Jazz: The Rough GuideThe Rough Guide to Jazz surpasses all other handbooks with more than 1600 critical biographies, covering the spectrum from the legendary cornettist Buddy Bolden to cool young players of the 1990s like Roy Hargrove and Julian Joseph. Illustrated throughout with classic jazz shots and album covers, the Rough Guide is a completely revised edition of the acclaimed Essential Guide to Jazz. The authors have updated and expanded all the original entries, added hundreds of new artists, and provided personal recommendations of some three thousand key albums on both CD and vinyl - the ultimate jazz aficionado's collection. |
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... arranger , composer . b . Havana , 28 April 1911 ; d . New York , 11 July 1993 . auzá played clarinet and oboe with the Havana working two years later with Noble Sissle , with whom he switched to trumpet . He played with Chick Webb ...
... arranger , composer . b . Havana , 28 April 1911 ; d . New York , 11 July 1993 . auzá played clarinet and oboe with the Havana working two years later with Noble Sissle , with whom he switched to trumpet . He played with Chick Webb ...
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... arranger until 1941. He then worked as arranger with the Claude Thornhill orchestra until 1948 , except for three years of army service from 1943-6 . As well as the usual big - band line - up of brass , reeds and rhythm , the Thornhill ...
... arranger until 1941. He then worked as arranger with the Claude Thornhill orchestra until 1948 , except for three years of army service from 1943-6 . As well as the usual big - band line - up of brass , reeds and rhythm , the Thornhill ...
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... arranger with the Brussels Radio big band . In recent years he has continued to lead his own small groups , and regularly appears with Stan Tracey . His favourite saxophonists include Charlie Parker , Stan Getz , John Coltrane , Lester ...
... arranger with the Brussels Radio big band . In recent years he has continued to lead his own small groups , and regularly appears with Stan Tracey . His favourite saxophonists include Charlie Parker , Stan Getz , John Coltrane , Lester ...
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