He notes many of the difficulties in his introduction, such as an effort to get one player's birthdate right. Once you get past the string of annoying but understandable abbreviations, you'll find a wealth of useful factual and critical information packed into each fat paragraph. Parker a whole page. Oddly enough, though he is denied an entry, Zorn is referenced in Tim Berne's entry. The 1940s vocalist David Allyn is here but not in the Hound, while KC singer Karrin Allyson makes the latter but not the encyclopedia.
Every reader is likely to find some favorite omitted.
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