From Library Journal
This complement to extant jazz reference works is long overdue. Engagingly written by musician/critics, it offers an international scope appropriately emphasizing figures of major historical importance while also heralding promising younger performers. Noteworthy innovators are credited, recordings noted, and jazzspecific terms defined. Alphabetical entries are complete and self-contained, an advantage over Leonard Feather's decade-specific Ency clopedia of Jazz (Da Capo, 1984. reprint). Though it is as inclusive as Joachim Berendt's The Jazz Book (Lawrence Hill, 1987. rev. ed.), unlike the Harmony Illustrated Encyclopedia of Jazz (1987. 3d ed.) it is not concerned with pop/rock artists. Comprehensive enough for general collections, but with a currency and level of detail that will please the specialist. Paul Baker, CUNA Inc., Madison, Wis.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
