Living with Jazz: A reader edited by Sheldon Meyer
- ISBN-10
- 0307487601
- ISBN-13
- 9780307487605
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 736
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-08-19
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Author
- Dan Morgenstern
Description
A collection of essays, biographical profiles, and critical analyses by one of the twentieth century's leading jazz writers includes commentary on the work of jazz entertainers, including Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, and Louis Armstrong, as well as assessment of the role of jazz in contemporary culture and its influence on modern music.
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