Smithsonian Jazz Anthology – review

(Smithsonian Folkways)At around 60 quid, this remarkable anthology of jazz's evolution from 1899 to 2003 isn't exactly a snip – but it does come with over 100 tracks on six discs wrapped in a beautifully illustrated, 200-page hardback book, and the imprimatur of a classy collection of American jazz scholars including the critic Dan Morgenstern, and with the British expert Alyn Shipton among the contributors. The downside of all such ventures is the dominance of the broad sweep over possibly mo...

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