Item Detail
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Cook, Richard
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Richard Cook's jazz encyclopedia
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Book
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London; New York, N.Y.
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2005
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Penguin Books
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xii, 687 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
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English
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141026464
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Jazz--Encyclopedias.
Jazz musicians--Encyclopedias. -
ML 102 .J3 C66 2006
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Cook, Richard. Richard Cook’s Jazz Encyclopedia. London: Penguin Books, 2005.
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Gives a brief overview of people, places and other terms associated with jazz music.
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Includes musicians, other important jazz figures, places, and terms.
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Entries are ordered alphabetically. Musician entries are alphabetized by last name, and entries include their instrument(s), birth/death date, a brief biography, and an important recording from their career. Other terms are followed by a description and historical information.
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The names are alphabetized by last name, but are presented beginning with the first name, which makes it more difficult to locate terms.
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Wire: Adventures in Modern Music, no. 262 (2005): 77.
Double Bassist, no. 35 (2005): 75.
Blues & Soul, 22 June 2007, 83.
Latkovich, Peggy. Dirty Linen: Folk & World Music, no. 128 (2007): 93.
Thomas, Roger. BBC Music Magazine 14 (April 2006): 105.
Colombé, Graham. Jazz Journal International 59 (February 2006): 17. -
Christina Zmolek
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BYU Mus Ref
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2962