
Jazz
A History
Frank Tirro(Author)
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 11. August 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
720 pages
978-0-393-96368-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book is not a recounting of ancedotes nor a simple chronology of musical events, but a history. It evaluates the gathered evidence and draws conclusions. Its narrative and summaries are based on repeated careful listenings to thouands of recordings, on the reports of musicians who witnessed and experienced many of the crucial events and created some of the masterworks, and on the fresh research and insightful thought of hundreds of serious scholars who love and respect this music.
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Edition
Second Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
941 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-96368-7 (9780393963687)
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