Penguin Guide To Jazz Recordings, The

'The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings' is now firmly established as the world's leading guide to recorded jazz, a mine of fascinating information and a source of insightful - often wittily trenchant - criticism. For this ninth edition, Richard Cook and Brian Morton have reassessed each artist's entry, and updated the text to incorporate thousands of additional CDs. The result is an endlessly browsable companion that will prove required reading for aficionados and jazz novices alike. 14,000 CDsreviewed. 2,000 new discs in this edition. Over 400 new artist listings.