Shipton, Alyn. <br/><br/>
A new history of jazz / 
Alyn Shipton. 
 - Rev. and updated ed. 
 - London :  Continuum,  2007. 
 - xi, 804 p., [16] p. of plates ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes discography (p.771-773), bibliography (p.[774]-782) and index. 
<br/><br/> Alyn Shipton provides a comprehensive and entertaining account of jazz history, while challenging many of the assumptions and mythologies that have surrounded jazz since its birth. Lovely black and white portraits of many of the stars in action. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780826429728 (pbk.) :  £14.99 0826429726 (pbk.) :  £14.99 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Jazz--History and criticism.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>781.6'5'09