Who's Who of Jazz: Storyville to Swing Street

by John Chilton

Book by Chilton, John

Genres: Music, Reference, Nonfiction, Jazz, Biography

460 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1970

About the author

John James Chilton (16 July 1932 - 25 February 2016) was a British jazz trumpeter and writer. During the 1960s, he also worked with pop bands, including The Swinging Blue Jeans and The Escorts.

Reviews

[Liam · Rating 2 out of 5]

Extremely limited and not particularly useful, even for 1978. Apparently, Mr. Chilton chose to include only musicians born before 1920, which meant that far too many important post-war jazz musicians were not included in this book. A more apt title would perhaps have been 'Who's Who of Early Jazz', which would have dispensed with any necessity for the somewhat elliptical subtitle. I would not have spent money on this; the only reason I own a copy is that it was gratis...

[Evan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Basic. Now superfluous with the internet since it's mainly just standard CV bio stuff. Did not survive the great book-shelf purge of 2013.