Jazz Guide: New York City
- ISBN-10
- 189214543X
- ISBN-13
- 9781892145437
- Category
- Jazz
- Pages
- 173
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-01-23
- Publisher
- New York Review of Books
- Author
- Steve Dollar
Description
This is an indispensable guide for jazz aficionados and those seeking entre into New York's big band, bebop, fusion, and funk scenes. Profiled venues include fabled haunts of Harlem; elegant Midtown supper clubs; hip downtown hangouts; and a subterranean Bowery alcove where the spirit of Mingus rumbles on.
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