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9781617130236 | Backbeat Books, April 1, 2013, cover price $24.99
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9780879308254 | Backbeat Books, October 15, 2008, cover price $22.99
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9780313328718 | Greenwood Pub Group, February 28, 2005, cover price $87.00 | About this edition: Looks at the history of jazz, discussing its roots and influences, distinct styles such as ragtime, swing, Latin jazz, bebop, and fusion and offering biographies of important jazz musicians.
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9780879307837 | Backbeat Books, November 1, 2004, cover price $24.95
Product Description: Classic Jazz explores the birth and early development of a truly American art form. Scott Yanow's insightful essays describe the very beginnings of jazz, as well as ragtime, early blues, and New Orleans jazz from 1895-1916. Jazz in the years 1917-1933 is examined in greatest detail, highlighting the careers and rating the recordings of the top performers of the day...read more
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9780756780173 | Diane Pub Co, June 1, 2004, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: Classic Jazz explores the birth and early development of a truly American art form.
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9780879307554 | Backbeat Books, October 1, 2003, cover price $49.95
A listener's guide to jazz retraces the history of the music, from earliest recordings to the Depression, profiling the people and events behind this truly American art form in a collection of essays, reviews, profiles, and more. Original.
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9780879306595 | Backbeat Books, November 1, 2001, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: A listener's guide to jazz retraces the history of the music, from earliest recordings to the Depression, profiling the people and events behind this truly American art form in a collection of essays, reviews, profiles, and more.
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9780879306403 | Backbeat Books, June 1, 2001, cover price $22.95
(Book). Through anecdotal biographies and evocative photos, this book by jazz author extraordinaire Scott Yanow portrays every key Afro-Cuban Jazz innovator past and present, plus other jazz artists influenced by this infectious music. Also includes reviews and ratings of recordings that make (or don't make) the cut, and essays packed with historical insight not found in other guides. Musicians covered include: Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, Willie Bobo, Machito, Poncho Sanchez, Chucho Valdes, Arturo Sandoval, Mongo Santamaria, Gato Barbieri, Eddie Palmieri, and many more. (view table of contents)
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9780879306199 | Backbeat Books, December 1, 2000, cover price $17.95
9780756788537 | Diane Pub Co, January 30, 2000, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: (Book).
Presents a history of bebop from its roots in the late 1930s; describes the musicians, bands, and composers who contributed to this style of jazz; and evaluates key bebop recordings.
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9780879306083 | Backbeat Books, August 1, 2000, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Presents a history of bebop from its roots in the late 1930s; describes the musicians, bands, and composers who contributed to this style of jazz; and evaluates key bebop recordings.
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9780879306007 | Backbeat Books, April 1, 2000, cover price $22.95
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9780756781286 | Diane Pub Co, July 30, 1999, cover price $27.00
9781567998559 | Metro Books, June 1, 1999, cover price $9.98
Lists, rates, and reviews more than 18,000 recordings by 1,740 jazz artists; provides biographies of the artists; and charts the evolution of jazz
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9780879305307 | 3rd edition (Backbeat Books, July 1, 1998), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Lists, rates, and reviews more than 18,000 recordings by 1,740 jazz artists; provides biographies of the artists; and charts the evolution of jazz
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