内容简介
Ayear-by-yearhistoryofpeopleandevents,TheChronicleofJazztellsthewholestoryofjazzmusicanditspersonalities.Eachchronologicallyarrangedsectioncontainsspecialfeatures,ontopicsrangingfromthebossanovacrazetojazzinParis,personalitysketchesandseminalgigsandalbums.Readersarebroughtfullyuptodatewiththesignificantandexcitingrecentdevelopmentsintheworldofjazz,fromtheriseofmodernbigbandsandtherenaissanceofthepianotriotothepopularappealofJamieCullumandHBOstelevisionseriesTreme,setinNewOrleans.TheChronicleofJazzisacelebrationofthismostimaginativeandenduringmusic,andisacompleteresourceforbothjazzaficionadosandloversofmusicingeneral.