I just received this book in the mail a few days ago and am stunned by the range and volume of recordings. A vast but easily accessible collection, albeit with the inevitable and sometimes curious omissions that especially fans of course will regret (Martin Tingvall isn't there. AbeBooks.com: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings: Eighth Edition: Publisher overstock copy. A separate list of these 200 titles would have been useful for those who are looking to build their own collections without having to wade through the entire book to find these seminal works. Now in its eighth edition, fourteen years since it first appeared, Richard Cook and Brian Morton's The Penguin Guide To Jazz Recordings is not going to spring any great surprises on us. The leader in its field... if you own only one book on jazz, it really should be this one. The ninth edition of the definitive guide to jazz recordings is as good as previous editions I've owned. The best. It doesn't need to; it has a tried and trusted formula that works. Learn more. It's hard to know how the format and content could be improved. It's rare to dip into this guide without coming away better informed and wishing to take issue with one or more of the authors' judgements. Do you get lost on the guitar neck? Als Jazzliebhaber wird man mit detaillierten Informationen durch die Rundfunk-Stationen oft im Stich gelassen. Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2017. Er will einen umfassenden Überblick über das Gesamtgebiet der Jazz CD vermitteln. And it is great to see Alexander von Schlippenbach's (newly crowned) Monk's Casino get due recognition. Look at other dictionaries: The Penguin Guide to Jazz — ist ein Musikführer, der erstmals 1992 vom Verlag Penguin Books in London herausgegeben wurde. Reviews jazz recordings, organized by performer, and includes biographical details and lineups. Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2013. Previous page of related Sponsored Products, Learn simple substitution secrets and play like Wes Montgomery, Pat Martin, Joe Pass and Jim Hall, Master the art of jazz chord comping with this practical, creative guide. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. The lengths of the CD entries vary from very short (label, catalog number, issue date, and performers) to extensive, multiparagraph descriptions of the album's history, reception, and individual songs. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings: Eighth Edition [Cook, R. M., Morton, Brian] on Amazon.com. Please try again. If you're going to have just one book about jazz, it should be this one. Read The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD: Seventh Edition (Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings) Ebook Kind Of Blue is both crowned and in the Core Collection. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 13, 2017, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 14, 2008. Let's take Miles Davis as an example: Milestones and The Complete In A Silent Way Sessions are both in the Core Collection. **** Very fine: An outstanding record that yields consistent pleasure and is a notable example of the artist's work. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Every two years, the arrival of a new edition is the cue for jazz fans across the globe to enter a prolonged period of social hibernation while they identify and then digest Cook and Morton's additions and revisions. It's a chunky book in every sense of the word, crammed full of witty, pithy reviews by Cook and Morton - people who clearly don't pull any punches when it comes to the world of music reviews. The Penguin guide to jazz recordings by Richard Cook, R. M. Cook, Brian Morton, 2006, Penguin edition, in English - 8th ed In the first nine editions, artists were listed alphabetically and the entries began with short (usually one paragraph) biographies before a comprehensive listing of a musicians' available recordings at that time. This book profiles the lives, songs, and legacies of several jazz legends, including Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Etta James, and Billie Holiday. Lots of info about the players and their music. Overview of numerous jazz recordings of numerous artists. The Jazz Guitar Chord Compilation: Three Essential Jazz Chord Books in One. This is my essential guide for learning about and shopping for jazz. Something went wrong. Their detailed descriptions of albums, songs, and even artists' tone colors and interpretations within specific songs are testament to their expertise. 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