Let me state personal bias at the beginning of this review. Ted Gioia’s The History of Jazz is on my list of all-time favorites. He
The author of this interesting and complex book is a professor of physics at Brown University. He is also a jazz saxophonist who has recently
The New York Review of Books decided to reprint this classic 1946 hip work about the jazz world, especially New York and Harlem, by Mezz
This interesting book is drawn on observations of author Thomas H. Greenland on the greater New York jazz scene. When most of us consider the
In keeping with the theme, “Any book is new until you’ve read it” I followed up reading Max Gordon’s book Live at the Village Vanguard
Author Burt Feintuch, director of Center for Humanities at the University of New Hampshire has teamed with photographer Gary Samson, chair of the photography department
Have you ever thought about how you actually listen to jazz? As a non-musician, I was intrigued when the publisher sent me a review copy
Here’s a book that should be required reading for Jazz 101 courses worldwide. While aimed primarily at novice jazz fans, more experienced aficionados will also
If the average music fan recognizes the name Harold Arlen at all, likely he remembers Arlen as composer of “Over the Rainbow” and other great
We’ve all heard her, but do any of us really know her? Published last year in celebration of the centenary of Billie Holiday’s birth, John
Jimmy Van Heusen, literally and figuratively, led a double life. Witty, talented, personable and dedicated to his craft of songwriting, he was in many ways
Jazz Tales from Jazz Legends, a new book by Monk Rowe, the Joe Williams Director of the Hamilton College Jazz Archive, distills an oral history
