The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz

"The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, now in its fourth edition and on which this book is based, was originally published in 1992, following three years of intensive research and preparation by Colin Larkin, the Encyclopedia's founder, and his team of researchers and contributors." "The original database has more than doubled in size and is now over nine million words, making it the biggest biographical database of its kind in the world. Every day of every year, Larkin and his team of trusted experts expand, update and improve the data, which is used as a primary reference source by over one hundred licensed companies all over the world via MUZE Inc., the parent company of the EPM."--BOOK JACKET.