The Guitar In Jazz presents in rich, entertaining detail the history and development of the guitar as a jazz instrument. In a series of essays by some of jazz's leading historians and critics, the volume traces the impressive evolution of jazz guitar playing, from the pioneering styles of Nick Lucas and Eddie Lang through the recent innovations of such contemporary masters as Jim Hall and Ralph Towner.

James Sallis has included essays that focus on individual guitarists, including Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt and Joe Pass. Other chapters vividly describe important jazz guitar styles, such as swing guitar and fingerstyle-guitar.

In all, The Guitar In Jazz provildes a full and captivating portrait of the guitar's place in jazz history. The book also offers insights into the larger history of jazz - its development, the social contexts in which the music came into being, and its eventual recognition as "the American classical music."

CONTENTS:
The Guitar in Jazz - Leonard Feather
Nick Lucas - Nick Lucas and Jas Obrecht
Eddie Lang - James Sallis
From Blues to Jazz Guitar - Dan Lambert
The Jazz Guitar Duet: A Fifty-year History - Richard Lieberson
Charlie Christian - Bill Simon
Django's Blues - Dan Lambert
Oscar Moore - Michael H. Price
Jazz Guitar and Western Swing - Michael H. Price
Swing Guitar: The Acoustic Chordal Style - Richard Lieberson
Middle Ground: Herb Elllis, Howard Roberts, Jim Hall, Kenny Burrell, Joe Pass, and Tal Farlow - James Sallis
Joe Pass - Wayne Enstice and Paul Rubin
The Fingerstyle Jazz Revolution - Howard Morgen
Unforgettable Jazz Guitar - Jim Ferguson
The Guitar - Joachim E. Berendt
Six String Rapport: Jim Hall and Mike Stern - Bill Milkowski
Ralph Towner: A Chorus Of Inner Voices - Charles Mitchell

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