Jazz Musicians, 1945 To The Present
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: February 17, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780786420971
Subjects: Dictionaries of biography (Who's Who); Jazz; Jazz singers; Music/Songbooks; United States; Music; USA; General; Genres & Styles - Jazz; Reference; Biography; History and criticism; Jazz musicians
Description: "The five major periods of jazz--the bop revolution, hard bop and cool jazz, the avant-garde, fusion, and contemporary--form the basis for the sections in this reference work, with a brief history of each period provided. The artists who were integral to the evolution of each period are then profiled"--Provided by publisher.