Do you want to know when Duke Ellington was king of The Cotton Club? Have you ever wondered how old Miles Davis was when he got his first trumpet? From birth da

Offers more than 3,300 entries covering musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Thelonious Monk, and Wynton Marsalis.

Includes "over 2000 biographies, over 200 photographs."

Focusing exclusively on biographies, this encyclopedia contains portraits of jazz figures in many countries. It provides basic biographical information, with de