Description: "Exploring jazz music using a close reading of songs, albums, and techniques, Listen to Jazz! provides an introduction to the diversity of the music for new listeners and experts alike"--
Brief description: Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith is a musicologist, an Adjunct Faculty member of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts of Springfield College, USA, and a Visiting Associate Professor/Lecturer in the Music Department and College of Graduate and Continuing Education at Westfield State University, USA. She is the author of Listen to Classic Rock! (Bloomsbury, 2019) and co-author with Anthony J. Fonseca of Listen to Hip Hop! (Bloomsbury, 2021), both in the Exploring Musical Genres series.
Review Quotes: "Any library collection serving longtime jazz enthusiasts will be enriched by this title, and it will do nicely to generate keen interest among jazz neophytes." --Booklist