The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Seventies

by Leonard Feather, Ira Gitler, Quincy Jones (Introduction)

Surveys the entire field of jazz during the 1970s, with nearly fifteen hundred biographies providing information about and assessments of the musicians and composers who shaped the first half-decade's jazz world

393 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1976

About the author

Leonard Geoffrey Feather was a British-American musician, composer, record producer, music journalist and radio broadcaster. He began working in radio broadcasting in the U.K. during the 1930s, and wrote a regular column for the British magazine 'Radio Times' during those years as well, titled "Tempo di Jazz". After working as a record producer in both the U.K. and U.S., he moved in 1939 to New York City; he later moved to Los Angeles during the early 1960s. Leonard Feather was co-editor (with Barry Ulanov) of the U.S. music business magazine 'Metronome' for many years, until it ceased publication in 1961. He also served as chief jazz critic for the Los Angeles Times until his death.