The Encyclopedia Yearbooks of Jazz

Publisher: Da Capo Press (21 Agosto 1993)
The Encyclopedia Yearbooks of Jazz

This volume combines "The Encyclopedia Yearbook of Jazz" (1956) and "The New Yearbook of Jazz" (1958) to form a single-volume source of information, photographs and opinion.

Over 600 biographies of musicians, these yearbooks also feature material such a:
 • "What's Happening in Jazz" section
 • a "Musician's Musicians" poll, where jazz greats from Louis Armstrong to Lester Young vote on their favourites
 • hundreds of photographs
 • a poll of jazz fans (78.6% disliked rock 'n' roll in 1956)
 • "Favourite Versions of Favourite Tunes", where 25 favourite songs are listed along with their best interpretations
 • contributions written by Benny Goodman, John Hammond and Martin Williams
 • "Meet the Critics" - short biographies of 30 of the greatest jazz critics of the time
 • articles on jazz and classical music, jazz and the other arts, and jazz and the phonograph
 • "The Best of the Blindfold Test, 1951-1958"

This book should provide an excellent source of information for anyone who wants to know about the state of jazz in the turbulent musical decade of the 1950s.

• Jazz: From Its Origins To The Present - 40%
• The Passion for Jazz - 20%
• 1998 Billboard® Music Yearbook - 40%
• Top Pop Singles CD Guide '55-'79 - 40%