The Jazz coffee table book collection captures the full range and register of the jazz scene in the 20th C. From the very first Newport Jazz Festival to recent performances in darkened clubs and private sessions.
Here are definitive portraits of a generation of major Jazz musicians such as Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Django Reinhardt, Martha Raye, Buddy Rich, Charles Mingus, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holliday, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, Bessie Smith, and Earl Hines. Additionally, latter-day giants, such as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, and Wynton Marsalis are included in the set.
These illustrated histories are a must for any collector with a taste for Jazz roots and its influences on the age of modern music.
The Jazz coffee table book collection captures the full range and register of the jazz scene in the 20th C. From the very first Newport Jazz Festival to recent performances in darkened clubs and private sessions.
Here are definitive portraits of a generation of major Jazz musicians such as Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Django Reinhardt, Martha Raye, Buddy Rich, Charles Mingus, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holliday, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, Bessie Smith, and Earl Hines. Additionally, latter-day giants, such as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, and Wynton Marsalis are included in the set.
These illustrated histories are a must for any collector with a taste for Jazz roots and its influences on the age of modern music.
