The Penguin Jazz Guide by Richard Cook and Brian Morton: The Story of the Music in the 1001 Best Albums is an essential guide to the recordings every jazz enthusiast should know. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings has established itself as the premier guide to music worldwide. In this book, Brian Morton has selected 1001 essential recordings from their acclaimed guide, adding new information, revising and re-evaluating each entry, and showing how these tracks narrate the story of music - and with it, the story of the twentieth century. These are the essential records that all devoted jazz fans should own, or at least have heard, from Kind of Blue to less well-known classic picks and more unexpected ones. The book is filled with interesting updated biographical information, new quotes and interviews, and of course, absolutely subjective and sharp reviews, making it an unrelenting companion that will prove to be a must-read for jazz lovers and newcomers alike.

Brian Morton is a freelance writer and radio producer who for many years presented the jazz magazine Impressions and In Tune on Radio 3. Richard Cook (1957-2007) served as editor of The Wire and edited the Jazz Review. He contributed to many other publications, including the New Statesman, and his books included Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopaedia and It's About That Time: Miles Davis on Record.

Pages: 800, Dimensions: 15.3x15.3cm