The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz

A dictionary of jazz which attempts to cover every jazz style and era. It contains 5000 articles including biographies of many performers, information about clubs, festivals and recordings. Reading lists and discographies as well as music examples are also featured.

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This dictionary of jazz attempts to cover every jazz style and era. It contains 5000 articles including biographies of many performers, information about clubs, festivals and recordings. Reading lists and discographies as well as music examples are also featured. There are many illustrations to help convey the essence of a particular tradition or of a particular's performer's work. Barry Kernfield's publications include "Two Coltranes" and over 100 articles on jazz, blues, gospel and black American popular music in "The New Harvard Dictionary of Music".