Jazz Heritage (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780195050714)

Jazz Heritage brings together twenty years' of reviews, musicians' profiles, and critical essays by the renowned critic Martin Williams. This companion volume to the prize-winning The Jazz Tradition includes profiles of great performers at work in studios and clubs, "liner notes" for many classic recordings, and Williams's acclaimed critical essays on the artistry of Charlie Parker, Cecil Taylor, Thelonious Monk, Ella Fitzgerald, and others. Consistently eye-opening and original, these pieces are essential reading for jazz musicians, students, scholars, and fans.

Author: Martin Williams
ISBN-10: 0195050711
ISBN-13: 9780195050714
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/14/1987
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.61d