Jazz : America's classical music /

Sales, Grover.

Jazz : America's classical music / [Grover Sales ; foreword by Gene Lees]. - Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice-Hall, c1984. - ix, 246 p. : ill. 23 cm.

A Spectrum book. Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [231]-236. Discography: p. [227]-230.

Jazz: America's Classical Music is a delightful introduction and guide to this complex and compelling music and to its rich history. In an engaging and conversational style, renowned jazz teacher Grover Sales tells of the lives and music of the greats-Ellington, Tatum, Hawkins, Coltrane, Parker, Hines, Goodman, Armstrong, and many others-with a mix of important facts, fascinating anecdotes, and brilliant interpretations. Illustrated with astonishing photographs of the artists in performance, Jazz: America's Classical Music is a classic text, an ideal book for beginners and an inspiring one for serious students of the art of jazz."www.shelfari.com"

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Jazz

ML 3508 / .Sa32 1984