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Miller Companion to Jazz in Canada, The

and Canadians in Jazz

illustrated by Mark Miller

Publisher
The Mercury Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2001
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781551280936
    Publish Date
    Oct 2001
    List Price
    $24.95

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The Miller Companion to Jazz in Canada is the readable, authoritative reference to Canadian jazz, a monumental undertaking and a wonderful book, covering the history, denizens, personalities and important venues in jazz since its beginnings in Canada, in the wonderful, readable style Mark Miller is known for. Containing over 50 photographs, this book is a must-have for all jazz aficionados.

About the author

Mark Miller served as the jazz critic for The Globe and Mail from 1978 to 2005 and, in addition to A Certain Respect for Tradition, has completed six other books since 1982, including Such Melodious Racket: The Lost History of Jazz in Canada, 1914-1949 (1997), The Miller Companion to Jazz in Canada (2001), and Some Hustling This!: Taking Jazz to the World, 1914-1929 (2005) (all Mercury). He has also written for several popular and scholarly publications, notably Coda, Down Beat, the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. His photographs of jazz musicians have been published widely.

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