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Jazz: An Illustrated History

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• Written by: Geoffrey C. Ward & Ken Burns
• Publisher: Pimlico
• Published: 25 January 2001
• ISBN: 0712667695 | ISBN-13: 9780712667692
• RRP: £30.00 | Binding: Paperback (480 pages)
• First off, let's get the kudos down: Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns deserve far more than simple gratitude for bringing jazz to the limelight with this lavishly illustrated volume. The book features among its 500-plus pictures many of the previously unseen shots of musicians and venues glimpsed in Burns's BBC documentary. Jazz: An Illustrated History follows the film episode by episode, and it's filled with rich historical detail in the early chapters. Like the series, however, the book trails off from chronicling jazz's history after a certain point. It gives background aplenty on early New... Read More