This definitive guide includes a unique chapter-by-chapter playlist for the reader.
Jazz: A Beginner’s Guide is a lively and highly accessible introduction to a global musical phenomenon. Award-winning music journalist and author Stuart Nicholson takes the reader on an entertaining journey from jazz's early stirrings in America’s south through to the present day, when almost every country in the world has its own vibrant jazz scene. En route we meet a host of jazz heroes past and present, from Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Miles Davis, to Keith Jarrett and Kamasi Washington. Each chapter is accompanied by a playlist designed to provide a stimulating and enjoyable entry point to what has been described as the most exciting art form of all.
- ISBN10 1780749988
- ISBN13 9781780749983
- Publish Date 2 February 2017 (first published October 1990)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oneworld Publications
- Format Paperback
- Pages 288
- Language English