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Reading Jazz: A Gathering of Autobiography, Reportage, and Criticism from 1919 to Now

Reading Jazz: A Gathering of Autobiography, Reportage, and Criticism from 1919 to Now

zoom enlarge 		Author: Robert Gottlieb
Publisher: Pantheon
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 3 reviews
Sales Rank: 696897

Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1068
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 6.3 x 2.2

ISBN: 0679442510
Dewey Decimal Number: 781.6509
EAN: 9780679442516
ASIN: 0679442510

Publication Date: November 12, 1996
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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com Review
Anthologies of jazz writing tend to be mixed bags, combining reviews, profiles, and usually a couple of short stories in which the protagonist happens to play the tenor saxophone. This collection from former New Yorker editor Robert Gottlieb is indeed such a miscellany, but it has been assembled with rare taste and discrimination. The emphasis on autobiographical writing is particularly welcome, reminding us that, in prose as in jazz, voice is the ultimate artistic thumbprint.

Product Description
Displaying keen intellectual discernment and great passion, Robert Gottlieb, former president of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., and former editor of The New Yorker, brings together more than 150 excerpts from books, journals, magazines, and newspapers, creating a monumental anthology of essays about jazz--the life and the music--and rescuing many an important but neglected writer from oblivion.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Well Worth Your Time   November 23, 2008
 0 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is a great book of short articles and stories about major personalities from the era of classic jazz. I would recommend it for anyone who has an interest in traditional jazz.


5 out of 5 stars A Note on the Editor   March 22, 2001
 2 out of 7 found this review helpful

Robert Gottlieb is indeed up to the job of editing this anthology. The information about him provided on the book is incomplete--necessarily incomplete, because Gottlieb has one of the longest and most distinguished editing careers in American letters. He was head of a publishing house and editor-in-chief of "The New Yorker." He is responsible for some of the best writing of the last quarter century.


5 out of 5 stars Chock full o' stories!   November 16, 2000
 0 out of 3 found this review helpful

This book collects a vast range of articles, reviews and biographies covering jazz's most influential musicians. It's a wonderful compendium. I discovered great music from many artists I'd never heard of before. Well worth reading!

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