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 The Playboy Guide to Jazz - Neil Tesser
Newest Review: ... stride, New Orleans, hard bop and cool jazz - just owning one CD of each is probably enough). That is to say, you won't ... more  ... get much out of the book otherwise. The format of the book is that each chapter starts with an article/essay on its main features, then is dominated by recommended listening and comments on each CD and its relevance to the period/jazz in general. These sections are divided in two, a "get it if you can" half and a "still hungry for more?" half. Taken from the first halves, there is a list of 50 suggested CDs to buy at the back - not, as Tesser is at pains to stress, intended to be a list of the 50...more |
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The Playboy Guide to Jazz - Neil Tesser: The Playboy Guide to Jazz - excellent (356 words)
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"The Playboy Guide to Jazz", by Neil Tesser, is very good for getting to grips with the history of jazz and a basic outline of how the music progressed. It requires you to either be willing to buy the CDs recommended by the book or to have a vague idea of what most of the main periods sound like (all I mean is be able to hear a bebop recording and say "that sounds a bit like Charlie Parker", same for stride, New Orleans, hard bop and cool jazz - just owning one CD of each is probably enough). That is to say, you won't get much out of the book otherwise. The format of the book is that each chapter starts with an article/essay on its main ... Read the complete review
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