Classic Jazz: Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion

By Scott Yanow

Book Overview

(Book). Classic Jazz explores the birth and early development of a truly American art form. Scott Yanow's insightful essays describe the very beginnings of jazz, as well as ragtime, early blues, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879306599
• ISBN13: 9780879306595
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Backbeat Books
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Highly recommended for biographical survey of Jazz history.

Scott Yanow's Classic Jazz profiles some of the biggest names in classic jazz; from Louis Armstrong and James Johnson to Jelly Roll Morton: the high-profile artists of the 1920s. Chapters explore the roots of jazz from its ragtime origins to early blues, focussing heavily on the period between 1917-33 and using biographical sketches to outline the experiences of the jazz makers. An intriguing, lively survey.