Jazz: From Its Origins to the Present

by Lewis Porter, Edward Hazell, Michael Ullman

Book Overview

This fascinating volume provides a concise, literate, accurate, and up-to-date look at the history of jazz and its major figures. The authors put biases and personal preferences aside to concentrate... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0135121957
• ISBN13: 9780135121955
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A fine Jazz history

A very good Jazz history. It's my second pick after James Lincoln Collier's exceptional "The Making of Jazz".