All Music Guide to Jazz

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All Music Guide to Jazz
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ML156.4.J3 A45 2002

All Music Guide to Jazz is a

All Media Guide. The first edition, All Music Guide to Jazz: the Best CDs, Albums & Tapes, appeared in 1994 and was edited by Ron Wynn with Michael Erlewine and Vladimir Bogdanov (head of the All Music Guide book series).[1] The book's fourth edition was released on November 27, 2002, and was edited by Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra and Stephen Thomas Erlewine
.

Content

The book's back cover touts that the book contains ratings for close to 20,000

Jazz Times and Coda.[2]

There are also thirty essays on different styles along with "top lists" and extensive charts on the evolution/lineage of the jazz.

Reception

Writing for the now defunct website Jazz Review, Mark E. Gallo described it as "the quintessential jazz encyclopedia."[3] All About Jazz called it "a must-have reference for anyone interested in the world of recorded jazz past and present."[2] Previous to this version, when albums weren't reviewed on five star scale, there was some confusion, but "in the long run what the editors have to say is more important than any rating scale."[4] Also, previous versions have also relied heavily on few reviews to comment on many albums, which "tends to weaken" the book.[4]

The added features are welcomed, since they give readers a "close-up view of the artists" within the jazz culture.[2] The essays in particular are "exceptionally well researched and written".[3]

See also

References

  1. ISBN 0-87930-308-5
  2. ^ a b c "Review at Allaboutjazz.com". Archived from the original on 2005-09-05. Retrieved 2006-12-20.
  3. ^ a b Mark E. Gallo. "Featured Book: All Music Guide to Jazz, 4th Edition". Archived from the original on 2006-10-19. Retrieved 2006-12-21.
  4. ^ a b Greg Mittag. "All the Jazz That's Fit to Print: A guide to guides to jazz recordings". Retrieved 2006-12-21.
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