Description

BBC Music Magazine presents 100 Jazz Legends – your guide to the greatest names in jazz.
This fantastic, stylish interactive app allows you to learn about the biggest jazz heroes, listen to fantastic jazz recordings and browse stunning iconic photography.

With our special iTunes widget, you can sample and buy each artist’s ‘Essential cuts’. Simply tap the album covers and enjoy excerpts from more than 275 classic recordings, including Coltrane’s ‘A Love Supreme’, Miles Davis’s ‘Kind of Blue’ and Keith Jarrett’s ‘Köln Concert’.

Each entry is expertly written by Geoffrey Smith, the presenter of BBC Radio 3’s Jazz Record Requests. Some of the legendary artists include:

Louis Armstrong, Chet Baker, Count Basie, Art Blakey, Dave Brubeck, John Coltrane, Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, Billie Holiday, Freddie Hubbard, Keith Jarrett, Wynton Marsalis, Brad Mehldau, Pat Metheny, Lee Morgan, Charlie Parker, Oscar Peterson, Wayne Shorter, Esbjörn Svensson, Art Tatum, Sarah Vaughan, Fats Waller and Weather Report

If you would like to get in touch with the team for more information or support please email [email protected] or alternatively you can visit our App support page http://apps.immediate.co.uk/help. Unfortunately, from time to time an app may crash and on the odd occasion this happens we will endeavour to fix the issue as soon as possible. In order to diagnose an issue we would really appreciate you clicking on the App support page above and completing the short form at the bottom of the page.

What's New in Version 1.2.0

Support for iOS 6