Author: Panassie, Hugues
Title: The Real Jazz. Translated by Anne Sorelle Williams. Adapted for American Publication by Charles Edward Smith
Description: NY: Smith & Durrell, Inc. (1943). (1943). NY: Smith & Durrell, Inc. (1943). (1943). Good. - Octavo, bound in black cloth titled in white with a vignette in white & pink stamped on the front cover. The binding is lightly spotted & stained and the spine is faded. xiv, [ii] & 326 pages. A previous owner's name & date are penned on verso of the half-title. There is occasional light soiling. Good

Second printing.

The book includes a chapter on "True and False Jazz", a brief history of jazz, critical commentary on jazz musicians arranged by the instruments they play, and a discography. Panassie was an important early jazz critic. Good .

Keywords: MUSIC; JAZZ; JAZZ CRITICISM; CHARLES EDWARD SMITH; THE REAL JAZZ; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; ANNE SORELLE WILLIAMS; HUGHES PANASSIE; INSTRUMENTS; DISCOGRAPHY; MUSICIANS; JAZZ CRITIC.

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