The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Jazz
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The NPR Curious Listener’s Guide to Jazz

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A concise history of jazzThe noteworthy composers and musicians, from Jelly Roll Morton and Thelonious Monk to Miles Davis and Charles MingusMajor performers from Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald to Nat King Cole and Duke EllingtonClassic songs and compositionsThe most influential recordings of all timeA complete guide to jazz terminology and lingoValuable resources for the Curious Listener

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Weight 0.25 kg
Dimensions 2.04 × 12.7 × 20.32 cm
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Paperback
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Pages

304
Publisher

Year Published

2002-8-6
Imprint

Publication City/Country

USA
ISBN 10

039952794X
About The Author

Loren Schoenberg has been a featured tenor saxophone soloist with the big bands of Benny Carter, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Health, and Buck Clayton. A faculty member at the Essentially Ellington Band Director's Academy in Snowmass, Colorado, he was recently named the program director of Jazz Aspen Snowmass Jazz Colony summer program. He was advisor to Ken Burns's Jazz Project.

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