Jazz America's Classical Music

Jazz: America's Classical Musicis a delightful introduction and guide to this complex and compelling music and to its rich history. In an engaging and conversational style, renowned jazz teacher Grover Sales tells of the lives and music of the greatsEllington, Tatum, Hawkins, Coltrane, Parker, Hines, Goodman, Armstrong, and many otherswith a mix of important facts, fascinating anecdotes, and brilliant interpretations. Illustrated with astonishing photographs of the artists in performance,Jazz: America's Classical Musicis a classic text, an ideal book for beginners and an inspiring one for serious students of the art of jazz.Sales, Grover is the author of 'Jazz America's Classical Music', published 1992 under ISBN 9780306804915 and ISBN 0306804913.