Brad Mehldau – Formation – Building a Personal Canon, Part One (Equinox Books. 300pp. Publication date 14 March 2023. Book review by Scott Flanigan) One might imagine that pianist Brad Mehldau, one […]
Bruce Lindsay – Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside the Sitting Room (Equinox Books. 254 pp. £25. Book Review by Rob Adams) Ivor Cutler was a singular talent. He was an author, poet, […]
Peter Dawn Phil Seamen, ‘Percussion Genius’ (Brown Dog Books, 751pp., £45. Book review by Chris Parker) The biography of a man generally recognised both by aficionados and fellow musicians as the UK’s […]
Spirit’s Rejoice! Albert Ayler and His His Message by Peter Niklas Wilson (Wolke PBK 176 pp. Book review by Andy Hamilton) The late Peter Niklas Wilson was a sober, insightful commentator who […]
Richard Koloda – Holy Ghost: The Life And Death Of Free Jazz Pioneer Albert Ayler(Jawbone Press. 312pp. Book review by Tony Dudley-Evans) There seems to be increased interest in the music of […]
Peter Jones – Nightfly: The Life of Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen (Chicago Review Press. Book review by Peter Bacon) Mark Murphy… Jon Hendricks… Donald Fagen… For those of us not far from […]
Paul Sexton: Charlie’s Good Tonight: The Authorised Biography of Charlie Watts (Mudlark, £25, 368pp. Book review by Chris Parker) The Introduction to this biography of Rolling Stone drummer Charlie Watts sums up […]
Judy Carmichael – great inspirations – 22 years of jazz inspired on npr (C&D Productions, pp480. $25/£21. Book Review by Jon Turney) Around the turn of the millennium, pianist Judy Carmichael had […]
Tomasz Stańko with Rafał Księżyk – Desperado: An autobiography Translated by Halina Maria Boniszewska (Equinox Books. pp358 hb. Book Review by Jon Turney) “I’m an artist because I’m drawn to what doesn’t […]
Brian Harker – Sportin’ Life: John W. Bubbles, An American Classic (Oxford University Press. 328 pp. Book Review by Andy Hamilton) John W. Bubbles was one of the great song-and-dance entertainers, the […]
Alyn Shipton – On Jazz: A Personal Journey(Cambridge University Press, out in hardback 5 May. Book review by John Bungey) Alyn Shipton has lived the jazz life. No, not that one, the one […]
Philip Watson – Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The guitarist who changed the sound of American music(Faber, 519pp, £20 hb. Book Review by Jon Turney) Many have fallen in love with Bill Frisell’s […]
Alan John Ainsworth – Sight Readings: Photographers and American Jazz, 1900-1960 (Intellect Books, Hardback, 472 pp. Book Review by Andy Hamilton) This fascinating and beautifully-produced book addresses a neglected issue in jazz […]
John Altman – Hidden Man: My Many Musical Lives (Equinox. 290pp. Book Review by John Bungey) Nope, me neither. Which is one reason why John Altman, prolific composer, conductor, arranger and player, […]
Philip Freeman – Ugly Beauty: Jazz in the Twenty-First Century (Zer0 Books, 272pp., £14.99pb. Book Review by Jon Turney) Want to turn a collection of columns into a book? Here’s how. Find […]
