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The Billboard illustrated encyclopedia of jazz & blues is organized chronologically by decade. Each section gives a historical overview plus an A to Z of influe

Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, and Cecil Taylor revolutionized music from the end of the twentieth century into the twenty-first, expanding on jazz traditions wi

Do you want to know when Duke Ellington was king of The Cotton Club? Have you ever wondered how old Miles Davis was when he got his first trumpet? From birth da

Containing more than twelve thousand artists from every genre, this comprehensive musical reference furnishes valuable information on each musical form, as well

Jazz & Blues The origins of Western popular music can often be traced back to the two strains of African-American music that developed towards the end of the ni