Download or read book Classic Jazz written by Scott Yanow and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2001 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A listener's guide to jazz retraces the history of the music, from earliest recordings to the Depression, profiling the people and events behind this truly American art form in a collection of essays, reviews, profiles, and more. Original.