The Encyclopedia of Jazz and Blues

Keith Shadwick

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Oceana

<p>A Perfect Introduction To The World Of JAZZ !!! ... This huge, hardcover book, filled with beautiful black &amp; white and color photographs of all of the 300 jazz musicians included in its pages, is the perfect introduction to the world of JAZZ. ... The book is organized along the theme of presenting all of the musicians in ALPHABETICAL ORDER. This makes it easy to look-up and find any artist, band leader, musician, and / or singer the reader is interested in learning about. It has a great structure of thematic unity running through it by including separate side-bars for every artist, documenting their dates of birth and / or death, the instruments they play, what songs they might be famous for, and the names of some of their most popular albums. ... The biographical information is very well done, and it is quite clear that the author, Keith Shadwick, truly knows a lot about jazz and wrote this book as a labor of love. If you're just starting to break the ice into the wonderful music of j</p>

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