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by: Gene Rizzo
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 786.21650922
EAN: 9780634074165
ISBN: 0634074164
Label: Hal Leonard
Manufacturer: Hal Leonard
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: January 20, 2006
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Sales Rank: 316885
Studio: Hal Leonard
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Handy resource for jazz listeners and hardcore fans.
Spanning players from eighty years of history, this bold book steps forward and claims who are the greatest. Compiled from an extensive survey conducted with the best jazz minds in the ed
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Rating:  - Please
An enterprise such as this one is a little bit goofy to start with, but people (including me) like lists. Part of the fun of lists is arguing about them, and I believe many list writers stimulate discussion -- and hopefully sales -- by including provocative entries. That's all fine and good, but this book goes way beyond that into the land of the dumb and ridiculous. Anyone who places Monty Alexander at number 5 on the list has some pretty fancy explaining to do, but here the explanation is seriously ... Read More
Rating:  - Provocative if presumptuous
Books like this are always good conversation starters. And of course the only palatable title--"My Fifty Favorite"--probably wouldn't sell any books let alone spark any conversations.
There's nothing wrong with the first 4 on the list--except with their order. If Rizzo's main criterion is keyboard command and forceful swing, then Oscar's lofty place can remain unchallenged. But if his aesthetic includes a depth and complexity of expression equal to the greatest composers--Bartok, Debussy, ... Read More
Rating: - Awful... but nice photos
Ranking musicians/artists is wrongheaded but some of these picks are just beyond the pale. He ranks the number 1-4 top jazz pianists of all time as Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Bud Powell and Art Tatum. Reasonable picks. So who's number 5? Gotta be along the lines of Chick, Herbie, Keith, McCoy, Cecil, Fatha Hines, Teddy Wilson, Fats, or Jelly Roll, right? Get this- Monty Alexander! and who's number 6? Benny Green! I was in disbelief. As you wade through the rest of the picks you realize that the closer ... Read More
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