The Rough Guide to Classic Jazz
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| The Rough Guide to Classic Jazz | ||||
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| Compilation album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | 24 June 1997 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 71:36 | |||
| Label | World Music Network | |||
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The Rough Guide to Classic Jazz is a jazz compilation album originally released in 1997. Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series,[1] the album covers the genre's growth from the turn of the 20th century to the 1930s, largely focusing on the "Jazz Age". The compilation was produced by Phil Stanton, co-founder of the World Music Network.[2] Curation was performed by Robert Parker, an audio engineer specializing in the period and host of the radio show Jazz Classics in Digital Stereo.[3][4]
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| Allmusic |   [5] |
Keith Farley of AllMusic called it a "fine introduction".[5] Michaelangelo Matos, writing for the Chicago Reader, claimed it "buried" the contemporaneous Swing Revival and noted his surprise at the number of "obscure white groups".[6]
