The Jazz And Blues Lover's Guide To The U.s.: With More Than 900 Hot Clubs, Cool Joints, Landmarks, And Legends, From Boogie-woogie To Bop And Beyond

by Christiane Bird

Where did Charlie Parker first play with Dizzy Gillespie? What are the best jazz clubs in Chicago and many other cities? This completely updated edition of The Jazz and Blues Lover's Guide to the U.S. tells readers where to find everything from the current music scene to major jazz/blues landmarks in more than twenty-five American cities and the Mississippi Delta. With city-by-city listings for clubs, festivals, musicians' homes, historic theaters, record stores, radio stations—and with anecdotes from club owners and performers— The Jazz and Blues Lover's Guide is the essential “where-to” bible for jazz and blues fans everywhere.

448 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1991

About the author

Christiane Bird has written about a wide variety of topics, ranging from the world of music to the Middle East. Her books have involved travels in place (to Iran, Turkey, Iraq, Oman, and Zanzibar) and travels in time (from New York City's prehistory through to its present days). She has worked on staff at the New York Daily News and published articles in many different publications, including the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times. She is also an avid reader of fiction and has published short stories in The Southern Review and Antaeus.