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Jazz Guides and References

* NEW * The Jazz Discography: CD Version 3.3
Tom Lord / Lord Music Reference / 2002 / [cd] / available from lordisco.com

NEW The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, 6th Ed.
Richard Cook and Brian Morton / Penguin / 1744 pages / Apr 29, 2003 / [pb] /

The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD: 5th edition
Richard Cook and Brian Morton / Penguin / 1638 pages / Feb 2001 / $19.20 [pb]

The best guide to jazz CDs.

The Rough Guide: Jazz (Rough Guides)
by Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley

All Music Guide to Jazz: The Experts' Guide to the Best Jazz Recordings (3rd Ed)
by Michael Erlewine (Editor), Vladimir Bogdanov (Editor), Chris Woodstra

Musichound Jazz : The Essential Album Guide
by Nancy Ann Lee (Editor), Steven Holtje

The Guide to Classic Recorded Jazz
by Tom Piazza

The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz
by Barry Kernfeld (Editor)

A truly monumental and comprehensive work, this landmark one-volume edition includes more than 4,500 articles, 1,800 discographies, 1,000 cross-references, 220 photographs, and 100 musical examples. It covers performers from Louis Armstrong to Joe Zawinul, terms and styles, festivals and instruments.

The Blue Note Label: A Discography Revised and Expanded
Michael Cuscuna and Michel Ruppli / Greenwood / 936 pages / March 30, 2001 / $135

Extensive, comprehensive discography of the Blue Note label.

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last update 23 April 2003