Historical Dictionary of Jazz

This is the latest volume in a series that has been running since 2004 and now numbers over 60 volumes, Historical Dictionaries of Literature and The Arts. The aim is to present essential information for students in secondary schools and further education colleges. Apart from the A‐Z entries of the dictionary itself, this volume has some additional features. There is a twenty page chronology of jazz, from 1881 to 2011; a six page historical introduction to the genre; and a bibliography of 37 pages, which includes a list of internet resources.

The first entry is for A&M records, founded...