Harald Kisiedu: European Echoes: Jazz Experimentalism in Germany 1950 – 1975. (Wolke Verlag, 256 pp., paperback, € 29. Book review by Tony Dudley-Evans) The discourse of jazz history favours the notion of […]
Bruce Lindsay – Shellac and Swing! A Social History of the Gramophone in Britain (Fonthill, £25, 191pp. Review by Chris Parker) In Shellac and Swing!’s Introduction, music journalist Bruce Lindsay lays out […]
Con Chapman – Rabbit’s Blues – The Life and Music of Johnny Hodges (Oxford University Press. Book review by Frank Griffith) Con Chapman’s biography of alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges catapults him into […]
Philip Clark – Dave Brubeck: A Life in Time (Headline, 464pp., £25. Review by Chris Parker) “You can’t understand America without understanding jazz, and you can’t understand jazz without understanding Dave Brubeck” […]
Ted Gioia – Music: A Subversive History (Basic Books, 2019. 528 Pages. Book review by Peter Jones) Ted Gioia is the author of many books about jazz, including West Coast Jazz (1992) and […]
Jazz From Detroit by Mark Stryker (Michigan University Press Hardback, 342 pp. Book Review by Andy Hamilton) Jazz from Detroit explores the city’s role in shaping modern and contemporary jazz. The book […]
Eric Lewis – Intents and Purposes: Philosophy and the Aesthetics of Improvisation (Michigan University Press Hbk 265pp. Book review by Andy Hamilton) Intents and Purposes is named after a 1966 album by […]
Struan Douglas – The Story Of South African Jazz: Volume One (Afribeat.com Pbk 344pp Book review by Andy Hamilton) Struan Douglas is a jazz journalist and trumpeter, born in Durban. This second […]
DC Jazz – Stories of Jazz Music in Washington, DC, Edited by Maurice Jackson & Blair A. Ruble (Georgetown University Press, £20.50. Book review by Peter Vacher) It was the noted African-American […]
Robert Marovitch: The Gospel According To Malaco: Celebrating 75 Years of Gospel Music (Malaco Records. Book and 8-CD set. Review by Miko Giedroyc)Contemporary Gospel has been the soundtrack of my life, spiritually and musically, […]
The History of European Jazz – The Music, Musicians and Audience in Context. Edited by Francesco Martinelli (Equinox Books. 742pp. Book review by Sebastian Scotney)Thud. The History of European Jazz really is quite some book. […]
Jonathan Kane – Art Kane: Harlem 1958(Wall of Sound Editions. Review by Geoff Winston)12 August 1958 was the date when budding photographer Art Kane took the photo in Harlem that would, over […]
Arthur Elgort – Jazz (Damiani. ISBN 978-88-6208-608-0. Book review by Andrew Cartmel)In an age where books of jazz photography tend to be of the mammoth, coffee table-hogging variety, this handsome collection of […]
Matthew Ruddick – Funny Valentine: The Story of Chet Baker(Melrose Books, 840pp., £16.99. Book Review by Chris ParkerThe blurb for this, the third edition of Matthew Ruddick’s biography of Chet Baker, describes […]
Brian Gruber: Six Days At Ronnie Scott’s – Billy Cobham On Jazz Fusion And The Act Of Creation (CreateSpace. 201pp. Book Review by Frank Griffith)Brian Gruber‘s new book has the hallmarks of […]
