From Blues to Bop, Swing to Hip-Hop, this is a hundred years of the greatest music ever made.
The late 1990s marks 100 years of jazz, from the earliest reference to the New Orleans band fronted by the legendary trumpeter Buddy Bolden, recognised as the first group of which there is any trace that played what was subsequently labelled jazz.
'A Century Of Jazz' is the first ever chronicle style account of the major influence in western music this century. Richly illustrated with a wealth of rare photographs and graphic material, and set in the context of popular music generally, 'A Century Of Jazz' is a unique illustrated celebration of jazz history, jazz people and jazz style.
Contains black and white and full-colour photographs and illustrations.
