Living with Jazz: A reader edited by Sheldon Meyer

by Dan Morgenstern

A collection of essays, biographical profiles, and critical analyses by one of the twentieth century's leading jazz writers includes commentary on the work of jazz entertainers, including Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, and Louis Armstrong, as well as assessment of the role of jazz in contemporary culture and its influence on modern music.

Genres: Music, Jazz, Essays, Reference, Nonfiction, History

736 pages, Hardcover

First published November 16, 2004

About the author

Dan Morgenstern was a German-American jazz writer, editor, archivist, and producer based in Jersey City, New Jersey. He was the son of the German-language Jewish author Soma Morgenstern.