Original, 'The Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia of Jazz & Blues,' 1st Edition, hardcover book, Colour & Black & White Illustrations, includes internet Links to Songs & Artists, General Editor, Howard Mandel, Foreword by John Scofield, 352 pages, Created & Produced by Flame Tree Publishing, Fulham, London, U.K., Billboard Books, an imprint of Watson-Guptil Pubns., N.Y., 2005, 11 1/2” x 10.65”, ISBN: 0-8230-8266-0, with dustjacket edgewear.
Writers include Ted Drozdowski, James Hale, Todd Jenkins, Kenny Mathieson, John McDonough, Bill Milkowski, Jim O'Neal, Bob Porter, William Schafer, & David Whiteis.
Contents include profiles of artists in Jazz & Blues: Charley Patton, Ma Rainey, Kid Ory, Clarence Williams, Leroy Carr, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Lonnie Johnson, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, Leroy Carr, Albert Ammons, Big Bill Broonzy, Leadbelly, Count Basie, Charlie Christian, Roy Eldridge, Benny Goodman, Lester Young, John Lee Hooker, Big Joe Turner, T-Bone Walker, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Muddy Waters, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Buddy Guy, Albert King, B.B. King, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Freddie Hubbard, Sun Ra, Allman Brothers Band, Dr. John, Art Ensemble of Chicago, John McLaughlin, Robert Cray, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Wynton Marsalis, Pat Metheny, etc..
Chapters: Early Years, The Twenties, The Thirties, The Forties, The Fifties, The Sixties, The Seventies, The Eighties, & The Contemporary Era of Jazz & Blues, along with their Themes & Styles, Key Artists, & A-Z of artists.
Instruments & Equipment
Glossary
Jazz & Blues Artists Lists
Further Reading
Author Biographies & Picture Credits
Index
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