{"product_id":"9780877454892","title":"The Guide to Classic Recorded Jazz","description":"Here is a brilliant and deeply informed overview of jazz history, one which gives a rich sense of who the major figures were and how they fit in with one another while showing the reader what to listen for and which recordings are indispensable for a full experience of the music. No other book fuses a singular examination of the key recordings with a presentation of the entire sweep of the music's classic period to provide the listener with such a useful and spirited companion.\u003cp\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTom Piazza writes about jazz and other American music for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a former professional jazz pianist and a graduate of Williams College and the Iowa Writers' Workshop; his short fiction has appeared in a number of literary magazines.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Iowa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032534499568,"sku":"9780877454892","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780877454892_p0.jpg?v=1763845735","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780877454892","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}