{"product_id":"the-penguin-jazz-guide-9780141048314","title":"The Penguin Jazz Guide","description":"By: Brian Morton, Richard Cook     \u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Cook and Brian Morton's \u003ci\u003ePenguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in 1001 Best Albums \u003c\/i\u003eis an indispensible guide to the recordings that every fan should know.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Richard Cook and Brian Morton's \u003ci\u003ePenguin Guide to Jazz Recordings\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e  These are the essential albums that that all true jazz fans should own, or - at the very least - have listened to, from \u003cb\u003eKind of Blue \u003c\/b\u003eto 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\u003cbr\u003e  'One of the great books of recorded jazz; the other guides don't come close'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  '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  \u003ci\u003eFortune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'The leader in its field ... If you own only one book on jazz, it really should be this one' \u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eInternational Record Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Indispensable and incomparable' \u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eNME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cb\u003eBrian Morton\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance writer and broadcaster who for many years presented Radio 3's jazz magazine \u003ci\u003eImpressions\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn Tune\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eRichard Cook\u003c\/b\u003e (1957-2007) was formerly editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e and edited \u003ci\u003eJazz\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eReview\u003c\/i\u003e. He contributed to many other publications, including the \u003ci\u003eNew\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eStatesman\u003c\/i\u003e and his books included \u003ci\u003eRichard Cook's Jazz Encyclopaedia\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIt's About That Time: Miles Davis on Record\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"GB - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44617992012003,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9780141048314","price":277.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/getimage_733cede2-0a3a-4e14-ac72-0eef084f6d3a.jpg?v=1735602581","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/en-mo\/products\/the-penguin-jazz-guide-9780141048314","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}