| Editor | Frank Alkyer, Ed Enright, Jason Koransky, Aaron Cohen, Jeff Cagle |
| Compiled by | Frank Alkyer, Ed Enright, Jason Koransky, Aaron Cohen, Jeff Cagle |
| Publisher | Hal Leonard Books |
| Copyright Holder | down beat |
| Imprint | Hal Leonard Corporation |
| Designed by | Damien Castaneda |
| About/Subject | Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Red Nichols, Carnegie Hall, Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman, Raymond Scott, Jelly Roll Morton, W. C. Handy, Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Harry James, Glenn Miller, Joe "King" Oliver, Lionel Hampton, Woody Herman, T-Bone Walker, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, Stan Kenton, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Sinatra, Nat "King" Cole, Les Paul, Tito Puente, Jazz Messengers, Chet Baker, Lennie Tristano, Coleman Hawkins, Sarah Vaughan, John Coltrane, Mahalia Jackson, Roy Eldridge, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, Oscar Peterson, Joe Williams, Ornette Coleman, Paul Desmond, Wes Montgomery, Bill Evans, Earl Hines, Stan Getz, Ben Webster, Ella Fitzgerald, Harry Carney, Art Tatum, Johnny Hodges, George Benson, Nina Simone, Jimi Hendrix, Sun Ra, Wayne Shorter, Muddy Waters, Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley, Ike Turner, Tina Turner, Roland Kirk, Herbie Hancock, Captain Beefheart, The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Stevie Wonder, Charles Mingus, Tom Watts, Dexter Gordon, Ray Charles, Frank Zappa, Milt Hinton, Weather Report, Al Green, Maynard Ferguson, Clarrk Terry, Freddie Hubbard, Anthony Braxton, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Brian Eno, Tony Williams (2), Keith Jarrett, Carla Bley, Quincy Jones, Henry Threadgill, Carlos Santana, Pat Metheny, Terence Blanchard, Donald Harrison, Jay Jay Johnson, Joe Henderson (2), Bill Frisell, Bill Frisell Band, Stéphane Grapelli, Joe Lovano, Joshua Redman, Hank Crawford, David Sanborn, Betty Carter, Dr. John, Roy Hargrove, Kenny Garrett, Charles Brown, McCoy Tyner, Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell, Cassandra Wilson, Steve Lacy, Medeski Martin, Medeski Martin & Wood, Sonny Rollins, Louie Bellson, Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones, Max Roach, Milt Jackson, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Tony Bennett, Andrew Hill, The Heath Brothers, Béla Fléck and the Flecktones, James Brown, Hank Jones, Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint, Dave Douglas, Harry Connick Jr., Dave Brubeck |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | West Bluemound Road, Milwaukee,WI 52213 |
| Copyright | 2009-03-30 |
| Pages / Font | 340 pages |
| ISBN | 978-1-4234-6384-9 |
| Library of Congress Classification Number | ML3506 D69 209 |
| Other | 78165092'2-dc22 |
| Barcode (EAN) | 884088275631 |
| Chapters | Preface by Frank Alkyer p. xi
Acknowledgments p. xii
- The 1930s p. 2
- The 1940s p. 18
- The 1950s p. 38
- The 1960s p. 74
- The 1970s p140
- The 1980s p.202
- The 1990s p.252
- The 200s p.302
Permissions p.340 |
| Notes | Printed in the United States of America. |