Sally Burke feels alienated growing up, eventually realizing that she is a "Dylanist"--a rebel whose feelings are an end in themselves--leading to efforts to be of use in the world

The Dylanist: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Morton, Brian

United States

Harpercollins

Where can you find the definitive Miles Davis collection? Which Benny Goodman recordings are the most sought after? For what label did Jack Teagarden lay down his finest work? All the answers can be found in this definitive guide to jazz recordings from Dixieland, through Bebop, to the latest young stars. Designed as a counterpart to Ivan March's established classical music guides, it features critical assessments, musical and biographical details, full line-up details, label/number details, an authoritative rating system, and a special section for anthologies and "Various Artists" collections.

Jazz on CD, LP, and Cassette, The Penguin Guide to: First Edition

Arts & Photography

COOK, RICHARD

Music

Penguin??Books

Lists and reviews jazz recordings covering more than seven decades, and includes biographical details, line-ups, recording information, and a critical rating for each recording

The Penguin Guide to Jazz on LP, CD, and Cassette: New Edition

The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD is one of the most comprehensive critical guides to jazz recordings available. For this revised and updated edition, some 2,000 listings have been added. Each entry is rated by leading critics Richard Cook and Brian Morton and includes musical and biographical details, full line-ups, and information on recording quality.

Jazz on CD, The Penguin Guide to: Second Revised Edition (Reference)

Puffin

What was the line-up at John Coltrane's Village Vanguard sessions? What is John Zorn's most important contribution to contemporary jazz? When was Jelly Roll Morton recorded for the Library of Congress? Where can you find a complete set of Ella Fitzgerald's many songbook recordings? Leading critics Richard Cook and Brian Morton answer these and a myriad other questions in The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD-the most comprehensive critical guide to jazz recordings available. Updated with revised artists' entries and thousands of additional CDs, the fourth edition includes: 
 * listings for over 10,000 discs * musical and biographical details * full line-ups * accurate label and number details * authoritative critical ratings

The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, 4th Edition

In this expanded edition of the world's leading guide to recorded jazz, Richard Cook and Brian Morton have reassessed each artist's entry and updated the text to incorporate thousands of additional CD releases. This endlessly browsable companion has won a devoted audience among afficinados and jazz novices alike.

The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD: Sixth Edition

Reviews jazz recordings and includes biographical details and lineups.

The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD: Seventh Edition

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Reviews jazz recordings, organized by performer, and includes biographical details and lineups.

The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings: Eighth Edition

Cook, R.M.

The essential guide to recorded jazz, now in its ninth edition Firmly established as the world?s leading guide to jazz, this celebrated reference book is a mine of fascinating information and insightful?often wittily trenchant?criticism. For this completely revised edition, Richard Cook and Brian Morton have reassessed each artist?s entry and updated the text to incorporate thousands of additional CDs and artists. The result is an endlessly browsable companion for jazz aficionados and novices alike.

The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings: Ninth Edition

Richard Cook and Brian Morton's Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in 1001 Best Albums is an indispensible guide to the recordings that every fan should know. Richard Cook and Brian Morton's Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings is firmly established as the world's leading guide to the music. In this book, Brian Morton has picked out 1001 essential recordings from their acclaimed guide, adding new information, revising and reassessing each entry, and showing how these key pieces tell the history of the music - and with it the history of the twentieth century. These are the essential albums that that all true jazz fans should own, or - at the very least - have listened to, from Kind of Blue to lesser-known classics and more surprising choices. Full of fascinating updated biographical information, new quotes and interviews and, of course, highly opinionated and wittily trenchant critical reviews, the result is an endlessly browsable companion that will prove required reading for aficionados and jazz novices alike. 'One of the great books of recorded jazz; the other guides don't come close' Irish Times 'It's the kind of book that you'll yank off the shelf to look up a quick fact and still be reading two hours later' Fortune 'The leader in its field ... If you own only one book on jazz, it really should be this one' International Record Review 'Indispensable and incomparable' NME Brian Morton is a freelance writer and broadcaster who for many years presented Radio 3's jazz magazine Impressions and In Tune. Richard Cook (1957-2007) was formerly editor of The Wire and edited Jazz Review. He contributed to many other publications, including the New Statesman and his books included Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopaedia and It's About That Time: Miles Davis on Record.

The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1001 Best Albums

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