What was the line-up at John Coltrane's Village Vanguard sessions? What is John Zorn's most important contribution to contemporary jazz? When was Jelly Roll Morton recorded for the Library of Congress? Where can you find a complete set of Ella Fitzgerald's many songbook recordings? Leading critics Richard Cook and Brian Morton answer these and a myriad other questions in The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD-the most comprehensive critical guide to jazz recordings available. Updated with revised artists' entries and thousands of additional CDs, the fourth edition * listings for over 10,000 discs* musical and biographical details* full line-ups* accurate label and number details* authoritative critical ratings

The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette (Penguin Library Editions)

Arts & Photography

Richard Cook

BRIAN MORTON

Music

Penguin Books, Ltd.

Where can you find a complete set of Ella Fitzgerald's many songbook recordings? Who are the influences of Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick, Jr., and Joshua Redman? What are the earliest available recordings of trumpeter Chet Baker? Leading critics Richard Cook and Brian Morton answer these and myriad other questions in The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD-the most comprehensive critical guide to jazz recordings available.

The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, 5th Edition

Penguin

Oxford Night Caps: A Collection of Receipts for Making Various Beverages Used in the University

Franklin Classics Trade Press

Blue Note Records is the first full history of the most noted label in jazz. Cook lingers with record-collector zeal in analyzing everything from Sidney Bechet's 78s to Norah Jones' recent chart-topper. Insightful scenes abound.

Blue Note Records: The Biography

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Secker Warburg

A photo history of how a fabled Chautauqua and legendary amusement park became a thriving arts colony. "Captures the can-do spirit of Glen Echo Park...filled with delightful anecdotes, fascinating historical nuggets, and extraordinary photos that will be treasure by all who love Glen Echo Park" - Connie Morella, US House of Representatives.

Glen Echo Park: A Story of Survival: A photo history of how a fabled Chautauqua and legendary amusement park became a thriving arts colony

History

Deborah Lange

Americas

Bethesda Communications Group

This is a history of the development and activities of Oak Ridge during World War II

Ignored Heroes of World War II: The Manhattan Project Workers of Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Tortured Syntax

Here is quite simply one of the most original books about a jazz musician ever published--a biography-cum-discography that focuses in turn on fourteen major albums recorded by Miles Davis, using them as a jumping off point for an illuminating discussion of the turbulent life and work of the "Evil Genius of Jazz."  Richard Cook, a veteran writer respected throughout the jazz world, looks at such landmark recordings as Birth of the Cool, Miles Ahead, Kind of Blue, The Complete Live at The Plugged Nickel, In a Silent Way, Bitches Brew, and Live at Montreux. Each of these recordings is considered in detail, illuminating their contribution to Davis's development as instrumentalist, group leader, and composer. But Cook goes well beyond these fourteen albums, evaluating all the trumpeter's recordings (official and bootleg), and relating them to events in Miles's life as well as to wider currents in contemporary music. Cook helps us disentangle Miles the legendary figure from the music itself, to re-hear and reconsider this marvelous body of work ranging over four exhilarating decades. The author also highlights the indispensable contributions of sidemen such as John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin, John Scofield, and many others, as well as calling for a reassessment of the importance of such "satellite" figures as Gil Evans, Bill Evans, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams and Chick Corea in the development of Miles's music.  A comprehensive and rigorous guide to the music and life of Miles Davis, It's About That Time is a stunning book that burns away the fog of myth that surrounds its complex and contrary subject.

It's About That Time: Miles Davis on and Off Record

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This is the story of two different cultures brought together by one astonishingly expensive piece of food - a white truffle. Over an 11-day period, author and his photographer captured the drama behind the purchase of a record-breaking (~$175,000) truffle in Italy by the power-playing financiers in the gleaming heart of Hong Kong. It is an absorbing and sometimes eccentric tale of what happens when food, finance and disparate cultures collide.

Il Tartufo D'oro, From Italian Earth to Hong Kong Table

wordasia

Consisting of 216 pages of photographs and documentary narrative, "Around the World in 40 Feet" details the 200 day journey of an NYK Logistics blue container as it transports goods from Hong Kong to Japan via ports in six continents. The narrative embraces the diverse people, lifestyles, cultures, and technologies of the various ports, terminals, and warehouse. Written in a style that combines boldness with sensitivity, it is certain to appeal to the general reader.

Around the World in 40 Feet; Two Hundred Days in the Life of a 40FT NYK Shipping Container

Marcus Oleniuk

NYK Logistics

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