The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Jazz

A concise history of jazz

The noteworthy composers and musicians, from Jelly Roll Morton and Thelonious Monk to Miles Davis and Charles Mingus

Major performers from Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald to Nat King Cole and Duke Ellington

Classic songs and compositions

The most influential recordings of all time

A complete guide to jazz terminology and lingo

Valuable resources for the Curious Listener

• Author
• Loren Schoenberg, Wynton Marsalis

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 304

• Publisher
• Grand Central Press/Perigee/Berkley Publishing Group/Penguin Putnam Inc.

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780399527944

• Genres
• music, reference, jazz, history

• Release date
• 2002