Who's Who in Jazz
by John Chilton
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John Chilton's Who's Who of Jazz has established itself as a major jazz reference book on the lives of over a thousand musicians born before 1920. The informative biographies give the essential details of each musician's life and career, and jazz greats jostle with unknowns for the readers attention. This completely revised edition adds much new information to the musical histories of the players, and the biographies of some of the major figures have been rewritten to incorporate recent show more research. show lessTags
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John Chilton divides his time between being a professional jazz trumpeter (accompanying singer George Melly) and writing books on jazz. He has written the standard works on Billie Holiday, Sidney Bechet, Louis Jordan and Coleman Hawkins as well as the definitive account of the careers of early jazz musicians. His original Who's Who of Jazz - show more Storyville to Swing Street has been through five editions since first appearing in 1970. He is one of the few Europeans to have won a Grammy award for writing on jazz and has been dubbed 'a master of the craft of research' by Down Beat magazine. show less
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Who’s Who In Jazz; Storyville to Swing Street; Who's Who in Jazz
- Original publication date
- 1978
- Important places
- USA
- Dedication
- To
Teresa, Jenny, Martin, and Barnaby
Classifications
- Genres
- Music, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction, Reference
- DDC/MDS
- 785.4 — Arts & recreation Music Ensembles with only one instrument per part [formerly: instrumental ensembles and their music] Ensembles without keyboard {formerly: Music for small ensembles}
- LCC
- ML106 .U3 .C5 — Music Literature on music Literature on music Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
- BISAC
Statistics
- Members
- 128
- Popularity
- 253,914
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (4.21)
- Languages
- English, French
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 9
- ASINs
- 12
