At The Vanguard of Vinyl : A Cultural History of The Long-Playing Record In Jazz.

This book shows how the advent of the LP in 1948 revolutionized the recording and production of jazz in the 1950s. Specific albums examined incude Ellington at Newport, the ambassadorial LPs of Dizzy Gillespie, The Canonball Adderly Quartet in San Francisco, and the output of Charles Mingus. With an introduction, notes, discography, bibliography, and index.

xi, 435 p.; 23 cm.
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Language: English
ISBN: 1478030070
ISBN13: 9781478030072