An absolute must for jazz lovers and guitarists alike, this is the first book ever to be written which covers, in a definitive way, the guitar's role in jazz. The new fourth edition has been expanded to include bios of the leading jazz-rock fusion players. The main part of the book is devoted to over 250 detailed biographies of the major jazz guitarists since 1895. The collection of photographs of jazz guitarists is the finest and most complete put together under one cover. In addition, it includes a chapter listing every important jazz guitar recording ever made, and a final section, 'Sources Of Supply' that ensures that nearly every record, book and piece of music listed can be obtained by the reader. 8 inch. x 11-3/4 inch..
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An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Jazz Guitarists (1900-1997),
This review is from: The Jazz Guitar (Paperback)
This is a straight forward listing of all major and not-so-major jazz guitarists mainly from the U.S. and Europe. There is a biography, and a select discography and publications on every player. The book opens with a well-researched introduction on the evolution of jazz guitar, and closes with a section on the guitar as a jazz instrument--from Gibson to Benedetto. If you love jazz guitar, and need a handbook--this is it. Pictures are all in black and white. How I wish Summerfield included color pictures if they are available save for those artists from the early to mid 1900s. This 1998 publication is the 4th edition, and jazz guitar is still evolving with revolutionary players like Tuck Andress and Charlie Hunter paving the way. Maurice Summerfield has provided us a good survey of this art form.
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The Jazz Guitar - Summerfield,
By Marco Leonardi (TREVISO Italy) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Jazz Guitar (Paperback)
This book is a must for a jazz guitarist or jazz musician library. I do suggest to have it and to read it. The book is full of information about a lot of jazz guitar players, there are a lot of photographs, selected recordings for each jazz guitar player, selected reading.Marco Leonardi
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Another handy reference book,
By Bourbeau "arsburbeaux" (Ann Arbor, MI United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Jazz Guitar (Paperback)
I've always thought of Summerfield's guitar books (see also, "The Classical Guitar: It's Evolution, Players and Personalities Since 1800") as deluxe periodicals. Lot's of general information, nice photos, kind of mundane. A good reference for the enthusiast, though.
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