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The Penguin Jazz Guide by Brian Morton

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A guide to jazz recordings that every fan should know. It includes 1001 essential recordings from the authors' 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.

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The Penguin Jazz Guide by Brian Morton

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.

Brian Morton is a freelance writer and broadcaster who for many years presented Radio 3's jazz magazine Impressions and In Tune. He has also broadcasted extensively on BBC Radio Scotland.

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.

SKU GOR004482745
ISBN 13 9780141048314
ISBN 10 014104831X
Title The Penguin Jazz Guide
Author Brian Morton
Condition very good
Binding type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2010-11-04
Number of pages 800
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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