Edition: Paperback, 2000

Description: 516 Pages REVIEWS:
"Should be on every jazz enthusiasts bookshelf. Most of the discs are selected, rated, and reviewed by the remarkable, indefatigable Scott Yanow."
- San Francisco Examiner

"An indispensable resource for any jazz record collector."
- Los Angeles Times

"An enormous amount of useful information is provided."
- JazzTimes

"This is quite an amazing book."
- L.A. Jazz Scene

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DESCRIPTION:
From the classic 1930s sound through todays Retro-Swing movement, this fun-to-browse guide covers every era of Swing. It profiles over 500 band leaders, players, vocalists, sidemen, and composers. You get anecdotal biographies and classic photos, as well as reviews and ratings of recordings that make (or dont make) the cut. Insightful essays on Swings evolution and the current scene offer an historical perspective not found in other guides. Plus -- you'll discover Swing in the movies, hard-to-find-recordings, books, and more. Profiles and reviews include: Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Glenn Miller, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Prima, Scott Hamilton, Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Royal Crown Revue, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and hundreds more.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Scott Yanow, editor of the All Music Guide to Jazz, has been writing about jazz since 1975. Jazz editor of Record Review during its entire publishing history (1976-84), he has written for Downbeat, JazzTimes, Jazz Forum, Jazz News, and Strictly Jazz magazines. Yanow currently is a regular contributor to Cadence, Jazziz, Coda, L.A. Jazz Scene, Mississippi Rag, Jazz Improv, Jazz Now, Jazz Report, and Planet Jazz. He also compiles the jazz listings for the Los Angeles Times. Yanow is the author of Duke Ellington as well as the forthcoming Bebop and Afro-Cuban Jazz guides, which join the Third Ear -- The Essential Listening Companion series. Yanow has also written over 200 album liner notes.