The Basic Jazz Library
May, 1978
From such myriad sounds of surprise--blues, New Orleans airs, swing, bop, the new and ever newer discoveries--how does one select a representative jazz buff's LP library and retain some living space?Fortunately, there is now a solid basing point for this exhilarating addiction. In six LPs, The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz provides a quintessential cross section of this high improvisatory art.From Bessie Smith to Bix, Billie, Ellington and Bird, the set also ranges as far as Coltrane an...
