Jazz Milestones

This reference on jazz tells the story of jazz as a year-by-year account from 1900 to 1990, setting out in chronological order the most significant compositions, recordings, films and births and deaths of the major players. Styles, songs, faces and places interact, all illustrated by contemporary photographs and ephemera and presented in a large format. It includes maps of the major centres of jazz history - Storyville, Chicago, Harlem, 52nd Street and Greenwich Village - with accompanying lists of clubs, theatres and ballrooms.;By tracing the course of events in this way, this text demonstrates the web of influences which binds together the major players of jazz.