All Music Guide to Jazz : The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music by Vladimir Bogdanov

All Music Guide to Jazz : The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music Reviews

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  HBalikov

  Jazz is a type of music that has been around since the latter 19th Century. Jazz music has been commercially recorded for about 100 years. Thus, this guide lists thousands of jazz artists. Even the number of the most prominent artists runs to many hundred.
  
  Having said that, I am very impressed with how easy it is to get information on any artist. The main use of the guide is to help in choosing a particular recording by a certain artist or group. The reviews are excellent and the rating system is very helpful in (for instance) deciding what music to purchase or stream.
  
  My edition is a bit out of date, but my jazz music tastes run to modern, swing, cool, bebop, and hot, and those are well covered.
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  Armin

  Nicht absolut lückenlos, in Einzelfällen vielleicht zu kritisch im Umgang mit Neben- oder Spätwerken, aber eine herrliche Fundgrube von Rezensionen aus allmusic, bei der man den Widerspruch oder eine positive Parallelrezi ja auf der betreffenden Webseite posten kann.
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  David

  I haven't read this entire book. It's like an encyclopedia of jazz. If you are an avid listener - get this book. It's baller.