ALL MUSIC GUIDE TO JAZZ. 4th ed. /PB/

Whether you have an extensive jazz collection, or you're just beginning to build one, the All Music Guide to Jazz will prove to be indispensable. From ragtime through fusion, from New Orleans to the Netherlands, the entire spectrum of jazz is covered in depth. The traditional, the commercial, the classic and the avant-garde all vividly come to life in essays, music maps, capsule biographies and reviews and ratings for more than 20,000 albums.