Jazz: Legends of Style

By Keith Shadwick

From Louis Armstrong's distinct voice to Lester Young's potent sounds, Jazz: Legends of Style introduces you to the innovators and performers, with concise biographical information and musical... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078580899X
• ISBN13: 9780785808992
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Booksales
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 4.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.3" x 12.3"

Customer Reviews

A Perfect Introduction To The World Of JAZZ !!!

A Perfect Introduction To The World Of JAZZ !!! ... This huge,hardcover book, filled with beautiful black & white andcolor photographs of all of the 300 jazz musicians includedin 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 makesit easy to look-up and find any artist, band leader, musician, and / or singer the reader is interested in learning about. Ithas a great structure of thematic unity running through it byincluding separate side-bars for every artist, documentingtheir 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 isquite clear that the author, Keith Shadwick, truly knows a lotabout jazz and wrote this book as a labor of love. If you'rejust starting to break the ice into the wonderful music of jazz, or if you want to have an easy reference book on hand to share with your friends as a beautiful coffee-table bookthat all can enjoy looking through, then THIS is the book toget! ... YOWZA! ...

Perfect book for jazz lovers who thought they knew it all.

Indispensable coffeetable book detailing the lives and music, including recommended listening, of more than 300 of the best, but not necessarily the best-known, jazz musicians of all time. Add concise biographical information and stunning photography to the mix and what you have is a book which, once you open it, you won't be able to put down.

Wonderful, A Book for true Jazz lovers!!!

This bool is a definate for true Jazz lovers. I was amazed and facinated with the deepness of the photos.. Please check out this book!! You will be pleased!!