Greenwood Publishing Group.

Greenwood Publishing Group

PO Box 5007, Westport, CT 06881-5007

1-800-225-5800 www.greenwood.com

Greenwood's excellent college-level music references are highly recommended picks for specialty collections, covering a range of topics with plenty of insights and reference details suitable for research papers. David L. Morton Jr.'s Sound Recording: The Life Story Of A Technology (0313330905, $45.00) tells the story of objects and technologies important to the evolution of the recorded music industry over the years. From 8-tracks up to CDs and beyond, this traces the history of a business boom which began with Edison's invention and continues to this day, in the process revealing intriguing glimpses of inventions which never quite made it. Lawrence McClellan Jr.'s The Later Swing Era: 1942-1955 (0313301573, $75.00) provides an in-depth and wide-ranging reference to Swing musicians from World War II and beyond. Organized by genre for easy access, from vocalists to big band leaders, The Later Swing Era, 1942-55 includes both musical and cultural background details essential to understanding how the music evolved and changed. Even more in-depth and detailed is the extensive two-volume reference set by Todd S. Jenkins Jazz And Free Improvisation (0313333130 & 0313333149, $175.00/SET). Jenkins' A-Z reference provides an encyclopedia of key figures, groups, and movements within the jazz world, charting a trend which began in the mid-1950s and ran parallel to America's civil rights movement. A specialty item highly recommended for in-depth college-level jazz holdings. Also specialized is Steven H. Cornelius' Music Of The Civil War Era (0313320812, $55.00), examining the different styles of music which have played important roles in American history. Music Of The Civil War Era is one of the first volumes in a projected series American History Through Music: it includes a bibliography, endnotes, and a fine subject index researchers will applaud.