The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz

by Barry Kernfeld

Available for the first time in one volume, the more than 4,500 articles in this comprehensive dictionary include items on performers, styles, instruments, terminology, and famous festivals, clubs, and record labels.

Genres: Jazz, Music

1358 pages, Hardcover

First published December 31, 1988

About the author

Barry Dean Kernfeld, (1950- ) is an American musicologist and jazz saxophonist who has researched and published extensively about the history of jazz and the biographies of its musicians.