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Jazz on my mind: collected liner notes, anecdotes and conversations from the golden age

Book information

Publisher
McFarland & Co
Year
2016
ISBN
9781476625478, 9780786496402, 0786496401, 1476625476
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (4311620 bytes)
Pages
247 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

Dr. Herb Wong (1926-2014) was an internationally recognized jazz industry leader and the author of more than 400 liner notes from the 1940s through the early 2000s. He reviewed not only the tracks on those albums but the artists and their eras as well. This book features the best of Wong's liner notes, articles and album selections, his personal stories about the artists, and his illuminating one-on-one conversations with many jazz greats, providing an insightful jazz primer and invaluable discography.

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