The Future of Jazz: By Will Friedwald, Ted Gioia, Jim Macnie, Peter Margasak, Stuart Nicholson, Ben Ratliff, John F. Szwed, Greg Tate, Pet

by Will Friedwald

Jazz is now 100 years old, a venerable American institution predicated on the unpredictable. But recent signs-ranging from Ken Burns's documentary Jazz: A History of America's Music to the dominance,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556524463
• ISBN13: 9781556524462
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.0"

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I like the way this book is set out...almost informally with reviewers commenting on a topic and then passing it on to the next. I think this is an indispensable addition to any jazz aficionado's library. Yes it is now 5 years old but it provides an erudite snapshot of the state of Jazz in the early 21st Century and is a great starting point for further discussion and study.