Carr, Roy.

A century of jazz / Roy Carr. - London : Hamlyn, 2005, 1997. - 256 p. : ports (some col.), ill. ; 29 cm.

Cover subtitle: a hundred years of the greatest music ever made.

The late nineties marks 100 years of jazz, from the earliest reference to the New Orleans band fronted by legendary trumpeter Buddy Bolden. This chronicle-style account also shows the influence of jazz on other styles of music.

ISBN: 0600588076 (hbk) : 0600616096

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Jazz musicians--Biography.
Jazz--History and criticism.

Dewey Class. No.: 782.42165