WHERE'S THE MELODY? A Listener's Introduction to Jazz

by Williams, Martin

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NY:: Da Capo,, [1983]. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/labels; issued as paperback, now professionally hard-bound; binding + contents condition quite good.. index. Later prtg. of 1969 Da Capo edn., (with discography references) of 1966 Pantheon first issue. ||| Commentaries on recording catalogue numbers / labels of jazz artists--from Bechet, King Oliver, Armstrong, Billie Holiday--through Basie, Ellington, Goodman, Hampton, Wilson--to Monk, Gillespie, Parker, Hawkins, et al., showing the development of Jazz, `An American Art,' from the Blues to Swing & Be-bop.