Revised edition |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
`The best one-volume history of jazz.' That is how the American Music Guide described the book that Louis Armstrong once said `held ol' Satch spellbound'. A unique blend of history and criticism, this lively and perceptive book includes chapters on such jazz giants as King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, John Coltrane, and Ornette Coleman. In addition to an expanded essay on Count Basie, this revised edition also includes pieces on Eric Dolphy, Bill Evans, andthe World Saxophone Quartet. |
| Synopsis: |
'The best one-volume history of jazz.' That is how the American Music Guide described the book that Louis Armstrong once said 'held ol' Satch spellbound'. A unique blend of history and criticism, this lively and perceptive book includes chapters on such jazz giants as King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, John Coltrane, and Ornette Coleman. In addition to an expanded essay on Count Basie, this revised edition also includes pieces on Eric Dolphy, Bill Evans, and the World Saxophone Quartet. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press Inc |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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