This book is an exploration of jazz in the 1970s. The author gives a sense of the new paths jazz took as a powerful cultural force during that decade, both in the USA and abroad. Included are all the important jazz stars of the seventies: Al Jarreau, Carla Bley, McCoy Turner, Mercer Ellington, Benny Goodman, Thad Jones, George Shearing, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Alberta Hunter, Art Blakey, Pat Metheny, Sonny Rollins and others. The author's previous books include "The Encyclopedia of Jazz", "Inside Jazz" and "The Jazz Years".
- ISBN10 0306804026
- ISBN13 9780306804021
- Publish Date 21 August 1990
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 9 May 2001
- Publish Country US
- Publisher INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Imprint Da Capo Press Inc
- Format Paperback
- Pages 208
- Language English