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Author: Barry Kernfeld ,
Mr Barry Kernfeld (Independent Scholar)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 31.00cm
, Height: 15.00cm
, Length: 24.10cm
Weight: 8.074kg
ISBN: 9781561592845
ISBN 10: 1561592846
Pages: 3000
Publication Date: 09 November 2001
Recommended Age: From 13 to 17 years
Audience:
General/trade
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Even the smallest articles are extraordinarily well done....no other Jazz reference work approaches New Grove in scope or quality, making it essential for all collections. --A.J. Adam, Choice Highly recommended. --Harold V. Cordry, Library Journal (Starred Review) With the new edition, the work supersedes itself as a landmark....The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz reaches new heights in jazz scholarship....this set is essential for libraries with patrons studying jazz. --RBB/Booklist (Starred Review) The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz stands as the finest jazz reference work ever published...This is a work of dedication, love, and scholarship-an astonishing, incomparable achievement. --San Francisco Chronicle The wealth of information in the books is staggering. --Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Even the smallest articles are extraordinarily well done....no other Jazz reference work approaches New Grove in scope or quality, making it essential for all collections. --A.J. Adam, Choice Highly recommended. --Harold V. Cordry, Library Journal (Starred Review) With the new edition, the work supersedes itself as a landmark....The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz reaches new heights in jazz scholarship....this set is essential for libraries with patrons studying jazz. --RBB/Booklist (Starred Review) The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz stands as the finest jazz reference work ever published...This is a work of dedication, love, and scholarship-an astonishing, incomparable achievement. --San Francisco Chronicle The wealth of information in the books is staggering. --Minneapolis Star-Tribune Even the smallest articles are extraordinarily well done...no other Jazz reference work approaches New Grove in scope or quality, making it essential for all collections. --Choice Highly recommended. --Library Journal (Starred Review) With the new edition, the work supersedes itself as a landmark...The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz reaches new heights in jazz scholarship...this set is essential for libraries with patrons studying jazz. --RBB/Booklist (Starred Review) The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz stands as the finest jazz reference work ever published....This is a work of dedication, love, and scholarship--an astonishing, incomparable achievement. --San Francisco Chronicle The wealth of information in the books is staggering. --Minneapolis Star-Tribune Awesomely thorough....It is an all but essential reference work for the serious listener... --The Guardian The premier Jazz reference tool....This is a must for teachers, schools, libraries, and Jazz fans. --Jazz Now The dictionary has grown to three volumes, each larger than the previous two, and I am happy to report this added bulk is muscle not fat...I put this volume to work moments after lifting it from its shipping box...and I have to say I was immediately impressed. --David Dupont, Cadence It is the most definitive jazz reference yet published...the more than 5,000 entries cover all the essentials, and plenty of the amusing or quirky 'did you knows,' of the subject. --Richmond Times-Dispatch
Author Information
Musicologist Barry Kernfeld has been the editor of The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz since 1984. He has taught jazz history at both Cornell University and Hamilton College.
