The Penguin Guide to Jazz is a reference work containing an encyclopedic directory of jazz recordings on CD which are currently available in Europe or the United States. It is compiled by Richard Cook and Brian Morton, two well known chroniclers of jazz resident in the United Kingdom.
The first edition was published in Britain by Penguin Books in 1992. Every two years since then, a new edition has been published with updated entries. The eighth e...
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz is a reference work containing an encyclopedic directory of jazz recordings on CD which are currently available in Europe or the United States. It is compiled by Richard Cook and Brian Morton, two well known chroniclers of jazz resident in the United Kingdom.
The first edition was published in Britain by Penguin Books in 1992. Every two years since then, a new edition has been published with updated entries. The eighth edition, published in November 2006, boasts close to two thousand new CD entries.
The title has taken different forms over the lifetime of the work, as audio technology has changed. The seventh edition was known as The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD while the latest edition is titled The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The earliest edition had the title The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette.
Artists are listed alphabetically and the entries begin with short (usually one paragraph) biographies before a comprehensive listing of a...
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