Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia

Oct 20, 2024 9:09 AM

Author:Richard Cook

Richard Cook’s Jazz Encyclopedia is not merely an A-Z guide to the artists and bands who have shaped jazz, but it also tracks the history of jazz and its changing styles. This is a wonderfully accessible work. Richard Cook's passion for jazz and his strongly held opinions make this the liveliest and most trenchantly witty encyclopedia you'll have read. Whether you're trying to find out why Louis Armstrong was called Satchmo (his nickname as a kid was Satchelmouth), what bebop is, or the difference between Gil Evans and Bill Evans – this book has all the answers.

Reviews

a candid, gossip-filled rant....hilarious, often outrageous

—— Scottish Daily Record

Clearly the best dinner party guest in history - he's either a balls-out con artist or the scariest man in Britain

—— Charlie Brooker , Guardian

If you see anybody with this book, go the other way

—— Hilary Mantel , Guardian

Lifting the lid on some of the darkests secrets from the world of magic, Derren reveals with brutal honesty how some tricks work, how to perfect particular techniques and how to spot lies through people's behaviour. You'll be reading minds in no time! ****

—— OK!

Will delight anyone with an interest in the weirder things people think and they they think them

—— Independent on Sunday

Reveals a surprising amount about his art... there is much to enlighten, entertain and put into use

—— Psychologies

Hamilton tells such a good story that she turns a work of scholarship into a page-turner

—— Times Literary Supplement

Hamilton has done a good job of researching a subject that blues fans will find fascinating

—— Prospect

Evocative and engaging

—— Tim Willis , Sunday Telegraph

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