The Jazz and Blues Lover's Guide to the U.S.: With More Than 900 Hot Clubs, Cool Joints, Landmarks, and Legends, from Boogie-Woogie to Bop and Beyond

by Christiane Bird

Book Overview

Where did Charlie Parker first play with Dizzy Gillespie? What are the coolest clubs in Chicago? Which city has the largest jazz museum? Where is Howlin -- Wolf buried? The answers can be found in The... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201626489
• ISBN13: 9780201626483
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 434 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.5" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Ahh yes. What a great book this is and what fun it must have been to write! It's a travel guide to Jazz and Blues joints in most major American cities. For each city there's a description of clubs that offer music now, and historical sights of importance. This is a great book to read, and a neccessity for the music fan who travels. The author has done wonderful research and clearly loves the topic. If this subject is in anyway of interest to you I highly recommend this book!

Great Guide For Mississippi Delta Blues

So much has been written on the historic sites of the Mississippi Delta Blues, but finding these great lost spots is another thing - until this book. The book was invaluable in touring the Delta and finding the hard-to-find graves, juke joints, etc. The book allowed me to find the famed house where Robert Johnson was allegedly poisoned in 1938. Beautiful. The problem is, these kinds of books are outdated the moment they are published, but with Bird's guide to historic sites, you can't go wrong. Wonderful guide for anyone into the Theater of the Obscure.

very useful and hasn't missed yet in the 5 city's I've tried

i am a businessman who likes to go out at night in new towns and hit some local blues joints. I have used this book in several cities for blues clubs and it is great. Hotel concierges are useless when trying to find good blues clubs, or anywhere with live music for that matter. This book is essential for out of towners, however it may need to be updated very soon as I am worried that the 1994 date is getting a little old.