{"product_id":"the-penguin-jazz-guide","title":"The Penguin Jazz Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Morton, Brian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Random House\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eColor:\u003c\/b\u003e Multicolor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Deckle Edge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 800\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 28-12-2010\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Number:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780141048314\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Cook and Brian Morton's Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in 1001 Best Albums is an indispensible guide to the recordings that every fan should know.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nRichard Cook and Brian Morton's Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings is firmly established as the world's leading guide to the music. In this book, Brian Morton has picked out 1001 essential recordings from their acclaimed guide, adding new information, revising and reassessing each entry, and showing how these key pieces tell the history of the music - and with it the history of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThese are the essential albums that that all true jazz fans should own, or - at the very least - have listened to, from Kind of Blue to lesser-known classics and more surprising choices. Full of fascinating updated biographical information, new quotes and interviews and, of course, highly opinionated and wittily trenchant critical reviews, the result is an endlessly browsable companion that will prove required reading for aficionados and jazz novices alike.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n'One of the great books of recorded jazz; the other guides don't come close'\u003cbr\u003e\nIrish Times\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n'It's the kind of book that you'll yank off the shelf to look up a quick fact and still be reading two hours later'\u003cbr\u003e\nFortune\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n'The leader in its field ... If you own only one book on jazz, it really should be this one'\u003cbr\u003e\nInternational Record Review\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n'Indispensable and incomparable'\u003cbr\u003e\nNME\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBrian Morton is a freelance writer and broadcaster who for many years presented Radio 3's jazz magazine Impressions and In Tune.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nRichard Cook (1957-2007) was formerly editor of The Wire and edited Jazz Review. He contributed to many other publications, including the New Statesman and his books included Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopaedia and It's About That Time: Miles Davis on Record.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780141048314\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.6 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50118248431920,"sku":"Trans_9780141048314","price":1875.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/51k6WYD51aL.jpg?v=1757155791","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/the-penguin-jazz-guide","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}