`The best one-volume history of jazz.' That is how the American Music Guide described the book that Louis Armstrong once said `held ol' Satch spellbound'. A unique blend of history and criticism, this lively and perceptive book includes chapters on such jazz giants as King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, John Coltrane, and Ornette Coleman. In addition to an expanded essay on Count Basie, this revised edition also includes pieces on Eric Dolphy, Bill Evans, and
the World Saxophone Quartet.
- ISBN10 0195078160
- ISBN13 9780195078169
- Publish Date 22 July 1993 (first published 14 January 1993)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 17 May 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition 3rd Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320
- Language English