NEWLY SUBMITTED to BOOKSHARE for consideration for the COLLECTION: Validators can contact me - email address in comment section. TITLE: The Guide To Classic Recorded Jazz AUTHOR Tom Piazza YEAR OF COPYRIGHT: 1995 by Tom Piazza How Many Pages: 410 pp. pub. University Of Iowa Press SHORT DESCRIPTION: 300 character limit (with spaces) A guide to more than 800 classic jazz recordings between 1920 and1970, with detailed recording dates, including many listings since the boom of re-issues. The author discusses the recordings in a stylistic and chronological context. ISBN #: 0-87745-489-2 LONGER DESCRIPTION: From the book?s back cover: ?Here is a brilliant and deeply informed overview of jazz history, one which gives a rich sense of who the major figures were and how they fit in with one another while showing the reader what to listen for and which recordings are indispensable for a full experience of the music. No other book fuses a singular examination of the key recordings with a presentation of the entire sweep of the music's classic period to provide the listener with such a useful and spirited companion.? - WYNTON MARSALIS Tom Piazza writes about jazz and other American music for the New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, New Republic, and Village Voice. He is a former professional jazz pianist and a graduate of Williams College and the Iowa Writers' Workshop; his short fiction has appeared in a number of literary magazines. bOOK SUBMITTED IN .RTF - converted from its origial .ARK. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.