Especially good for a number of today's jazz stars. Also good for non-American artists. Entries use working version of names with full names in quotation marks. Full birth dates and death dates given. Musicians from European and other countries covered with a special section for Danish musicians.
Entries use working versions of names with real names in parentheses.
Full birth dates and death dates given. The Institute of Jazz Studies Name-Authority File. Contains over 3,000 individual names and groups in jazz. Includes many names not found in any of the above-mentioned book sources.